Drives inaccessible - security settings wiped out
From: SKS (info2knospam_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 05/31/05
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Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 08:08:54 -0700
I did something jolly stupid last evening on an older PC (WinXP-Pro SP2):-
While attempting to reset permissions of multiple drives I inadvertently
clicked on "OK" to reset existing permissions on all the three drives on
that PC and....... to make it short: now none of the drives are accessible.
Every single item on the Start Menu refuses to run and the PC will not boot
up, even in Safe Mode - keeps rebooting from the logo screen. I already took
out the drives to hook them up to my current PC in order to reset the
Security Settings and retrieve certain document and media files.
Can I take Ownership of the drives while they are connected (one at a time)
to another PC through USB2? And, thereafter, can I add back the
Administrator, System, Owner, etc., accounts in the "groups and user names"
settings, and allot their respective rights? Is there a file (hidden?) on
every drive that stores the Security Settings that can be backed up for any
such eventuality in the future?
I'd certainly appreciate any pointers very much before I try to do do what I
outlined here!
Regards and thanks a lot in advance.
SKS
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