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Anonymous   08-23-2005 at 06:29:01 AM

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I have 2 HDD hooked up. I had a major problem with my previous installation
of XP Pro - I couldn't install ANY software that used windows installer. I
found an article that said a possible solution was to change permissions on
the harddrive. Unfortunately, soon after doing so, I crashed and got into a
setup loop - long story short [too late] I reformatted C: and re-installed XP
Pro. The problem is that now my D: drive is recognised as existing, but
tells me access denied, I'm guessing due to the permissions. Any Ideas
about how to restore access to the D: drive? I can't seem to allow
permissions even as administrator??? [I get only "access denied" whenever I
right click on the drive letter]

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Rock   08-23-2005 at 07:05:39 AM
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Uncus wrote:

> I have 2 HDD hooked up. I had a major problem with my previous installation
> of XP Pro - I couldn't install ANY software that used windows installer. I
> found an article that said a possible solution was to change permissions on
> the harddrive. Unfortunately, soon after doing so, I crashed and got into a
> setup loop - long story short [too late] I reformatted C: and re-installed XP
> Pro. The problem is that now my D: drive is recognised as existing, but
> tells me access denied, I'm guessing due to the permissions. Any Ideas
> about how to restore access to the D: drive? I can't seem to allow
> permissions even as administrator??? [I get only "access denied" whenever I
> right click on the drive letter]

You need to take ownership of the folders on that drive. In Start |
Help and Support type ownership in the search window or see this article:

HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421

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Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

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Anonymous   08-23-2005 at 03:09:25 PM
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Worked! THANK YOU!!!!

"Rock" wrote:

> Uncus wrote:
>
> > I have 2 HDD hooked up. I had a major problem with my previous installation
> > of XP Pro - I couldn't install ANY software that used windows installer. I
> > found an article that said a possible solution was to change permissions on
> > the harddrive. Unfortunately, soon after doing so, I crashed and got into a
> > setup loop - long story short [too late] I reformatted C: and re-installed XP
> > Pro. The problem is that now my D: drive is recognised as existing, but
> > tells me access denied, I'm guessing due to the permissions. Any Ideas
> > about how to restore access to the D: drive? I can't seem to allow
> > permissions even as administrator??? [I get only "access denied" whenever I
> > right click on the drive letter]
>
> You need to take ownership of the folders on that drive. In Start |
> Help and Support type ownership in the search window or see this article:
>
> HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421
>
> --
> Rock
> MS MVP Windows - Shell/User
>
>

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Rock   08-24-2005 at 07:24:07 AM
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Uncus wrote:

> Worked! THANK YOU!!!!
>
> "Rock" wrote:
>
>
>>Uncus wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I have 2 HDD hooked up. I had a major problem with my previous installation
>>>of XP Pro - I couldn't install ANY software that used windows installer. I
>>>found an article that said a possible solution was to change permissions on
>>>the harddrive. Unfortunately, soon after doing so, I crashed and got into a
>>>setup loop - long story short [too late] I reformatted C: and re-installed XP
>>>Pro. The problem is that now my D: drive is recognised as existing, but
>>>tells me access denied, I'm guessing due to the permissions. Any Ideas
>>>about how to restore access to the D: drive? I can't seem to allow
>>>permissions even as administrator??? [I get only "access denied" whenever I
>>>right click on the drive letter]
>>
>>You need to take ownership of the folders on that drive. In Start |
>>Help and Support type ownership in the search window or see this article:
>>
>>HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
>>http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421
>>
>>--
>>Rock
>>MS MVP Windows - Shell/User
>>
>>

Great glad it worked for you and thanks for posting back.

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Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

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