Lost data after installation..

willemvdpas · 06-30-2005, 12:10 PM

Hi,

I just installed Windows XP professional. I removed my old XP (home), but I think I lost everything that was in my Documents and Settings folder (My Documents, Desktop). I still have the folder, but I can't open it because I made it personal in my old XP. (Access denied or something.) When I click properties, it says it is an empty folder.
Does this mean I lost the data in the folder? And does anyone knows how I can open the folder?

Willem.

**dragon2309** · 06-30-2005, 12:58 PM

I think you may have lost everything during the install, XP Pro put its own "My Documents" folder in its place and probably overwrote it all (all be it with nothing). You can try downloading some free data recovery tools and scanning the folder to see what it can recover for you.

kof2000 · 06-30-2005, 01:07 PM

the data is still there but he probably made it private so it cannot be access even running another drive to access it.

**dragon2309** · 06-30-2005, 02:16 PM

I still think a data recovery program would help, it would be able to deep scan the directory. And KOF, you,ve just reached 1,000 posts, well done.

willemvdpas · 06-30-2005, 02:18 PM

Yeah I made the folder private.. I think the data is still in there, my C: drive proporties say I used 8 GB, that is about 1 GB for Windows, and 1 for Program Files. So there are 6 GB of used space somewhere. (In that folder I think.)

Is it possible to bypass the security thing? I still know my old Windows password and username.

lynx6200 · 06-30-2005, 02:42 PM

Try logging in with that, your older windows user name and passowrd. You could also try giving yourself and administrator account, or loggin in as admin.

willemvdpas · 06-30-2005, 02:44 PM

The older profile is gone after I installed XP professional. So I basically have a folder which I can only open with a profile that is gone. I tried making a new profile with the same name, but it didn't work.

willemvdpas · 07-02-2005, 03:23 PM

Does anyone knows how to open a secured folder in Windows XP?

Trizoy · 07-02-2005, 03:29 PM

right click on the folder and change the restrictions with admin account..

06-30-2005, 12:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
willemvdpas New Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 5	Lost data after installation.. Hi, I just installed Windows XP professional. I removed my old XP (home), but I think I lost everything that was in my Documents and Settings folder (My Documents, Desktop). I still have the folder, but I can't open it because I made it personal in my old XP. (Access denied or something.) When I click properties, it says it is an empty folder. Does this mean I lost the data in the folder? And does anyone knows how I can open the folder? Willem.

06-30-2005, 12:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
dragon2309 P.I Dragon Join Date: May 2005 Location: KENT, UK Age: 19 Posts: 8,333	I think you may have lost everything during the install, XP Pro put its own "My Documents" folder in its place and probably overwrote it all (all be it with nothing). You can try downloading some free data recovery tools and scanning the folder to see what it can recover for you. __________________ Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz - (__CPU__) eVGA 680i SLi - (__MOB__) 4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2-800 (4x1024Mb) - (__RAM__) 250Gb Western Digital SATAII 7200rpm - (__HDD__) nVidia BFG 8800GTS OC 320Mb - (__GFX__) LG DVD+/-RW 18x DVD-RAM - (__OPT__) Triple Boot - [XP Pro] + [Vista Ultimate] + [Ubuntu 7.10] - (__OS__) [3DMARK'03 :: 25,587] --- [3DMARK'05 :: 13,989] --- [3DMARK'06 :: 8791] - (__BENCHMARKS__) dragon2309.co.uk - a little slice of geek

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06-30-2005, 02:16 PM	#4 (permalink)
dragon2309 P.I Dragon Join Date: May 2005 Location: KENT, UK Age: 19 Posts: 8,333	I still think a data recovery program would help, it would be able to deep scan the directory. And KOF, you,ve just reached 1,000 posts, well done. __________________ Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz - (__CPU__) eVGA 680i SLi - (__MOB__) 4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2-800 (4x1024Mb) - (__RAM__) 250Gb Western Digital SATAII 7200rpm - (__HDD__) nVidia BFG 8800GTS OC 320Mb - (__GFX__) LG DVD+/-RW 18x DVD-RAM - (__OPT__) Triple Boot - [XP Pro] + [Vista Ultimate] + [Ubuntu 7.10] - (__OS__) [3DMARK'03 :: 25,587] --- [3DMARK'05 :: 13,989] --- [3DMARK'06 :: 8791] - (__BENCHMARKS__) dragon2309.co.uk - a little slice of geek

06-30-2005, 02:42 PM	#6 (permalink)
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06-30-2005, 02:18 PM	#5 (permalink)
willemvdpas New Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 5	Yeah I made the folder private.. I think the data is still in there, my C: drive proporties say I used 8 GB, that is about 1 GB for Windows, and 1 for Program Files. So there are 6 GB of used space somewhere. (In that folder I think.) Is it possible to bypass the security thing? I still know my old Windows password and username.

06-30-2005, 02:44 PM	#7 (permalink)
willemvdpas New Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 5	The older profile is gone after I installed XP professional. So I basically have a folder which I can only open with a profile that is gone. I tried making a new profile with the same name, but it didn't work.

07-02-2005, 03:23 PM	#8 (permalink)
willemvdpas New Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 5	Does anyone knows how to open a secured folder in Windows XP?

07-02-2005, 03:29 PM	#9 (permalink)
Trizoy VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Campbell, Ca Posts: 4,650	right click on the folder and change the restrictions with admin account..

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