I recovered my HP pc and I just thought it was doing a system recovery but it wasnt, it did a HP recovery which has basically kept all my files, but is denying me access to them. They are in a folder called USERDATA in the C Drive, and I can see the old "my documents" folders etc, but when I double click them, I get this error:


It say's the folders are empty, but I still have only 29 of the 140Gb left on my HDD which is what I had left before I recovered it. Please oh pretty darn please could someone help me out, I would be so grateful.


Thankyou VERY much.

Welcome to the PCHF!

Can you please tell me what version of XP that is? Home or Pro?

It is Windows XP Pro SP2. Thnks

Ok...

Goto My Computer -> Tools -> Folder Options -> View
Make sure Simple File Sharing is turned OFF (down the bottom)

Goto the C:\USERDATA directory and right click on My Documents and select Properties.

Click on the Security tab and select Advanced -> Owner
Select your username from this box and then check the Replace owner on subcontainers and objects...apply and close all windows...and try again.