'Access Denied' In Recovery Console

From: Neil Cameron (ncameron@msn.com)
Date: 01/03/03 

From: "Neil Cameron" <ncameron@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 11:18:24 -0000

I'm really screwed here.
Ad-Aware blew my Registry away. XP will not boot - gave an error on
\Windows\System32\Config\System. I tried to recover using Microsoft
KB307545 but the system will not boot into any XP mode successfully to
complete the procedure; even safe mode. Then I started to get disk errors
that CHKDSK said it couldn't fix.
I've accepted (reluctantly) that I need to re-format and re-install; BUT, I
really need to copy my Outlook.pst file (it has all my software registration
keys in it) and some photos only stored on C:.
I have booted from the XP Setup CD to the Recovery Console, but it will not
let me change directory to either "Documents and Settings" or "My
Documents" - I get 'Access is Denied' - even though I am logged into the
Console as Administrator and the directories are NOT encrypted.

Any help gratefully received! 

--
Neil Cameron

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