wait4it

Hi all,

Not sure if this is posted in the right place but hey ho...

When I try to copy all of my personal files to an external hd for back up, 13,000 or so of the 40,000 files cannot be copied as i am told that I do not have the right permission. I run into this problem when logged on a restricted user and give permission through UAC or indeed as the administrator.

Has anyone got a clue?

Some more info: I have set up 3 partitions on the pc with vista 64 bit installed, 1 for programs and operating system files, 1 for my documents and 1 for media files. I have three users created, 2 standard users and 1 admin account (not setup with the default username but permissions). It is the files that are stored in one of the standard user accounts that is the problem. The files are a right mixture and are of different types and some have been created years ago (in xp etc) whilst others are recent (created in vista).

any help greatly received!