When windows is stuck and i want to keep my files?

Question

I installed in another partition a new xp because that one before was not booting anymore.I can still see the folder i need in there but i can't have any access(access denied message!) how i can solve it?thanks to all

Answer 1

what i would do is delete off that new partion that you installed and pop in the windows disc that came with your computer..reboot your pc..hit any button to boot the cd....hit enter.....F8 to agree to license agreement....Hit "R" to automatically repair windows operating systems file "ONLY"....note that you need to use the second "R" option otherwise you will have to do it all manually..you don't lose any information when you do the refresh...it just overwrites your system files back to their original state and leaves everything else intact...if that fails then completely reformat your pc and use a program called "Recover my Files" and you can restore "ANY" file that was ever on your drive...even if you deleted and/or formated your pc back to the original factory settings..the info never really leaves your PC