Hard Drive Permission Errors

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doublefunk

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So,

I have a SimpleTech 350 gb external hard drive that I store essentially every music, movie and picture file on. I tried to share it across a home network. It immediately said I did not have permission to access the drive.

After about two weeks of trying everything (restarting, restoring, attempting to open in safe mode, etc.) I finally got access to the drive, only to find that all the folder permissions had been changed. I took ownership of the drive (checking that subcontainers and files received the same.) Then I changed all the permissions to give the owner full control. When I went to open a music file, it would either tell me I didn't have access, or it would give me the usual Vista security prompt.

I manually went through each file (oh man that was a day) and checked full control on the owner permissions. The entire hierarchy of files and folders states the owner has full control.

Most will open as a single file now. But I still get access denied on external programs like itunes when I try to sync an ipod.

I have been forum scavenging since this happened, and I'm come across a few people who seemed to have similar problems with sharing drives and some weird permissions being locked on them. But no one has solutions.

Please help. I have tried everything I can think of. I'm about to throw the damn thing out.
 

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Hi doublefunk,

I'd be the last person to pretend that I know how Vista's permissions and sharing work, but I had similar problems.

What I ended up doing is:

1. Set up Network and Sharing Center as

File Sharing - On
Password Protected Sharing - Off

2. Changed ownership of the various drives/folders to Administrators (I'm assuming your user account has administrative privileges).

3. Set up identical user accounts on all machines (I have 3). Identical, in this instance, means that they have to have the same names in the C:\Users folders, not just on Welcome screen.

Been working fine since.

Hope this helps.

Ed
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Home Grown Desktop
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS P5B-E
    Memory
    3006 MB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 512MB
    Sound Card
    Motherboard - SoundMax
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ViewSonic VX2235wm / Dell 17" Generic PnP Anolog
    Screen Resolution
    1680 x 1050 x 4294967296 colors / 1024 x 768
    Hard Drives
    3 x ST3250620AS 250GB SATA IDE
    1 x WDC WD1200JD-00GBB0 120 GB SATA IDE
    PSU
    Enerrmax 535W All-in-one SLI 20/24+6+
    Case
    Antec Sonata
    Cooling
    Antec 12cm SmartCool
    Keyboard
    Logitech LX710
    Mouse
    Logitech MX100 Laser
    Internet Speed
    Bell Canada DSL 12MBps (supposedly)
    Other Info
    2 x HP Pavilion 9700v Laptops
Ed has given you good advice. Post if you have any additional questions.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
Thanks for the suggestion. Password protected sharing is already off.

I guess I should have said that the drive is no longer part of the network. This is an interaction between the original machine and the drive.

The second I tried to put it in the network the drive wouldn't allow access even though the account I was trying to access it with was owner w/ full access permissions.


Any other suggestions??
 

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System One

You can still access the drive on the original machine, though, right?

I'd still try changing the ownership of the drive to Administrators (including subcontainers), and share permissions to allow "Everyone" Full Control. Then see if it shows up on the network

Ed
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Home Grown Desktop
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS P5B-E
    Memory
    3006 MB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 512MB
    Sound Card
    Motherboard - SoundMax
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ViewSonic VX2235wm / Dell 17" Generic PnP Anolog
    Screen Resolution
    1680 x 1050 x 4294967296 colors / 1024 x 768
    Hard Drives
    3 x ST3250620AS 250GB SATA IDE
    1 x WDC WD1200JD-00GBB0 120 GB SATA IDE
    PSU
    Enerrmax 535W All-in-one SLI 20/24+6+
    Case
    Antec Sonata
    Cooling
    Antec 12cm SmartCool
    Keyboard
    Logitech LX710
    Mouse
    Logitech MX100 Laser
    Internet Speed
    Bell Canada DSL 12MBps (supposedly)
    Other Info
    2 x HP Pavilion 9700v Laptops
I can access the drive on the original machine. There is no longer a home network, so there's no other machine to access it.

But files do not necessarily work when I try to sync them with an ipod or open them with a media player- the access is still being denied on some files.

I'll give changing ownership over to Administrators a shot, but it will take time. Apparently I need to add Administrators to each individual folder, as adding it to the top tier folder is not applying to sub-level folders.
 

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System One

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