Dual Boot Windows XP

I had a dual boot system with two hard drives. Windows XP Pro (D on
one and Windows XP Home (C on the other with a large partition for
all of my important files(E. I decided to go back to a one OS system.
I have a couple of files and folders on (E that I can not open since
the change. Is there anyway to get these files back?

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I had a dual boot system with two hard drives. Windows XP Pro (D on
one and Windows XP Home (C on the other with a large partition for
all of my important files(E. I decided to go back to a one OS
system. I have a couple of files and folders on (E that I can not
open since the change. Is there anyway to get these files back?


Please help us to help you. What does " I can not open" mean? What happens
when you try? If you get an error message, please quote it verbatim.

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An error box pops up that says E: not accessable.

Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
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I had a dual boot system with two hard drives. Windows XP Pro (D on
one and Windows XP Home (C on the other with a large partition for
all of my important files(E. I decided to go back to a one OS
system. I have a couple of files and folders on (E that I can not
open since the change. Is there anyway to get these files back?


Please help us to help you. What does " I can not open" mean? What happens
when you try? If you get an error message, please quote it verbatim.

For information on how to make a good newsgroup posting, read
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.html

But perhaps this is your issue: Take ownership:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;308421

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A box pops up with a red x that say's

E:/ file name is not accessible access denied


Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
wrote:

I had a dual boot system with two hard drives. Windows XP Pro (D on
one and Windows XP Home (C on the other with a large partition for
all of my important files(E. I decided to go back to a one OS
system. I have a couple of files and folders on (E that I can not
open since the change. Is there anyway to get these files back?


Please help us to help you. What does " I can not open" mean? What happens
when you try? If you get an error message, please quote it verbatim.

For information on how to make a good newsgroup posting, read
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.html

But perhaps this is your issue: Take ownership:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;308421

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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ups.com...
A box pops up with a red x that say's

E:/ file name is not accessible access denied




Look up "Taking ownership of files and folders" in Help and Support......

wrote:

An error box pops up that says E: not accessable.


Exactly how did you go about going back to a "one OS system"? Which XP
version did you get rid of and how? If you got rid of Home, and you sure you
didn't create a new single partition on that drive?


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Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
wrote:

I had a dual boot system with two hard drives. Windows XP Pro (D
on one and Windows XP Home (C on the other with a large partition
for all of my important files(E. I decided to go back to a one OS
system. I have a couple of files and folders on (E that I can not
open since the change. Is there anyway to get these files back?


Please help us to help you. What does " I can not open" mean? What
happens when you try? If you get an error message, please quote it
verbatim.

For information on how to make a good newsgroup posting, read
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.html

But perhaps this is your issue: Take ownership:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;308421

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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I got rid of home it was on a my 20g drive that is not partitioned and
was the only thing on that drive. Pro is on a 250g drive which is
partitioned to 50g that has the pro on it. I formatted the 20g and then
I reinstalled pro onto the 50g partition.

Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
wrote:

An error box pops up that says E: not accessable.


Exactly how did you go about going back to a "one OS system"? Which XP
version did you get rid of and how? If you got rid of Home, and you sure you
didn't create a new single partition on that drive?


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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
wrote:

I had a dual boot system with two hard drives. Windows XP Pro (D
on one and Windows XP Home (C on the other with a large partition
for all of my important files(E. I decided to go back to a one OS
system. I have a couple of files and folders on (E that I can not
open since the change. Is there anyway to get these files back?


Please help us to help you. What does " I can not open" mean? What
happens when you try? If you get an error message, please quote it
verbatim.

For information on how to make a good newsgroup posting, read
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.html

But perhaps this is your issue: Take ownership:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;308421

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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Thanks for the help, I will try that.


Gordon wrote:
wrote in message
ups.com...
A box pops up with a red x that say's

E:/ file name is not accessible access denied




Look up "Taking ownership of files and folders" in Help and Support......

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ups.com...

I formatted the 20g and then

Then if your data you are trying to locate was on that 20 GB partition and
you formatted it, then poof! it's gone - did you not see the warning about
data loss when you began the format process? I suggest you get a GOOD book
about how computers work and read it. You really shouldn't mess with things
that you don't know about!
(I'm not trying to be sarcy, just to help you retain your data and sanity).

The data is on the large partition on (E the only thing on (C was
the Home OS


Gordon wrote:
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I formatted the 20g and then

Then if your data you are trying to locate was on that 20 GB partition and
you formatted it, then poof! it's gone - did you not see the warning about
data loss when you began the format process? I suggest you get a GOOD book
about how computers work and read it. You really shouldn't mess with things
that you don't know about!
(I'm not trying to be sarcy, just to help you retain your data and sanity).

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I got rid of home it was on a my 20g drive that is not partitioned and
was the only thing on that drive. Pro is on a 250g drive which is
partitioned to 50g that has the pro on it. I formatted the 20g and
then I reinstalled pro onto the 50g partition.


So the E: drive you can't access was the second partition of 200GB on the
same physical drive as Pro?

How did you reinstall Pro? Did you do a clean reinstallation? If so, did you
perhaps tell it to use the entire drive for it?

If you go to Windows Explorer or My Computer, what hard drives are lised
there? Do you see C:, D:, and E: there? If E: is there, is it shown as 200GB
or 2GB?

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Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
wrote:

An error box pops up that says E: not accessable.


Exactly how did you go about going back to a "one OS system"? Which
XP version did you get rid of and how? If you got rid of Home, and
you sure you didn't create a new single partition on that drive?


--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
wrote:

I had a dual boot system with two hard drives. Windows XP Pro (D
on one and Windows XP Home (C on the other with a large
partition for all of my important files(E. I decided to go back
to a one OS system. I have a couple of files and folders on (E
that I can not open since the change. Is there anyway to get
these files back?


Please help us to help you. What does " I can not open" mean? What
happens when you try? If you get an error message, please quote it
verbatim.

For information on how to make a good newsgroup posting, read
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.html

But perhaps this is your issue: Take ownership:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;308421

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
wrote:

I got rid of home it was on a my 20g drive that is not partitioned and
was the only thing on that drive. Pro is on a 250g drive which is
partitioned to 50g that has the pro on it. I formatted the 20g and
then I reinstalled pro onto the 50g partition.

It shows C: 20g D: 50g and E: 200g. I can access all the files on E: ( I am using about 50 g of that ) except for a few folders which have several small word doc. in it.


So the E: drive you can't access was the second partition of 200GB on the
same physical drive as Pro?

How did you reinstall Pro? Did you do a clean reinstallation? If so, did you
perhaps tell it to use the entire drive for it?

If you go to Windows Explorer or My Computer, what hard drives are lised
there? Do you see C:, D:, and E: there? If E: is there, is it shown as 200GB
or 2GB?

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
wrote:

An error box pops up that says E: not accessable.


Exactly how did you go about going back to a "one OS system"? Which
XP version did you get rid of and how? If you got rid of Home, and
you sure you didn't create a new single partition on that drive?


--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup




Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
wrote:

I had a dual boot system with two hard drives. Windows XP Pro (D
on one and Windows XP Home (C on the other with a large
partition for all of my important files(E. I decided to go back
to a one OS system. I have a couple of files and folders on (E
that I can not open since the change. Is there anyway to get
these files back?


Please help us to help you. What does " I can not open" mean? What
happens when you try? If you get an error message, please quote it
verbatim.

For information on how to make a good newsgroup posting, read
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.html

But perhaps this is your issue: Take ownership:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;308421

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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