Being denied access to Files and Folders

[J.D. Ford Jr.]

I could not access my system, so I reinstalled Windows
2000 Professional. Setup could not find the original
Win2000 installation, so I installed a new copy believing
that as long as the folders were intact, I wouldn't lose
any of my data. At the completion of the installation none
of the previous folders could be accessed. When I try to
access any of the old folders, I get the following
message "C:\"Folder Name" is not accessable This folder
was moved or removed." Oringinally it appeared that my
directory structure was damaged, so I tried "CHKDSK /F"
but can never get pass 2%, hence, will not make the
necessary corrections. Then I tried "fixmbr" and "fixboot"
in the recovery console, which met with negative results.
It appears to me that there's some kind of permissions
problem, Because, I am able to access, extract and copy
folder data using a third party utility called (PC
Inspector File Recovery), however, I cannot remove
original folders that are now occuping and taking up a
great deal of disk space. i Have a Windows 2000
Professional operating system. Please help me access or
at least remove these folders.

/s/ J.D. Ford, Jr.

 

[bobuhl]

Have you tried taking ownership of the folder. Right click
the folder go to properties, security, advanced, and take
ownership. Hope this helps.