Re: after merged partitions, access denied to data folders

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You may need to take ownership of the folders.
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Ron Sommer


"callmark1" <callmark1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Using Partition Magic 8.0, in two seperate operations, I merged NTFS
partitions D, E & F into D. During each of the two processes, PM advised
me
it would create a folder for the data on the subsumed partition (the
partition losing its drive letter) and place that folder on the new
partition.

Subsequently, I have cleanly installed WinXP to C: Everything is working
well but access to the two folders PM created on D: is denied. I would
understand this behavior if one of the merged partitions was FAT32 or an
OS
but all partitions were NTFS and no bootable OS (perhaps some remnant sys
files have triggerd a safeguard?). Original PM documentation does not
cover
this event and interaction with PM Support (now Symantec) directs me to
buy
Norton Disk Restore. I am certain I can find a way to take ownership of
the
two folders but am concerned about unintended consequences of prying open
these folders in the new OS environment. Any suggestions?

TIA

Mark


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