Re: Drives not recognized by XP

From: Rick \ (rick_at_mvps.org)
Date: 07/24/04 

Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 19:56:47 -0400

Hi,

You may need to take ownership of the folders on C:\, Right-click a folder,
select properties. Go to the security tab and click advanced. You can take
control of the folders on the owner tab. For the security tab to appear in a
WinXP Pro system, you must disable simple file sharing in the control
panel/folder options/view tab. For a WinXP Home system, you must restart in
safe mode and logon as administrator. More details here:

HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP [Q308421]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

An additional note for WinXP Pro users: This procedure will not help you
recover data if the files are encrypted. All you will be able to do is
delete them. To recover encrypted files you will need the original
encryption certificate or a Recovery Agent from the installation under which
they were encrypted. Without one of these, the files are not recoverable. 

-- 
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
"Cecelia" <Cecelia@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C2F2ADB3-66C0-4AB1-80BE-21D0E129C576@microsoft.com...
> Rick,
> In the disk managment all the drives are showing. If I right click on C:
there is no import option. If I try to open the message says: C:\ is not
accessable, Access denied
>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:
>
> > Hi Cecelia,
> >
> > Start/run diskmgmt.msc, if you right-click a volume that is currently
> > unavailable, is "import" one of the options?
> >
> > -- 
> > Best of Luck,
> >
> > Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> > Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> > www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> > Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> >
> > "Cecelia" <Cecelia@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:5FD6B646-6A77-4EB4-80C9-18EA87EAFF15@microsoft.com...
> > > I posted a message earlier today about how I accidently upgraded my 2K
to
> > XP instead of doing an install so I could dual boot. I received a reply
that
> > I can't go back to 2K. I have a 60G hard drive with 7 partitions and a
13G
> > hard drive with two partitions. XP recognizes and allows acces to all
the
> > partitions on the 13G drive. It will only recognize and allow access to
2
> > partitions on the 60G. The other five show as local disks but I can't
access
> > them. Under 2K all the drives had unique labels, now the drives I can't
> > access are labeled local disk.
> > >
> > > What is driving me crazy is that it allowed me to install another copy
of
> > XP on my C drive which I have done. But I can't access the drive itself.
Any
> > suggestions on how to obtain access. Re-installing doesn't appear to be
the
> > solution? Any help someone could give would be greatly appreciated. This
is
> > seriously affecting my small business. l
> > >
> >
> >
> >

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