Accessing Private Folders

[SeSamE]

After a major messup involving MS Updates, a dodgy mouse,
and my stupidity, I managed to trash my master boot
record, and had to reinstall windows. I chose not to
format my drive, as I had a lot of things that I hadn't
copied to cd yet. however, all of my stuff was in a
private folder, and the account that owned the folder is
now gone.

Is there any way that I can access the folder and get my
stuff out of it, or have I just killed a lot of and
downloads?

Thanks

 

[Taurarian]

If the files are still on the HD, this article may assist:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421
HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP

NOTE: You must be logged on to the computer using an account that has
administrative privileges. If you are running Windows XP Home Edition, in
order to have access to the Security tab, you must first start in Safe Mode
and log on with an account that has Administrative rights.



The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

Microsoft Windows XP Professional