Re: X:\ is not accessible.; Access is denied.

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"yawnmoth" <terra1024@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:110250b9-34ca-429a-9582-1c3444680db4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Feb 8, 1:23 pm, "Kerry Brown" <ke...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx*a*m>
wrote:
"yawnmoth" <terra1...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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> On Feb 8, 10:39 am, "Kerry Brown" <ke...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx*a*m>
> wrote:
>> Is X:\ a mapped drive, external drive, partition? Some more >> information
>> would be helpful.

>> In the Disk Management console does X: show up as healthy?

> According to Disk Management, the Status is "Healthy (Primary
> Partition)". It's an internal drive and I'm not sure what you mean by
> mapped drive. It's not a mapped network drive if that's what you
> mean.

> Incidentally, I right clicked on the drive letter, clicked on the
> Security tab, and took a look at the permissions and... none of the
> Allow permissions were checked off. I checked Allow under Full
> Control for SYSTEM and Administrators and a few hours later they were
> updated. Unfortunately, I still can't access the drive.

Was the drive partitioned and formatted from this Vista installation? In the
Security tab are there any Unknown Users with a SID but no user name?

The drive was partitioned (1 partition) / formatted under Windows XP.
There were only two users in the Security tab - SYSTEM and
Adminstrative user.

If the drive came from another Windows installation you may have to take
ownership then give yourself permission to access it. This is a two step
process. You have to take ownership then exit and restart Windows Explorer
before you can grant yourself Full Control.

The 'Current owner' was 'Unable to display current owner'. I changed
the owner to the currently logged in user (an Administrator; the only
Administrator), rebooted, and... it didn't work. Still can't access
the drive.

Was a little surprised it took pretty no much no time at all when
granting the Administrator and the SYSTEM user Full Access permissions
took a few hours...

Once you have ownership you then have to give yourself the needed permissions.

--
Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/




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