Private file recovery?

[Gufran]

Hi! I recently reinstalled windows xp on my system and i had previously kept my files private. after reinstallation i wasn't able to access my file in the documents and settings folder. it says access denied. has anyone had this problem? any help is appreciated.

thanx
G

 

[n0cmonkey]

Get ownership of the files and try again.

EDIT: Unless you mean you encrypted them, then you're SOL.

 

[Gufran]

no i didn't encrypt it it asked me if i want to make the files in my folder private when i put a password on the account and i chose yes

 

[Navid]

http://support.microsoft.com/d...x?scid=kb;en-us;308421

 

[Gufran]

thanks a million navid, really appreciate your help

Gufran