Password Reset

[Gavin Collins]

I have followed the instructions on how to reset the password but got this error message.
"C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin>mysqld --init-file=C:\Users\Gavin\Do
cumentsmysql-init.txt
120221 20:20:53 [Warning] Can't create test file C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Se
rver 5.5\data\TheBeast.lower-test
120221 20:20:53 [Warning] Can't create test file C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Se
rver 5.5\data\TheBeast.lower-test
120221 20:20:53 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled.
120221 20:20:53 InnoDB: The InnoDB memory heap is disabled
120221 20:20:53 InnoDB: Mutexes and rw_locks use Windows interlocked functions
120221 20:20:53 InnoDB: Compressed tables use zlib 1.2.3
120221 20:20:53 InnoDB: Initializing buffer pool, size = 128.0M
120221 20:20:53 InnoDB: Completed initialization of buffer pool
120221 20:20:53 InnoDB: Operating system error number 5 in a file operation.
InnoDB: The error means mysqld does not have the access rights to
InnoDB: the directory. It may also be you have created a subdirectory
InnoDB: of the same name as a data file.
InnoDB: File name .\ibdata1
InnoDB: File operation call: 'create'.
InnoDB: Cannot continue operation."

So then I tried the other method because I used the installer and got this

"C:\>"C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin\mysqld.exe"
120221 20:36:42 [Warning] Can't create test file C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Se
rver 5.5\data\TheBeast.lower-test
120221 20:36:42 [Warning] Can't create test file C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Se
rver 5.5\data\TheBeast.lower-test
120221 20:36:42 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled.
120221 20:36:42 InnoDB: The InnoDB memory heap is disabled
120221 20:36:42 InnoDB: Mutexes and rw_locks use Windows interlocked functions
120221 20:36:42 InnoDB: Compressed tables use zlib 1.2.3
120221 20:36:42 InnoDB: Initializing buffer pool, size = 128.0M
120221 20:36:42 InnoDB: Completed initialization of buffer pool
120221 20:36:42 InnoDB: Operating system error number 5 in a file operation.
InnoDB: The error means mysqld does not have the access rights to
InnoDB: the directory. It may also be you have created a subdirectory
InnoDB: of the same name as a data file.
InnoDB: File name .\ibdata1
InnoDB: File operation call: 'create'.
InnoDB: Cannot continue operation."

Now, I have absolutely no idea where to start besides unistalling and reinstalling. I really would like to get this up and running. Please any information would be greatly appreciated.


Possible useful info:
Windows 7
mysql 5.5 (installer)
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