Help with folder and file permissions!

[Guest nomad]

Hi,

 

My WIndows XP machine recently blue screened on me. I was able to

copy my profiles for FIrefox and Outlook etc over to my D Drive. I

then formatted my C Drive and reloaded Windows XP. WHen it was

installed, I was unable to access my D, E or F drives. I was able to

set permissions for my profile, and Administrator so that I could

access the drive, but I now cannot access any of the folders within

it. ANy ideas where I am going wrong. Really appreciate any help on

this.

 

THanks

[Guest tim_milstead@yahoo.co.uk]

Re: Help with folder and file permissions!

 

On 7 Jul, 11:12, nomad <d.bedg...@ntlworld.com> wrote:

> Hi,

>

> My WIndows XP machine recently blue screened on me. I was able to

> copy my profiles for FIrefox and Outlook etc over to my D Drive. I

> then formatted my C Drive and reloaded Windows XP. WHen it was

> installed, I was unable to access my D, E or F drives. I was able to

> set permissions for my profile, and Administrator so that I could

> access the drive, but I now cannot access any of the folders within

> it. ANy ideas where I am going wrong. Really appreciate any help on

> this.

>

> THanks

 

What format are your D, E and F drives?

NTFS or FAT32.

I suspect NTFS.

I take it you haven't encrypted the contents - in which case you might

be in trouble.

The user that had permissions to access those drives no longer exists

because they died with Windows.

You will have to recursively change the permissions on the files in

those drives to be able to access them properly.

 

Tim.

[Guest nomad]

Re: Help with folder and file permissions!

 

On 7 Jul, 11:32, tim_milst...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:

> On 7 Jul, 11:12, nomad <d.bedg...@ntlworld.com> wrote:

>

> > Hi,

>

> > My WIndows XP machine recently blue screened on me. I was able to

> > copy my profiles for FIrefox and Outlook etc over to my D Drive. I

> > then formatted my C Drive and reloaded Windows XP. WHen it was

> > installed, I was unable to access my D, E or F drives. I was able to

> > set permissions for my profile, and Administrator so that I could

> > access the drive, but I now cannot access any of the folders within

> > it. ANy ideas where I am going wrong. Really appreciate any help on

> > this.

>

> > THanks

>

> What format are your D, E and F drives?

> NTFS or FAT32.

> I suspect NTFS.

> I take it you haven't encrypted the contents - in which case you might

> be in trouble.

> The user that had permissions to access those drives no longer exists

> because they died with Windows.

> You will have to recursively change the permissions on the files in

> those drives to be able to access them properly.

>

> Tim.

 

Thanks for your reply. How do I do this? Appreciate the help.

[Guest Malke]

Re: Help with folder and file permissions!

 

nomad wrote:

> Hi,

>

> My WIndows XP machine recently blue screened on me. I was able to

> copy my profiles for FIrefox and Outlook etc over to my D Drive. I

> then formatted my C Drive and reloaded Windows XP. WHen it was

> installed, I was unable to access my D, E or F drives. I was able to

> set permissions for my profile, and Administrator so that I could

> access the drive, but I now cannot access any of the folders within

> it. ANy ideas where I am going wrong. Really appreciate any help on

> this.

>

> THanks

>

 

Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP [Q308421] -

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

How Do I Get the Security tab in Folder Properties? -

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_security_tab.htm

 

This assumes that the files were not encrypted. If you have XP Home, you

couldn't have encrypted them. If you have XP Pro, you might have done

but you would remember doing this.

 

 

Malke

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