i couldn't get the desktop

[narayana.kondreddi]

hiii
i've loaded windows XP sp2 on my computer's C drive.but due to virus
attack or some other reason i could not get the desktop icons and tool
bar too.i've some important data in administrator's documents.i want
to recover that data.
so i've loaded windows XP sp2 on F drive to copy the administrator's
documents in C.but it displays the message "access denied".
so how can i fix the problem?
plzzzzzzzzz tell me.........

 

[Patrick Keenan]

hiii
i've loaded windows XP sp2 on my computer's C drive.but due to virus
attack or some other reason i could not get the desktop icons and tool
bar too.i've some important data in administrator's documents.i want
to recover that data.
so i've loaded windows XP sp2 on F drive to copy the administrator's
documents in C.but it displays the message "access denied".
so how can i fix the problem?
plzzzzzzzzz tell me.........

It's called "taking ownership". How you do this depends on whether it's XP
Home or Pro.

Google "take ownership XP".

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

If you have important data in the Admin structure, that probably means that
you have XP Pro *and* that you were using the Admin account as a regular
user account.

This is bad practice; that account should be reserved for system maintenance
only. Create a user account for yourself and leave the Administrator
account alone unless you really need it.

HTH
-pk