My XP boot sequence got corrupted (according to Dell) on my "C" drive. They wanted me to reformat the drive (and lose all my work). Instead I installed XP onto my secondary drive and nenamed it "C", set up a special partition on my secondary drive to receive the old files ("D") and renamed the "bad" drive to "G". Though I can access/copy most files from "G" onto "D", my "Documents and Settings/Administrator" directory on "G" (not password-protected, but contained a lot of files) are all "access-denied". I can't open/view these files on "G" or even copy them to "D". If I try to open them, I get a "files inaccessible, access is denied" msg. If I try and copy them from "G" to "D", I get "Cannot copy reglog. Access is denied. Make sure the disk is not full or write protected and that the file is not currently in use." HOWEVER, when I copy the Administrator file from "G" to "D", in spite of the error msg, the directory "Administrator" copies, is the correct size for MB, but there's only a single file in it, a DAT file. Any insights you smart folks could provide to help me recover these "lost" files would be most appreciated!! Thanks JC

it's all about 'taking ownership': http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421 Today's subliminal thought is: 'Calm down ... it's only ones and zeros.'

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