Access denied problems! Please please someone read

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GrEek604

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Ok here is the run down.


Basically, I have 2 harddrives. My Main Drive was messed so i swapped them with another one.

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The new HD is C:\ the old one is D:\ The D:\ has many folders in it but my folder labeled STEVE is DENIED it wont let me in it.

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Anyone have any idea? im stumped!
 
the D:\ had a installation of WINDOWS XP HOME EDITION but i all the D:\windows folders got deleted and just the folders were left behind!
 
You may have set it to "Make My Folders Private" which is an option that XP Gives you when you put a password on a user account which means you have to log on as "Steve" to access the files.

There may be a way of accessing the folder in a command window also.
 
Originally posted by chocobogo_rct
You may have set it to "Make My Folders Private" which is an option that XP Gives you when you put a password on a user account which means you have to log on as "Steve" to access the files.

There may be a way of accessing the folder in a command window also.



I cant log in as steve... cuz i duno how.


And i am lookin for a way to access this folder without installing WINDOWS XP on that harddrive.... is there an easier way?
 
Take ownership of the folder. In security tab, there is an advanced option. Go in there and take ownership (you need an administrator account, or account in administrator's group). That should be all you need to do, maybe also change permissions.
 
Hey man your post is just now 12 hours old, if you are going to complain nobody has helped you in 12 hours when sometimes it takes days, then by all means "upgrade" to another forum.
 
Originally posted by StormBringer
XP Home doesn't have the Security Tab

Dang! I skipped over that bit and missed that he had home ed.

Why do people run crappy home ed anyway ? (other than the fact its bundled with their machines! ;) ) they should all upgrade to professional if they are computer enthusiasts.
 
Originally posted by Phantasm66
Dang! I skipped over that bit and missed that he had home ed.

Why do people run crappy home ed anyway ? (other than the fact its bundled with their machines! ;) ) they should all upgrade to professional if they are computer enthusiasts.

They should also keep their systems patched and their AV software up to date, but do they........
 
If you can't change permissions in the security tab, then the only other option is probably a command in the recovery console.
 
hey m8,

i renember this problem i had it 2 years ago when winxp was released :d
go to user accounts make a new account password protected then go to configuartion panel and go to users and passwords be sure that you are admin on you own pc ;). Then login with that account go to properties of that HD and check if the user what you have made have full acces to the drive. It should be worked this worked for me when i had the same prob.
good luck!
 
Boot into safemode.

Since Home Edition is "secure", it lets you log into the Administrator account with no password. From there, you can do anything you'd like.
 
Find any solution?

I have a similar problem. Differences are my swapped in c: drive has new install of xp home and the problem d: drive has xp pro.

I wanted to save all data from d: but I get access denied when copying an administraters accounts documents.

I haven't seen any help in xp command line stuff, but I'm still looking.

I may try to swap in on a machine with xp pro instead of xp home.

I thought coping files would be easy.
 
Windows XP Professional to Windows XP Home Edition
My Documents folders, private folders, user permissions.
Access is Denied. Message

I have spent the last 8 hours trying to find a way to resolve this problem.... In the end every tech support sight either said, it can't be done, or to use the cacls command. Neither is correct.

Wan't a simple easy way out of any kind of problem like this.

Download Partion Magic (7.0 is the version I used)
Covert the drive that has the "access is denied." message
From NTFS to FAT32.

All user permission files are now ignored because the drive is no longer confined to the rules of NTFS.

Access is Denied Message Gone.
 
raknapp2 said:
Windows XP Professional to Windows XP Home Edition
My Documents folders, private folders, user permissions.
Access is Denied. Message

I have spent the last 8 hours trying to find a way to resolve this problem.... In the end every tech support sight either said, it can't be done, or to use the cacls command. Neither is correct.

Wan't a simple easy way out of any kind of problem like this.

Download Partion Magic (7.0 is the version I used)
Covert the drive that has the "access is denied." message
From NTFS to FAT32.

All user permission files are now ignored because the drive is no longer confined to the rules of NTFS.

Access is Denied Message Gone.
I have just tried to do this on a problem drive I have, but Partition Magic 7 complains that the drive is compressed or contains sparse files and fails to carry out the conversion from NTFS to FAT32.

Did you come across this problem?

If you did, how did you get round it?

If you didn't, do you know of any way to get round it, i.e. does Partition Magic 8 let you do it?
 
Audi-audi-o

It's not as complicated as you all make it seem. Seriously, you're over-estimating the illusion of security that is a trademark of Microsoft.

In XP Pro, under the Security tab of Properties, click advanced, click the Owner tab, then check the box down below that says "Replace owner on subcontainer and objects" and click yes.

Remember, microsoft aren't rocket scientists, just used car salesman. Nothing's what it seems.

Party on everybody.
Shake your foundations.
Dan
 
Lol, thanks for the answer Foogan-from-2-years-ago!

I ran into this issue again, and knew that I did it before, so I did a quick Google search and clicked this article. As I was scrolling down reading it, I saw my own name with the solution (for xp pro)! Quel surprise!

**Also I will mention that if the security tab isn't showing up in Windows Explorer, go to Tools>Folder Options>View tab> and uncheck the box for simple file sharing
 
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