REPOST - WinXP pro drive reading troubles.. private set on account,now need to recover...

[Brains,None]

Dear All...

One of my users set her account to "private", meaning for more security
for her account. well, the inevitable happened, she lost her hard drive
as far as reliability goes, so we got a new one, rebuilt her machine,
and now we're trying to recover some odds and ends from her documents
and settings account.

to make a long story short, she marked it private, and now we can't recover.

Is there a way? Do we need to boot that hdd to put it on a usb drive?

Is there a way to undo that to an account, seeing that others have done
the same thing?

Thanks!

J.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

One of my users set her account to "private", meaning for more
security for her account. well, the inevitable happened, she lost
her hard drive as far as reliability goes, so we got a new one, rebuilt
her machine, and now we're trying to recover some odds
and ends from her documents and settings account.

to make a long story short, she marked it private, and now we can't
recover.
Is there a way? Do we need to boot that hdd to put it on a usb
drive?
Is there a way to undo that to an account, seeing that others have
done the same thing?

How to Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

Read *carefully* - do not just skim the page and start following steps.
There is important information there dependent on the version of Windows XP
you have.