Good tip. Why don't you make it a "Sticky Read"?

 

thanks for this tip rick. it helped me out getting rid of some useless files that i had on my drives. :grinthumb

 

What do I do if the security tab does NOT appear?

 

Because you have to go to windows explorer go under tools - folder options - click on the view tab scroll all the way to the bottom in advanced settings and uncheck the use simple file sharing checkbox...and then your security tab will show up in a minute or so..

 

a+++++++++

Thanks for the advice mate, thats helped me out loads on my problem in another thead.

Thanks, regards. Caine

 

er..... i dont have that option under folder options....

 

That means you don't have a home network setup. You will need to run the Network Setup Wizard and let it do its thing. Then you should have that ability.

 

I've done this a lot on hard drives when hooked up to a 2nd machine, to get data off. Go Microsoft, make it so easy to protect all your data and hide it. Only to make it equally easy for someone to take it right back

 

i dont see a security tab in file or folder properties, how do i get to security tap? pleae help!

 

Try reading this thread again.

 

If you don't have a 'Security' tab..

If you don't have a 'Security' tab.. the easiest way to get one is to simply boot into safe mode (F8 key) and login as your normal user account (or, of you are normally limited for some reason, as the Administrator). From safe mode, you can follow the same steps and there the elusive tab will be.

Wait! Is not that the same as above: "If you are running Windows XP Home Edition, in order to have access to the Security tab, you must first start in Safe Mode and log on with an account that has Administrative rights."

Why yes! Yes it is.

 

Security Tab in File/Folder Properties

Hi!
Try keeping Ctrl key pressed down, while you right-click on the file/folder. Then click on Properties. This may help.

 

No HD shown in Safe Mode

I have a second HD that I have installed on a new computer with Windows XP Pro. In normal Windows mode, I can see the drive (that has 3 partitions), but all are "Access denied". I understand the need to change the ownership on the old drive, but there is no security tap showing up in normal Windows mode (even with the simple security box unchecked). When I go to Safe Mode to change the ownership there, the drive does not appear in Windows Explorer? Any clues would be greatly appreciated.

dll_guate

 

I used a variation of that method for XP Home and FINALLY, after four weeks I get into my user name folder...

Now none of the folders in the user file can be accessed...and the steps do not work for it...


Ideas?

 

Logon

I'm not 100% sure with XP Home but when you logon change the way you logon to be able to type in your user name as opposed to clicking on the picture and log on as administrator, see if you can access it then, that way you should still be able to see the drive, although normally to take ownership of and old 2000/XP installation you need to be in safe mode

 

"Access is Denied" .. error fixed !

Sharing this because it has taken me nearly 3 days and much research and frustration [tried every suggestion offered] before I finally found the fix for my problem.

I wont go into the details of why .. but Windows Update had ceased to work and the error messages were not particularly helpful .. just 'failed' and that was it.

It took me a while I finally identified that the error was caused by the update
program being unable to write to the necessary registry keys [Access Denied]
so, not necessarily only the update program .. this problem could come from any program which needs to change system keys and might apply to other applications which report this error.

Came eventually to this article:
"http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313222/"

which describes how to reset the Registry Key permissions to the installation defaults ..

This worked .. and I now have Windows Update working.

 

The problem has taken me six weeks because I desperately tried to recover my desktop...and I finally realized it would never happed...just ordered a new hard drive from TigerDirect and I will run the Restore DVD on it...

I logged on with my screenname instead of "Administrator" and it solved all my problems...it was one of the links in this thread...

Thanks for the help, guys!

 

Help!

Hi Guys. I have some serious computer problems. I used to have this huy I know who builds machines work on my computer. However, I keep having lots of hardware failures when he is done. I am tired of messing with BS and excuses. I ended up having to get a new HD. I installed windows, and it crashed. I installed a different version of windows and it got locked up by a virus called "tray app". Then I re-installed again. NOW I have 3 OS on my computer, I want to access files from the other installs and then combine it into one OS. Also after my HD crashed and I had to re-install windows, I had 2 drives in Raid 0 and would like to know how to get them back to raid? Or if they can see files seperetely of each other.... LOL... YES! I am a chick. And YES! I know that I sound like an *****, but hey I am a newbie

 

Well if you just installed 3 different OS' onto a new HDD, then I'd suggest formatting and starting all over. UNPLUG YOUR NETWORK CABLE!! This is important as until you get a firewall and anti-virus setup you won't be subject to crap from the net. Once you have your firewall and anti-virus setup plug in your network cable and go DIRECTLY to Windows Update and get all the updates. After that is done you should be ok.

BTW
:wave:Welcome to TechSpot:wave:

 

do i understand correctly that if I have drive C and F, say. and i hook up F as a slave to C, i can switch ownership of files that are on drive F to be owned by the account on drive C?

thanks

 

A little twist to this thread (I need some help)

Hi all, I have a Win XP Pro box, a bunch of internal hard drives and a Seagate 300Gb external firewire/USB drive.

I needed to re-install Windows so I backed up all of my stuff (including 20,000 digital pics) to the 300 gig firewire. Once backed up, I went into the seagate drive and made sure that I could access my pics and I could. Feeling rather confident in myself I went ahead and wiped out my primary XP hard drive and re-installed XP.

Imagine the heart stopping moment I had when I could no longer see my pictures on the external drive. I can display the folders but when I try to access I get the 'Access denied' error.

After reading several posts I'm 100% sure it is beacuse I chose to make my files private at some point and now, I cannot take ownership back.

If I boot into safe mode my firewire drive isn't available and since safe mode only loads minimal drivers, I can't imagine it working if connected to USB.

Do you guys have any ideas or thoughts?

thanks in advance...

 

hi i'm new here. i have an old foler (contianing other folders and files in it) that is "access denied," and it is from a previous winxp installation. now i did try the aforementioned method suggested by microsoft. however--when i go to click on the "security tab" i get the "access denied" message. any suggestions. thanks in advance!

 

'Access denied' fixed, but cannot copy

I installed a new hard drive, installing a new version of Win XP (Home) on my new hard drive. I thought I could cut and paste files from the old system drive to my new one.

The first problem I had was even being able to look at some of the files on the old system drive. After some messing around I worked out that files which read 'access denied' could be accessed in safe mode after I took ownership of them. But, I stll can't copy the files onto my new hard drive. I get "access denied". Can anyone help?

 

This does not work for me

I have some files that say the access is denied and i right click on them and there is no security tap there is just a genral, sharing and customize tab at the top.