Unable to access the Old Admin folder after Reinstall

[jazz]

Hi all,

My windows XP is corrupted and couldn't be access when it boots up.
Therefore i Installed another fresh copy of windows so that i have 2 windows
XP system in 1 Computer. However when i tried to access the documents in for
the old windows, it says access denied because i put a password on the
account for the old system. I need to retrieve some of the files in my old
account. Can anyone help me?

Thank you

 

[Gordon]

Hi all,

My windows XP is corrupted and couldn't be access when it boots up.
Therefore i Installed another fresh copy of windows so that i have 2
windows
XP system in 1 Computer. However when i tried to access the documents in
for
the old windows, it says access denied because i put a password on the
account for the old system. I need to retrieve some of the files in my old
account. Can anyone help me?

Thank you

Look in Help and Support for "taking ownership of files and folders". And
BTW, you probably didn't need to install a second instance of Windows - a
repair install would have been perfectly sufficient....

 

[Malke]

Hi all,

My windows XP is corrupted and couldn't be access when it boots up.
Therefore i Installed another fresh copy of windows so that i have 2
windows XP system in 1 Computer. However when i tried to access the
documents in for the old windows, it says access denied because i put a
password on the account for the old system. I need to retrieve some of the
files in my old account. Can anyone help me?

Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP [Q308421] -
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

How Do I Get the Security tab in Folder Properties? -
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_security_tab.htm

Malke