XP expert's help needed

[h.z]

Greetings;

Under my previous Win XP pro (installed on C I had changed the location
of "My document" to a folder on a NTFS drive (F and made it private, so
that other
accounts couldn't access it. Months passed and in a very curious day my
computer's Motherboard burned up...
Now got a new mainboard, with a new XP (Pro + SP1) installed. "Mydocument"
is still on F:, but as you might have expected, access is denied. There is
no
way to change, copy or remove it. Even I can't format that partition!
(Almost 3 GB space is wasted). Can anyone tell me how to break the security
and access my invaluable documents?
Any help is greatly appreciated,
Thanks in advance.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421&Product=winxp

"Access is Denied" Error Message When You Try to Open a Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810881&Product=winxp

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

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| Greetings;
|
| Under my previous Win XP pro (installed on C I had changed the location
| of "My document" to a folder on a NTFS drive (F and made it private, so
| that other
| accounts couldn't access it. Months passed and in a very curious day my
| computer's Motherboard burned up...
| Now got a new mainboard, with a new XP (Pro + SP1) installed. "Mydocument"
| is still on F:, but as you might have expected, access is denied. There is
| no
| way to change, copy or remove it. Even I can't format that partition!
| (Almost 3 GB space is wasted). Can anyone tell me how to break the security
| and access my invaluable documents?
| Any help is greatly appreciated,
| Thanks in advance.

 

[Paul Smith]

Under my previous Win XP pro (installed on C I had changed the location
of "My document" to a folder on a NTFS drive (F and made it private, so
that other
accounts couldn't access it. Months passed and in a very curious day my
computer's Motherboard burned up...
Now got a new mainboard, with a new XP (Pro + SP1) installed. "Mydocument"
is still on F:, but as you might have expected, access is denied. There is
no
way to change, copy or remove it. Even I can't format that partition!
(Almost 3 GB space is wasted). Can anyone tell me how to break the
security
and access my invaluable documents?

Check out this knowledge base article:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=810881

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
http://windows.dasmirnov.net/ Windows XP Resource Site.

*Replace nospam with smirnov to reply by e-mail*

 

[h.z]

Thanks a lot...that solved the problem!

 

[h.z]

Thanks...but now i cant access my encrypted files in that folder...what
about them?

 

[Randy Byrne]

Did you save the encryption certificate to diskette? If not, I hope there wasn't
anything important in those files. They are encrypted using 128bit. With out the
private key certificate... well... looks like they are going to be useless.

 

[Rock]

Thanks...but now i cant access my encrypted files in that folder...what
about them?

Unless you designated a recovery agent and exported the encryption key
and certificate, the encrypted files will not be accessible and there is
no way around that.