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Hi,
Depends. Did you clean install and overwrite? Or did you reinstall "over the
top" and now get "access denied"?
If you clean installed, then likely you overwrote the files and recovery
would be difficult and expensive. You can try an undelete utility, but they
work on the premise that the file is not actually overwritten when you
delete it, it is just removed from the reference table.
This one here works quite well for basic file recovery:
http://www.collina.us/files/REST2514.htm
If you are getting "access denied", it is because you reinstalled rather
than repair installed. The latter would have preserved your user settings
and security ID's (SID's). This is what is preventing you from accessing the
files, as they are "owned" by the previous installation.
You need to take ownership of them. Right-click the folder, select
properties. Go to the security tab and click advanced. You can take control
of the folders on the owner tab. For the security tab to appear in a WinXP
Pro system, you must disable simple file sharing in the control panel/folder
options/view tab. For a WinXP Home system, you must restart in safe mode and
logon as administrator. More details here:
HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP [Q308421]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421
An additional note for WinXP Pro users: This procedure will not help you
recover data if the files are encrypted. All you will be able to do is
delete them. To recover encrypted files you will need the original
encryption certificate or a Recovery Agent from the installation under which
they were encrypted. Without one of these, the files are not recoverable.
Next time, do a repair installation:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
"cheng" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:165f501c41f43$c20d54e0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi! Is there a way to recover files after reinstalling
> windows xp? Thank you very much!
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