Recover lost Documents

[Guest]

I Recently Tried to repair XP with the XP home ed. disc. It ended up reinstalling Windows XP over my previous version of XP. How can I recover my Documents from my previous version of XP on . I can locate some of the files under my Old user name but cannot access them to get my pictures and music ..Can anyone help?

 

[roger]

Hi Clem,

I Recently Tried to repair XP with the XP home ed. disc. It ended up reinstalling Windows XP over my previous version of XP. How can I recover my Documents from my previous version of XP on . I can locate some of the files under my Old user name but cannot access them to get my pictures and music ..Can anyone help?

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

For this to work in XP Home you have to boot in safe mode (Pressing F8
repeatedly as soon as information appears on the monitor)

Good luck