Help with folder and file permissions!

[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

 

[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.

 

[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.

 

[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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