System Recovery

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Aisha

I was unable to get on the internet due to my son's friend deleting something
... I had to do a System Recovery (I chose the option with the back up
feature) .. I was wondering if I was able to access anything that was on my
computer before the recovery .. I can see some of the files but am unable to
open them .. I think most of the information is in a folder that will not let
me access it .. the profile was password protected before the recovery I
don't know if that makes a difference .. I am totally lost and don't know too
much about computers any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated .. thank
you
 
Aisha said:
I was unable to get on the internet due to my son's friend deleting
something .. I had to do a System Recovery (I chose the option with the
back up feature) .. I was wondering if I was able to access anything that
was on my computer before the recovery .. I can see some of the files but
am unable to open them .. I think most of the information is in a folder
that will not let me access it .. the profile was password protected
before the recovery I don't know if that makes a difference .. I am
totally lost and don't know too much about computers any help or ideas
would be greatly appreciated .. thank you
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Since you can see the files, take ownership of them.

Check the permissions of the file or folder the file is saved in and take
ownership:

1. Right-click the file or folder, and then click Properties.
2. Click the Security tab.
3. Under Group or user names, click your name to see the permissions you
have.

To open a file, you need to have read permission. For more information on
permissions, see What are permissions?

http://tinyurl.com/2j9vgr

To take ownership of a folder:

1. Right-click the folder that you want to take ownership of, and then click
Properties.
2. Click the Security tab, click Advanced, and then click the Owner tab.
3. Click Edit. Administrator permission required If you are prompted for an
administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide
confirmation.
4. Click the name of the person you want to give ownership to.
5. If you want that person to be the owner of files and subfolders in this
folder, select the Replace owner on subcontainers and objects check box.
6. Click OK

Malke
 
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