NTFS Directory unaccessible
hey guys, I had to format my computer yesterday cos I had a load of problems with different software crashes and what not. All my files were backed up in my My Documents directory of which is stored on my second HDD.
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hey guys,
I had to format my computer yesterday cos I had a load of problems with different software crashes and what not.
All my files were backed up in my My Documents directory of which is stored on my second HDD.
However I've had a problem since I reinstalled. I can't get access to the my documents folder on my second HDD for some reason. Windows just keeps on saying that access is denied.
My user details are all the same as before plus I'm the only user, and therefore the administrator, of the system.
Anyone got any suggestions as my files are really important, such as uni work and personal letters etc.
I had to format my computer yesterday cos I had a load of problems with different software crashes and what not.
All my files were backed up in my My Documents directory of which is stored on my second HDD.
However I've had a problem since I reinstalled. I can't get access to the my documents folder on my second HDD for some reason. Windows just keeps on saying that access is denied.
My user details are all the same as before plus I'm the only user, and therefore the administrator, of the system.
Anyone got any suggestions as my files are really important, such as uni work and personal letters etc.
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So what your user details are the same, the SID (Security Identifier) is different.
These files are linked to a SID that no longer exists you need to take ownership of these files to become yours as currently no user owns them.
right click on the folder, properties, security, advanced, owner, then tick the box to take onwership.
This will fix the problem. In NT/2000/XP when you delete a user it warns you that simply recreating the same username/password will not restore access to files that were previously available to them. Or something to that affect anyway. When you reformated a similar thing happened.
As the Administrator you need to retake ownership of the folder.
Homer you're a god! Halleluja!
I had the same problem once. Being locked out of my own encrypted files after a fresh reinstall. I reformatted my encrypted drive and chose to loose all my files since I wasn't able at the time to recover them (just didn't have the knowhow). It 's more then a year ago and I never used file encryption again. Now thanx to you Homer I can finally use XP to it's full extend again.
Simple Filesharing (Recommended) it says in Folder Options. This really is M$ at its best. Disabling half of the securityfeatures on a Professional OS edition which is built around security. Hehe.
If you look up how to access encrypted files for which no decryption key is present M$ start babbling about Security Certificates and Passworddisks. While it only is a matter of taking ownership like on a Linuxbox.
I had the same problem once. Being locked out of my own encrypted files after a fresh reinstall. I reformatted my encrypted drive and chose to loose all my files since I wasn't able at the time to recover them (just didn't have the knowhow). It 's more then a year ago and I never used file encryption again. Now thanx to you Homer I can finally use XP to it's full extend again.
Simple Filesharing (Recommended) it says in Folder Options. This really is M$ at its best. Disabling half of the securityfeatures on a Professional OS edition which is built around security. Hehe.
If you look up how to access encrypted files for which no decryption key is present M$ start babbling about Security Certificates and Passworddisks. While it only is a matter of taking ownership like on a Linuxbox.
