Re: Fresh install - now a bit of trouble with datafiles...
- From: "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 18:10:13 -0500
Nightowl4933 wrote:
I have a PC with two SATA drives - one for the OS and programs and
the other for data files, i.e. music, documents and pictures. I
also use the second drive for the 'important' data files such as
the Outlook *.pst and the Favourites menu. The plan was to be able
to reformat the primary drive when necessary and leave the
secondary drive intact. Both drives are formatted as NTFS.
I understand the files won't necessarily be accessible by a user
with the same name and password, but I've been doing this for a
while and I may have got my knickers in a twist.
What I think I need to do, if possible, is remove the security
and/or ownership settings on all the files, or change the details
to relate to the appropriate user. The PC isn't particularly
secure and only my wife and I use it, but I don't want to
accidently see her files and I don't think she would want to see
mine - especially as it's approaching Christmas!
Am I being a numpty, or is there a way I can achieve this, or do I
need is an idiots guide to setting up WinXP security?
Take Ownership...
How to Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421
How to disable simplified sharing & set permissions
on a shared folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307874
Windows XP Home Edition? Read a bit more carefully. =)
As for how to make it a bit more secure - neither account should be
administrators.
Otherwise - nothing keeps you from taking over ownership and rerading the
others files.
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Shenan Stanley
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