Log in to old account after re installing

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As I was running out of space I recently decided to upgrade my hard drive.
All has gone well with the installation, formatting etc., (this is where the
instructions became very vague) however being a bit of a computer 'half wit'
in my wisdom thought I would install a copy of windows Xp on the new drive
'G' then transfer files at my leisure. I now find that the windows
installation has changed the new drive to 'C' making the old installation
along with the password protected section innaccesible.

In hindsight, I now know that I should have backed up the My Documents
folder or at least removed the password protection ( I know the password
btw). Would also apreciate any help with transferring Outlook Express
address's and IE bookmarks.

thanks in advance, any help apreciated, as the old My Documents folder
contains many hours of valuable work.

Peter
 
Pete said:
As I was running out of space I recently decided to upgrade my hard drive.
All has gone well with the installation, formatting etc., (this is where the
instructions became very vague) however being a bit of a computer 'half wit'
in my wisdom thought I would install a copy of windows Xp on the new drive
'G' then transfer files at my leisure. I now find that the windows
installation has changed the new drive to 'C' making the old installation
along with the password protected section innaccesible.

In hindsight, I now know that I should have backed up the My Documents
folder or at least removed the password protection ( I know the password
btw). Would also apreciate any help with transferring Outlook Express
address's and IE bookmarks.

thanks in advance, any help apreciated, as the old My Documents folder
contains many hours of valuable work.

Peter
Click to expand...

HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421
 
As long as encryption isn't involved as a local administrator you can take
ownership. Explorer|"folder"|File|Properties|Security|Advanced|Owner and
take ownership.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| As I was running out of space I recently decided to upgrade my hard drive.
| All has gone well with the installation, formatting etc., (this is where
the
| instructions became very vague) however being a bit of a computer 'half
wit'
| in my wisdom thought I would install a copy of windows Xp on the new drive
| 'G' then transfer files at my leisure. I now find that the windows
| installation has changed the new drive to 'C' making the old installation
| along with the password protected section innaccesible.
|
| In hindsight, I now know that I should have backed up the My Documents
| folder or at least removed the password protection ( I know the password
| btw). Would also apreciate any help with transferring Outlook Express
| address's and IE bookmarks.
|
| thanks in advance, any help apreciated, as the old My Documents folder
| contains many hours of valuable work.
|
| Peter
 
A million thanks to you guys, finally got it all up and working, can't thank
you enough for taking the time and trouble to help!!
Pete
 
Glad to hear it. You're welcome.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
|A million thanks to you guys, finally got it all up and working, can't
thank
| you enough for taking the time and trouble to help!!
| Pete
 
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