Re: Security on 2nd hard drive

From: Firefly (Firefly_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/20/04 

Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 23:33:01 -0800

Sorry for intruding here, but I am logged in, but when I click on the NEW
button to add a new post, nothing happens.

This is related to this topic.

I have a computer running XP home and the motherboard died. I took the hard
drive out of that computer and hooked it up as a slave on a friends XP Pro
computer. I cannot access the drive however. It says access is denied.

This only happens in Documents and settings. I can access program files etc.

Can someone help me here please. Is there a way to gain access to this drive?

"Doug Knox MS-MVP" wrote:

> To do this, you must be running NTFS as your file system on the drive in question. If your hard disk/partition is not NTFS you will need to convert it. To do this, open a Command Prompt window and enter the following command:
>
> CONVERT X: /FS:NTFS
>
> Where X: is the drive letter you wish to convert. You may also want to see http://www.aumha.org/a/ntfscvt.htm to ensure that you're getting the optimal conversion.
>
> After this step is completed and you've rebooted the computer, if necessary:
>
> XP PRO: In Windows Explorer, go to Tools, Folder Options, View and uncheck Use Simple File Sharing. Now, when you right click on a drive, folder or file (on an NTFS partition) and select Properties, you'll see a Security tab. Here you can assign or deny permissions based on user name or user group membership.
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> XP Home: By default, you can only make files and folders under My Documents "private". This is done by right clicking a folder or file and selecting Properties, Sharing. To change the permissions on other folders, you need to boot the computer to Safe Mode and log in on the built in Administrator account. In this mode, you'll see the Security tab in Properties, and you can assign permissions based on user name or group membership.
>
> HOW TO: Set, View, Change, or Remove File and Folder Permissions in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308418
>
> HOW TO: Set, View, Change, or Remove Special Permissions for Files and Folders
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;308419
>
> HOW TO: Disable Simplified Sharing and Password-Protect a Shared Folder in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;307874
>
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> Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display
> Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
> http://www.dougknox.com
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> Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
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> "bgreenlee" <bgreenlee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:285ABFA1-3819-4D0F-B63E-B43C347545A2@microsoft.com...
> > Is there a way to apply restrictons to folders on a slave drive so nobody
> > (except owner and admin) can access the files (just like docs and settings).
>

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