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Hi,

I had to do a full reinstall of XP Home. There are several users all with
their own documents etc.
I need to get at the old "my documents" folders to copy the users data
across but on one users the access is denigned (guess he made his files
secure). I have no problem getting him to supply his old password but dont
know how to get his old files for him.

There are lots of personal stuff music/pics/art work/study etc that he would
hate to lose!

Any assistance would be greate.
Cheers,
O

 

[Malke]

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Olan wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I had to do a full reinstall of XP Home. There are several users all
> with their own documents etc.
> I need to get at the old "my documents" folders to copy the users data
> across but on one users the access is denigned (guess he made his
> files secure). I have no problem getting him to supply his old
> password but dont know how to get his old files for him.
>
> There are lots of personal stuff music/pics/art work/study etc that he
> would hate to lose!
>
> Any assistance would be greate.
> Cheers,
> O

Take ownership of the files:

Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP [Q308421] -
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

Malke
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[Guest]

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Olan:

I highly recommend you look at this first:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/deploy/usermigr.mspx

Eric

"Olan" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I had to do a full reinstall of XP Home. There are several users all with
> their own documents etc.
> I need to get at the old "my documents" folders to copy the users data
> across but on one users the access is denigned (guess he made his files
> secure). I have no problem getting him to supply his old password but dont
> know how to get his old files for him.
>
> There are lots of personal stuff music/pics/art work/study etc that he would
> hate to lose!
>
> Any assistance would be greate.
> Cheers,
> O
>