Ntfs Folder Help Pls

[awake]

i had multiple OS a week ago Win2k3 and WinXP Pro, both installed on a NTFS volume disk C:\. i had a username Danish in XP and i changed its default My Documents folder to C:\MyPersonal Folder and i made it Private using the options given in ithe Security Options.

later on i removed my XP, I Uninstalled it without unlocking( didn't uncheck Private folder checkbox) and now my C:\MyPersonal Folder is still private. when i try to open it it says Access Denied.. how do i access that folder now ? i m stuck with it. please help i've very important Data in it. can ny guru here help me out ?.

[Agent Smith]

sahil80, I am going to proceed with caution here. As you must appreciate, giving advice as to how to break into a private folder on a computer, is not the sort of thing I can condone on this forum. I will give some basic advice, which anybody who has administrator rights on the machine should be able to do anyway, then I will lock this thread. If you still cannot get to your files, you will need to send me a PM (click on the button at the bottom of this post), and if you can convince me you are genuine, I will assist further.

Right, log onto the machine as an administrator, and right click on the affected directory and select the security tab. You should be able to set the rights to allow the administrator to access the directory. Ensure you check the "allow inheritable rights" box.

Alternately, here is an article from M$ about this problem M$ KB823306

If that fails, create a new user with the same name as your old XP account, and login as that user.

If these fail, as I say, PM me with further information and I will decide whether to tell you how to get into the folder.

Good luck. Regards. Mr. Mouse.