Re: How to limit guest user(Other user that beside Administrator) from accessing folder or harddisk ?

From: Robert Moir (bofh_at_mvps.org)
Date: 12/14/03


Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 14:37:16 -0000

Max Knight wrote:
> My Operating System is WinXp Pro.
> I want to limit guest user(Other user that beside Administrator) from
> accessing folder or harddisk by without convert harddisk to NTFS
> format(In Fat32 only)?

Can't be done. NTFS is a requirement for limiting access to files.

>If that is no way but to convert from Fat32 to
> NTFS , during the converting process, will it destory the data in
> harddisk after convert from FAT32 to NTFS?

The convert process should preserve your data, but I always personally
reccomend a backup before undertaking any major operation involving data i
care about.

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Rob Moir
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