T.J.

Hi Jasper,

I have only one account set up on my computers because I am the only one
that uses then, RE: Administrator. Am I in need of creating another
account?

> Is this the main hard drive in your system? If it is just an external
> removable, then it is fine.

No it not the main hard drive, it is an external drive that has all my
download files on it since 1999 that are important as I use them daily or
weekly, ironically enough I am transferring from my main computer through
the network to one of its hard drives with Total Commander. It is actually
just about completed in transferring all the files in the Folder & I am
deleting them as I go.

So, I have gotten into the hard drive to access the folder & sub-folders. I
want to take full control of this hard drive. If I need to set up an
account to do this & go through all this, I can, but I prefer always logging
in as Administrator as I need to be logged in as Administrator for all my
daily tasks on each computer. This is why I have not ever made another user
account. I got away with it in XP Pro & never ran into any kind of
problems, LOL especially as this hard drive issue. Which is mind boggling
majorly. It is the one & only hard drive (out of 35) that has locked me out
but not through network. I can get all files through my network. Strange
indeed.

Once files are all transferred I want to reformat it & transfer them back,
but firstly I need to take full control of the hard drive to do this. I
prefer it in Administrator as that is what I log in as everyday. Apparently
from reading what you have written it is necessary for me to create another
account?

Thank you very much Jasper.

TJ

"Jesper" <Jesper@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C44AD4E9-2264-4313-8454-7ACB11D0CFEF@microsoft.com...
>> 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.
>
> No, Administrator is the name of an account. It is not the name of your
> account. You need to pick your account (the one that shows up on the logon
> screen when you log on). What you did was give the Administrator account
> permissions, and that account is disabled.
>
>> 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,
>
> Is this the main hard drive in your system? If it is just an external
> removable, then it is fine.
>
> Just to make sure though, if this is the drive you boot from: PLEASE! Do
> not
> do that! You will most likely ruin your system by changing all the
> permissions in this way. At the very least you will destroy all security
> that
> is based on file system security, including service hardening, user
> account
> control, and the protections in Internet Explorer.
>
>