Re: cipher /w:C:
- From: "Donald Shelton" <DonaldShelton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 17:53:03 -0700
I certainly appreciate your efforts in helping me to solve the problem
Currently I have asked numerous experts, but have not found a solution
Leave it to me to be the one with the unsolvable problem!!!
Don
"Kerry Brown" wrote:
> "S.Sengupta" <ssengupta_@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:ucMIMYJcFHA.464@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >I think you didn't have a closer look.The second link also tells the syntax
> >of the /w switch
> > Open the the second link,you will get a table where all tasks and
> > parameters for the Cipher command has been listed.Scroll down the table
> > you will find a last option:-"Display all of the options available with
> > cipher. /?"
> > If you open the command prompt window and put the above command what does
> > it show?Doesn't it show [/w ] option?
> > Before comment anything check it the whole thing.
> > "access denied" message may be due to various factors but he didn't write
> > in detail regarding other things,so I didn't mention that aspect.In any
> > case:
> > see:-
> > Encrypting File System in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003
> > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/deploy/cryptfs.mspx
> >
> > In the above article various possibilities mentioned as far as "access
> > denied" message is concerned.
> >
> > regards,
> > ssg MS-MVP
> >
>
> Let me preface this by saying your help on these newsgroups is much
> appreciated. You help a lot more people than I do. In this case it seemed
> you just posted a couple of links without looking to see if they had any
> bearing on the problem. The cipher /w command is very poorly documented. It
> sometimes seems to fail with the "access denied" message. This, on the
> surface, appears to have nothing to do with the other cipher switches and
> why they sometimes receive that error. An exhaustive google search and
> searching Microsoft gets some hits on the problem but no solution. The XP
> documentation says:
>
> /w removes data from portions of the volume it can access and have not been
> allocated to files or directories. It does not lock the drive, so other
> programs can obtain space on the drive, which cipher cannot erase. Because
> this option writes to a large portion of the hard volume, it might take a
> long time to complete and should only be used when necessary.
>
> This seems to indicate that it doesn't actually access any files, only space
> that has been de-allocated. If the space has been de-allocated why would
> access be denied, especially logged in as administrator? I have tried to
> duplicate the problem but have had no success. I have seen the problem on
> one computer but was unable to solve it, thus my interest.
>
> Kerry
>
> >
> >
> > Kerry Brown wrote:
> >> "S.Sengupta" <ssengupta_@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:eW12P8HcFHA.4040@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>
> >>>check point-
> >>>How to Use the Cipher Security Tool to Overwrite Deleted Data
> >>>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315672&sd=tech
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Encrypting and Decrypting Files and Folders by Using the Cipher Command
> >>>http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prnb_efs_prpr.asp
> >>>
> >>>regards,
> >>>ssg MS-MVP
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> I realise you are trying to help but did you read the OP and check the
> >> links you posted? The second link has nothing that applies to the OP. The
> >> first link tells the syntax of the /w switch but nothing that answers the
> >> OP. I am also interested in the answer to the OP.
> >>
> >> Kerry
> >>
> >>
> >>>Donald Shelton wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>Following Kim Kommando's advice, I typed in the above command in the
> >>>>command line to make the unused portion of the hard drive more secure.
> >>>>
> >>>>I get a message that says "access denied"
> >>>>
> >>>>I am usiing the administratior acct.
> >>>>
> >>>>What do I need to do?
> >>>>
> >>>>Don
> >>
> >>
>
>
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