Accesing files / Fixing partiation

[pmilg]

i have a gateway with a 120gb hard drive, I had the hard drive in two partiations. originaly I installed XP home on one partiation and left the second blank. recently i installed XP media center 2005 on the second partiation and it worked fine. today i wanted to deleate the partiation with XP home so i could use it for storage. i put in my xp install disk and used it to deleate the first partiation and then reformat it blank. when i rebooted my pc gave some strange error and dident give me any o/s's to choose from. i havent touched the second partiation sut its as if its gone.

[pmilg]

since then i installed XP media center on another partiation i made from the one i deleted, im trying to gain access to my files under the documents and settings/michael directory but the access is denied. is their any way i can save the partiation, boot to it, or get my files onto the new partiation
. i have the admin password from both partiations but im not sure what to do.

[glc]

Take ownership of the folders and files.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...308421&sd=tech