Can't access document and settings I made private.

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Justin Gibson

My computer was messed up badly by some malware that self
installed. I attempted to reinstall/repair the system
files and it screwed things up worse. I did a new install
on a different hard drive and put my original hard drive
in as a secondary. I password protected my documents and
settings on the original drive now I can't access them. Is
there a way to regain access so I can retrieve some
valuable files????? If the original drive is made primary
again, it attempts to restart the reinstall. Is there a
way to delete the install files so I can re-access the
hard drive???? Thanks to anyone who can help me.

Justin Gibson
 
My computer was messed up badly by some malware that self
installed. I attempted to reinstall/repair the system
files and it screwed things up worse. I did a new install
on a different hard drive and put my original hard drive
in as a secondary. I password protected my documents and
settings on the original drive now I can't access them. Is
there a way to regain access so I can retrieve some
valuable files????? If the original drive is made primary
again, it attempts to restart the reinstall. Is there a
way to delete the install files so I can re-access the
hard drive???? Thanks to anyone who can help me.

Justin Gibson
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If the files were just made private, you can take ownership of them to
regain access:

HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421

However, if you used encryption to protect the files and did not export
your old security keys, the files are lost.
 
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