- May 11, 2013
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I'm having problems copying files from a network drive to my D: drive. Let me explain.
I am trying to make a backup of the C: drive of my Desktop machine, which is running Windows XP SP3, onto my laptop which is running Windows 8. I can see the C: drive of the XP machine under Network on a line that contains the name of my desktop computer. When I click on that line, I can see "Windows C Share". When I click on that, I can see all the files and folders on the desktop's C: drive.
I did a CTRL-A and then a CTRL-C to select and copy everything on that share. When I paste it into a folder on the hard drive of the laptop, there is a long delay while it does discovery (there are apparently over 160,000 files on the C: drive), then it appears to be starting to copy but it immediately stops and complains that it needs administrator permission to copy the first folder on the C: drive. The wording of the message, which I don't have handy, suggests that it thinks it needs sufficient permission to change the file, even though I only mean to make a backup that isn't going to be altered. On the Windows machine, I had already right-clicked on the C: drive and checked "Share this folder on the network" but, since that didn't seem to be enough, I also checked the box that said "Allow network users to change the files". But after trying to copy the files on again, I got the exact same message again demanding more permissions.
What do I need to do to get this copy to work? Also, can I turn off permission for network users to modify the files on the XP machine's C: drive? I really only want a backup of the C: drive so that I can restore it in the event of a problem. (I need to do a reinstall of XP on the desktop to deal with an issue which shouldn't affect it's C: drive but I'm just trying to take some precautions.)
I am trying to make a backup of the C: drive of my Desktop machine, which is running Windows XP SP3, onto my laptop which is running Windows 8. I can see the C: drive of the XP machine under Network on a line that contains the name of my desktop computer. When I click on that line, I can see "Windows C Share". When I click on that, I can see all the files and folders on the desktop's C: drive.
I did a CTRL-A and then a CTRL-C to select and copy everything on that share. When I paste it into a folder on the hard drive of the laptop, there is a long delay while it does discovery (there are apparently over 160,000 files on the C: drive), then it appears to be starting to copy but it immediately stops and complains that it needs administrator permission to copy the first folder on the C: drive. The wording of the message, which I don't have handy, suggests that it thinks it needs sufficient permission to change the file, even though I only mean to make a backup that isn't going to be altered. On the Windows machine, I had already right-clicked on the C: drive and checked "Share this folder on the network" but, since that didn't seem to be enough, I also checked the box that said "Allow network users to change the files". But after trying to copy the files on again, I got the exact same message again demanding more permissions.
What do I need to do to get this copy to work? Also, can I turn off permission for network users to modify the files on the XP machine's C: drive? I really only want a backup of the C: drive so that I can restore it in the event of a problem. (I need to do a reinstall of XP on the desktop to deal with an issue which shouldn't affect it's C: drive but I'm just trying to take some precautions.)
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