Plz Help

[Tarmas]

I have a P3 machine 126 mb ram etc etc..

I have Windows Xp Home (legal) version..

I have a partication of 35 gb and 5 gb..
the 35 gb consits of Driive C and D my XP is loaded in
this partication and the Rest 5 gb is for LINUX

the other day the XP was behaving thus I ran the setup
and
the the computer went on restaring setup with out opening
my welcome screen...

thus I removed my partication of 5 GB kept fot linux and
loaded Win xp professional .. But i am still not able to
access my personal ( user) of Home edition.. plz hel I am
also not able to upgrade my home to professional.. I
cannot loosed my data...
how do i acess my data..

Plz help ASAP
..

Ps: I have tried booting witn XP bootable CD but i am not
been able to upgade ..I can see my data in File transfre
wizard

 

[Roger Abell]

Logged in as an administrator you need to
Take Ownership of the old data area.
For Home you need to do this in a F8 safe
mode boot. The help system has info on
taking ownership.

 

[Guest]

My safe mode screen is displayed then the Computer stops
working.. I am but able to log in in my other partition (
wheer I have OS as XP professional)..

I would also like to know how to reterive my mails and
address book from the same.. I ahve two identies in
outlook express ( main idenmtity and a new one .. Both
have its own seperated address book email ids.. I am
talking about outlook express ( NOT Microsoft outlook
express)... I have tried DBxtrating software.. its not
working properlly..

sam