Re: recovery of private file - PLEASE HELP!

From: Xen (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/26/04 

Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 12:44:15 -0700

 I mean that when setting up my profile on my old HD, I
clicked "Yes" when it asked "Make files private?" I guess
that means encrypted, since I can't get at them from the
administrator login. So, if anyone knows how I can go
about getting to those, I'd be glad if you could let me
know.

>-----Original Message-----
>login as administrator and then you can 'take ownership'
of the old files on
>the other hd... unless of course you mean 'encrypted'
and not just 'private'
>because they belonged to a user that is now defunct with
the old profile.
>
>"xen" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:15d301c4a3d7$def634f0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> My XP installation is a goner. It won't boot, not even
>> when I use safe mode. (it crashes on the boot screen).
>> Even the recovery console will not let me get in to fix
>> anything. I already plan on reinstalling windows on
>> another HD, but I have all sorts of files that I'd
rather
>> not lose that are located in my "My Documents" folder.
Of
>> course, since my profile has its files made private, I
>> can't just access them from this new install of Windows
>> XP.
>>
>> If anyone could help me with either a way to get
windows
>> to boot so that I can move these files to the root
>> directory to copy them, or knows a way to retrieve
these
>> files, I'd greatly appreciate the assistance.
>>
>> Running: Windows XP Pro SP1
>
>
>.
>

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