Re: Drive issues, Reinstall XP on second drive, " Access Denied" NTSF

On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 07:57:01 -0700, GregCost
<GregCost@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Unfortunately, a major thunderstorm passed thru my area and my computer was
shut down hard (I do have a Surge protector - not sure why it was not
effective)


You've already gotten a good answer to your major question, but I'll
address the question in your parenthesis above.

A nearby thunderstorm can generate surges of thousands of volts--much
more than any surge protector can handle. The only real protection
against a nearby thunderstorm strike is unplugging both the power line
and the internet connection whenever thunderstorms are around

Two more points:

1. Most of the surge protectors that people use are really "power
strips," costing $5-10 US. These are little more than fancy extension
cords, and are almost useless at protecting against surges. A decent
surge protector costs somewhere between $50 and $100.

2. Once a surge protector has protected against a big surge, it no
longer will function as a surge protector. Even without the surge, all
surge protectors degrade over time and eventually stop protecting.


and when I brought it up Windows was trashed, Missing system
files, some noise about disk-drive errors, blue screen of death after windows
logo screen loads A bunch of stuff, etc. So I had to install Windows on
another drive on the system.

Accessing the Drive with issues: I can copy files from anywhere on the drive
to the new windows drive except for "my documents" WEHRE OF COURSE Visual
Studio Projects, Word documents, IPod, etc, all my important stuff is being
kept being kept. When I try this I get is "Access is denied"

When I bring the system up in Safe Mode with networking and look at the
security permission tab for the documents folder, I see that my SID Is not in
the permissions list. When I try and add it (my user SID) XP validates it
and it looks like I can now have access to it, great, but when I click apply
the response is "media is write protected" cannot apply permission changes.
Additionally when I try and copy anything from the new Windows drive to the
problem one I get "Media is protected" "Access denied" messages.

Tried a couple of things:

Try to defrag it from new windows - same message: Media is protected"
"Access denied"
Try to repair it from new windows - same message: Media is protected"
"Access denied"

I have also tried CACLS using the following - from DOS/Prompt positioned
one level up

D:>\Documents and Settings> cacls greg (greg the sub directory)

Response: D:>\Documents and Settings> NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:F
NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:<OI><CI><IO>F
<Account Domain not found>F
<Account Domain not found><OI><CI><IO>F

WHEN I try the following:

D:> cacls "D\documents and settings" /T /E /C /G "Greg Cost":F

response 1: are you sure?
response 2: The media is write protected

Its not like damage (maybe) it's almost like the drive in question still has
permissions from the now defunct XP system and the new XP system can't quite
figure out how to change it for usage. Keep in mind that I am able to copy
files from it except the original MY Documents. So there is some default? or
basic property accessibility

Any Help Greatly Appreciated! system: Windows XP, NTFS all drives, SCSI

Thanks Greg

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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