Access after Boot Sector corruption

From: BoBo (BoBo@home.net)
Date: 07/19/02 

From: "BoBo" <BoBo@home.net>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 07:54:18 -0700

I had to reformat and reinstall XP Pro due to a boot sector corruption
problem.

Now I can't access any of the files I had in my personal settings. I had set
up a log-in password and made files private.

I created an image of the whole drive before I reloaded, so I can still gain
access to all the 'old' stuff one day. When I try to open any of the files
in personal 'documents and settings' I get an access denied message.

Can I get into any of these old files, or are they 'encripted' for good?

Ray

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