Zolved - I have two partition of my drive, C:\ and D:\ my os(windows Xp SP2) is installed on the c:\ drive.i had an account named vick,the documents of which were stored on the D:\ drive in the My Docs folder which i had done by changing the target of the MY Documents folder on the desktop,i had made the My Docs folder private in the sharing tab of its properties now recently when my PC was infected with viruses & may be spyware i formatted the c:\ drive and now when i try to open the My Docs folder i get the message "D:\MY docs is not accessible" even though i have created my account on the fresh installation with the same name vick.Is there any way to recover my files.i'am really desperate please help. Configuration: intel motherboard DG965RY Core2duo@1.86Ghz 1GB RAM @533Mhz windows XP sp2 History: Formatted C:\ drive (windows drive) and reinstalled windows XP sp2

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I have two partition of my drive, C:\ and D:\ my os(windows Xp SP2) is installed
on the c:\ drive.i had an account named vick,the documents of which were stored on
the D:\ drive in the My Docs folder which i had done by changing the target of the
MY Documents folder on the desktop,i had made the My Docs folder private in the
sharing tab of its properties now recently when my PC was infected with viruses &
may be spyware i formatted the c:\ drive and now when i try to open the My Docs
folder i get the message "D:\MY docs is not accessible" even though i have created
my account on the fresh installation with the same name vick.Is there any way to
recover my files.i'am really desperate please help.

Configuration: intel motherboard DG965RY
Core2duo@1.86Ghz
1GB RAM @533Mhz
windows XP sp2

History: Formatted C:\ drive (windows drive) and reinstalled windows XP sp2

Posted by	vickyfern_2149
Status	Answer in Progress
Posted at	28 Aug 07:13
Last Update at	20 Nov 00:49
Category	Computers > Operating System

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[-] Answer by: Roy Esquibel - Guru Rating: 0.0

Hi Vicki well have try opening in safe mode. If not you can get a cd from ebay that has it's own opertating system (mini PE ) you can open the file threw there and even copy to another file so it can corranate with your c: drive.

[-] Answer by: Skip - Guru Rating: 0.0

You should find the answer here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310746

Posted by: geekgoddess at 28 Aug 12:18 permalink

Vicki:
Can you navigate to the D drive and actually see your data?
There are registry settings that need to be changed in order to view my documents on a different drive. Or in your case sounds like a different partition. If you can actually see the data on the D drive, go ahead now and back it up, before making any changes in permission in the registry. If you formatted you C partition and reinstalled Windows those permissions that you had before no longer exsist.

If you would like I can set up a remote session and take a look at your pc, and check the permissions and registry.

Just click on the 3rd box at the top and download the tool for "share my computer".
Follow the instructions for connecting.

My email is susang@summergrove.net

[-] Answer by: Tech Geek - Guru Rating: 2.7

Is your account an administrator?

If not then grant admin rights to that account then try to open it straight from the D: drive.

[-] Answer by: ramjith - Guru Rating: 2.5

Re-do the same process (I mean change the Mydocuments path back to d: Drive) So the registry entry will be generated. After that just restart the PC and try opeaning Mydocument. If you are able to open directly from D Drive please take a backup copy before doing this. Or else delete the current user and create again the same user with same name and try this should work fine for you.

Regards

Ramjith.Y