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windows xp recovery access denied for windows directory

How do I gain access to the windows directory using windows xp recovery?
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This article tells you how to "fix" that feature.

http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=187000225
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GBIRKEMEIER,
THANKS, HOWEVER, MY SYSTEM BASICALLY CRASHED.  SO IT DOESN'T BOOT UP.  i CAN ONLY USE THE WINDOWS RECOVERY, SO I WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE THESE RESTRICTIONS FROM THE WINDOWS RECOVERY.  cAN YOU HELP ME WITH THAT?  THANKS AGAIN,
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Use BartPE to build a Windows boot CD, and access your whole drive.

http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/

This is WAY easyer. It is basically a version of XP that boots from a CD. Once you use it you will always keep it handy.

THIS DOESN'T WORK FOR ME RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THE COMPUTER THAT CRASED IS WINDOW XP, THE OTHER COMPUTER I HAVE ACESS TO IS WINDOW 98 AND THE PE BUILDER ONLY RUNS ON XP. ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS.
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You can use NTFSDOS.

It allows you to access NTFS filesystem using DOS.

http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/NtfsDos.html