T.J.

Hi Jasper

It did not work. When I got to Step 18, I put Administrator which is me,
then I did steps 19 and 20, and on step 21 when I clicked ok, it started
going through each folder & telling me I do not have permission do I want to
continue.

The problem I believe is I tried making a new folder on this hard drive,
but when I go to get into it I do not have permissions, therefore I selected
the whole hard drives permissions in properties, security & it is some odd
numbers as who has control. I am now trying to take full control of the
whole hard drive by going through your steps you so kindly wrote out for me,
I printed them, I will let you know what happens. This is very frustrating.

I want to add a couple things in case they are needed information.
1. This is an External Hard Drive
2. I had a different network set up & changed it because I had problems with
my internet, on four (4) computers.
3. When I changed the network is when I ran into the problems, however I
cannot remember what the old network was as I threw the typed out paper work
away & typed out the new one for my corkboard on my wall to always have it
handy in case I need it.
4. I am now trying to take full control of this whole hard drive (Maxtor =
the worst) by going through your steps, however I think when it comes to
step 21 I am going to run into the same problem as ---

Well it now tells me I do not have control, Access is denied. There is a
Cancel tab & a continue tab...

Any ideas?

TJ


"Jesper" <Jesper@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CDC992A4-313E-4F9F-85C0-7FC0F455ACCF@microsoft.com...
>> I have a 65gig folder that will not let me have permissions to open it or
>> anything else. I honestly have no clue how it got this way (the
>> permissions). I do have a private network. I cannot just reformat the
>> drive as I need the files that are inside. I have tried taking control
>> of
>> the permissions, but it is not working. Can anyone please tell me how to
>> get my permissions back so that I can get on with my work? I have spent
>> three days doing everything I can offered in the Help section, but it is
>> not
>> giving me permissions. Even when logged in as Administrator it will not
>> let
>> me in the frolder. It tells me I do not have permission...I am the only
>> one
>> that uses this computer. Im running Vista Ultimate Boxed.
>
> 1. Log on as an Administrator
> 2. Right-click the folder and select Properties
> 3. Click the Security tab
> 4. Click Advanced
> 5. Click the Owner tab
> 6. Click the Edit... button. It should have a shield on it
> 7. Accept the elevation prompt
> 8. Select yourself in the "Change owner to:" dialog. It should be one of
> the
> options, if it is not, browse to it using the "Other users or groups..."
> button
> 9. Check the "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects" checkbox
> 10. Click OK
> 11. Click Yes, then OK three times
> 12. Right-click the folder
> 13. Select Properties
> 14. Click the Security tab
> 15. Click Advanced...
> 16. Click Edit...
> 17. Click Add...
> 18. Type the user you want to add and click OK. It will probably be you
> 19. Select the checkboxes for the permissions you wish to have. Full
> control
> is obviously everything.
> 20. Click OK
> 21. Check the "Replace all existing inheritable permissions on all
> descendands with inheritable permissions from this object" checkbox
> 22. Click OK three times.
>
> That's all there is to it.
>
>