My motherboard and CPU were fryed in a storm. When I installed new hardware, Windows XP installed again over my old version. My old user name was password protected and a folder was hidden. I know the folder still exsists because I can see it, but I cannot access it. (access Denied). I thought I could uninstall windows (current version) and Repair the old version, But I cannot uninstall. Is there a way I can boot up in the old version of windows XP to retrieve the folder and files or is there a way to access it another way?
