Re: Cannot Delete Files After Restore (NTBackup.Exe)

From: Lars (Lars_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/10/05 

Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 07:53:02 -0800

I tried something else...

I logged on using the service account I used to perform the restore and
using this account I wan't able to see the folder "D:\Restore Test\File
Server\Userdata", however the folder "D:\Restore Test\File Server" could be
deleted, so I consider this to be the solution, although this leaves a lot to
be explained...

# Admin account could see the folder "D:\Restore Test\File Server\Userdata"
but not delete it!
# The service account couldn't see the folder "D:\Restore Test\File
Server\Userdata" but was able to delete the folder "D:\Restore Test\File
Server" which the admin account couldn't delete because the "D:\Restore
Test\File Server\Userdata" folder was access denied!??

Thanks anyway

Lars

"Lars" wrote:

> Thank you Steven L. Umbach for your swift reply,
>
> I hope that you are wrong regarding corruption! Windows should be beyond
> this kind of file system corruptions I should say!
> The suggestion to run chkdsk ran straight through without reporting any
> errors.
>
> Anyone have any other suggestions?
>
>
> Lars
>
> "Steven L Umbach" wrote:
>
> > Assuming this was restored to a ntfs partition, it sounds as if you must
> > have some sort of corruption/conflict. I have experienced that before on an
> > XP Pro computer and never found a solution and had to reinstall. Try running
> > Check Disk if you have not. I don't have a real solution to setting the
> > folder properties back but you can use tools like fileacl to take ownership
> > and then change permissions at the command line to delete the files but that
> > would not solve the bigger problem. Thank goodness it was a test restore. I
> > searched Google high and low for that problem and never found anything. Hope
> > you have better luck. --- Steve
> >
> >
> >
> > "Lars" <Lars@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:0E28415A-9279-44C0-8213-3474C72E5E38@microsoft.com...
> > > Background:
> > > ===========
> > > After performing a successful restore test (using NTBackup) I
> > > right-clicked
> > > the restored topfolder, and after answering yes to delete system files,
> > > executables and read-only files, but the error message occurs:
> > >
> > > Error Message:
> > > ==============
> > > "D:\Restore Test\File Server\UserData is not accessible.
> > > Access is denied."
> > >
> > > Circumvention Attempts:
> > > =======================
> > > The following attempts also cause the above error message:
> > > # Browsing the folder UserData
> > > # Taking ownership of "D:\Restore Test\File Server\" recursively
> > > # Resetting Permissions of "D:\Restore Test\File Server\" recursively
> > >
> > > Further Information:
> > > ====================
> > > I am domain administrator and used a service account "ServiceAccount" to
> > > backup the file.
> > > Right-Clicking the Folder "D:\Restore Test\File Server\Userdata" does
> > > shows
> > > the following context menu:
> > >
> > > Expand (Grayed out)
> > > ----------
> > > Explore
> > > Open
> > > Search
> > > ----------
> > > Send to ...
> > > ----------
> > > Copy
> > > Cut
> > > Paste
> > > ----------
> > > Rename
> > > Delete
> > > ----------
> > > Properties
> > >
> > > As you can see I am missing the "SHARING & SECIRUTY..." option!?
> > >
> > > When I click properties of the "UserData" folder I can choose the
> > > following
> > > fans:
> > >
> > > # General
> > > # Customize
> > >
> > > Again "Sharing" and "Security" fans are missing!
> > >
> > > I suspect some kind of CLASSES_ID or some NTFS issue unknown to me...
> > >
> > > How do I get rid of this userdata folder?
> > >
> > > Thanks for reviewing / replying to this article...
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Lars Øhrberg
> >
> >
> >

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