Data Access Problem: 2 installations of Win XP

[Atul Kulkarni]

SITUATION:
I had Windows XP Home edition installed on my DELL laptop.
While trying to repair the installation of Windows XP,
something went wrong and I was no longer able to log into
Windows.

So, per suggestion of a technical support person, I
reinstalled another instance Windows XP in the same
partition in a different directory.

Now, I am able to log into the newer instance of Windows
XP.

PROBLEM:
I have a lot of critical data in the 'My Documents'
folder of the first of Windows XP installations.
And, I am not able to access this data when I log into
the newer of the Windows XP installations.
Whenever I click on the folder, I get a message that
says "Access Denied".

Can anybody suggest any idea as how to grab this data in
the earlier installation from the newer installation.
I just plainly can't afford to lose this data.

Any suggestions will be welcome and appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Best,
- Atul

[Don Parker]

Have a look at this article -
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810881

It explains how to take ownership of folders.
--
Don

"Atul Kulkarni" > wrote in message
...
> SITUATION:
> I had Windows XP Home edition installed on my DELL laptop.
> While trying to repair the installation of Windows XP,
> something went wrong and I was no longer able to log into
> Windows.
>
> So, per suggestion of a technical support person, I
> reinstalled another instance Windows XP in the same
> partition in a different directory.
>
> Now, I am able to log into the newer instance of Windows
> XP.
>
> PROBLEM:
> I have a lot of critical data in the 'My Documents'
> folder of the first of Windows XP installations.
> And, I am not able to access this data when I log into
> the newer of the Windows XP installations.
> Whenever I click on the folder, I get a message that
> says "Access Denied".
>
> Can anybody suggest any idea as how to grab this data in
> the earlier installation from the newer installation.
> I just plainly can't afford to lose this data.
>
> Any suggestions will be welcome and appreciated.
> Thanks in advance.
> Best,
> - Atul