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pmckerna wrote:
> I recently had a virus on my system which was so bad I had to
> reinstall XP on my C: partition. Prior to the reinstall, I had
> all my private documents on my E: partition (which was left intact
> after the reinstall). My problem is that these documents were all
> in a private folder which was password protected on my previous
> installation, and if I try to access them now I get an "Access
> Denied" statement, even though my username and password on the new
> installation are the same as before. Can anyone advise on how I
> can retrieve these files???

I doubt it was password protected (unless you made it into a ZIP
file/folder... Or did you encrypt it with EFS?) - so you just need to take
ownership.

How to Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

Read *carefully* - do not just skim the page and start following steps.
There is important information there dependent on the version of Windows XP.

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