Re: Access Denied after reformat

From: Jupiter Jones (jones_jupiter@hotnomail.com)
Date: 09/23/02 

From: "Jupiter Jones" <jones_jupiter@hotnomail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 10:23:25 -0600

Try this:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q308421& 

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"Rob" <marjag6668@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:66e401c2631c$a0e324f0$3bef2ecf@TKMSFTNGXA10...
> I have seen a couple of similar scenerios
> involving "Access Denied" and unable to copy, paste,
> delete files after installing XP (or reformatting).  I
> still haven't resolved this and need to share my story.
> My XP became unstable so I wanted to reformat and
> reinstall from scratch on my C drive.  My D drive contains
> all of my "work"  In order to reformat and reinstall I
> installed 2000 and upgraded (which is what I originally
> did to get to XP the first time)  My drive letters got
> wierd, C became F (with the system files), D was now C
> (with my work).  I wanted C and D the way they were, so I
> made my original D (now C) into Z (to make sure I didn't
> lose it)  Still with me...lol  I then, reformatted and
> installed 2000 again and upgraded to XP.  This time, XP
> was C, and my work was back to D (the way it originally
> was)  The end result, C is fine D is recognized, HOWEVER
> it seems files added/edited since 4/10/02 are no longer
> accesible, regardless of security/sharing settings.  Is
> there a way to logon as Admin and make changes?  Is there
> a path for the D drive I need to fix?  Will I need to
> reformat D and lose everything?  The drive isn't corrupt,
> though I got a message the recycle bin on D is...  I ran
> check disk and scan disk for errors, nothing.  Will a
> defrag help?

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