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02-02-2008
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| Vista Home Premium 32bit | Lmited access to C drive Please help.....After I shared my C drive on a network it was working fine.....I then unshared it but something went wrong and said the hard drive would be in a mixed state if i didnt continue the operation fully....i ignored it(idiot) and carried on....but now i cant access my C drive directly but i can access my documents....i was thinking i would just system restore it but i cant even access that and i cant back up my files either.....but i can access them.....i have tried changing permissions in the security tab of c drive but it wont let me stating that access is denied....and i have tried to enable the guest account but it wont even open up the window to do so.....please help.....i really dont have any idea what to do Masood |
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02-02-2008
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| | Re: Lmited access to C drive Start your PC in Safe Mode and run System Restore from there. "masood" <masood.345n7b@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message news:masood.345n7b@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net... Quote: > > Please help.....After I shared my C drive on a network it was working > fine.....I then unshared it but something went wrong and said the hard > drive would be in a mixed state if i didnt continue the operation > fully....i ignored it(idiot) and carried on....but now i cant access my > C drive directly but i can access my documents....i was thinking i would > just system restore it but i cant even access that and i cant back up my > files either.....but i can access them.....i have tried changing > permissions in the security tab of c drive but it wont let me stating > that access is denied....and i have tried to enable the guest account > but it wont even open up the window to do so.....please help.....i > really dont have any idea what to do > Masood > > > -- > masood |
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02-02-2008
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| Vista Home Premium 32bit | Re: Lmited access to C drive but i still cant back up all my pictures or music....it will let me access and use them but not copy them onto my external hard drive |
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02-02-2008
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| | Re: Lmited access to C drive If your external HD format is FAT32 convert it to NTFS. Also see: Add "Take Ownership" to right-click menu in Vista http://www.petri.co.il/add-take-owne...menu-vista.htm "masood" <masood.345ol5@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message news:masood.345ol5@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net... Quote: > > but i still cant back up all my pictures or music....it will let me > access and use them but not copy them onto my external hard drive > > > -- > masood |
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02-02-2008
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| | Re: Lmited access to C drive On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 09:02:42 -0500, "Bob" <nowhere@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > If your external HD format is FAT32 convert it to NTFS. Why? There is no problem using a FAT32 drive, external or internal, in Vista. The only potential issue is that FAT32 has a size limit of 4GB for any single file. But that doesn't sound like his issue. Quote: > Also see: Add "Take Ownership" to right-click menu in Vista > http://www.petri.co.il/add-take-owne...menu-vista.htm > > "masood" <masood.345ol5@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message > news:masood.345ol5@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net... Quote: > > > > but i still cant back up all my pictures or music....it will let me > > access and use them but not copy them onto my external hard drive > > > > > > -- > > masood Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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02-02-2008
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| | Re: Lmited access to C drive Maybe not but since NTFS is the recommended file system for Vista it's one more troubleshooting step the OP can take. "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:u489q3lo590p72gmj9pkrb2hg809t1fqm0@xxxxxx Quote: > On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 09:02:42 -0500, "Bob" <nowhere@xxxxxx> wrote: > Quote: >> If your external HD format is FAT32 convert it to NTFS. > > Why? There is no problem using a FAT32 drive, external or internal, in > Vista. > > The only potential issue is that FAT32 has a size limit of 4GB for any > single file. But that doesn't sound like his issue. > > > Quote: >> Also see: Add "Take Ownership" to right-click menu in Vista >> http://www.petri.co.il/add-take-owne...menu-vista.htm >> >> "masood" <masood.345ol5@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message >> news:masood.345ol5@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net... Quote: >> > >> > but i still cant back up all my pictures or music....it will let me >> > access and use them but not copy them onto my external hard drive >> > >> > >> > -- >> > masood > -- > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience > Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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02-02-2008
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| | Re: Lmited access to C drive On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 12:12:44 -0500, "Bob" <nowhere@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > Maybe not but since NTFS is the recommended file system for Vista it's one > more troubleshooting step the OP can take. Sorry, I completely disagree. It's completely irrelevant to his problem, and a waste of time, as far as his problem is concerned. Quote: > "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:u489q3lo590p72gmj9pkrb2hg809t1fqm0@xxxxxx Quote: > > On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 09:02:42 -0500, "Bob" <nowhere@xxxxxx> wrote: > > Quote: > >> If your external HD format is FAT32 convert it to NTFS. > > > > Why? There is no problem using a FAT32 drive, external or internal, in > > Vista. > > > > The only potential issue is that FAT32 has a size limit of 4GB for any > > single file. But that doesn't sound like his issue. > > > > > > Quote: > >> Also see: Add "Take Ownership" to right-click menu in Vista > >> http://www.petri.co.il/add-take-owne...menu-vista.htm > >> > >> "masood" <masood.345ol5@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message > >> news:masood.345ol5@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net... > >> > > >> > but i still cant back up all my pictures or music....it will let me > >> > access and use them but not copy them onto my external hard drive > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > masood > > -- > > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience > > Please Reply to the Newsgroup Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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02-02-2008
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| | Re: Lmited access to C drive You can disagree all you want but when I converted my FAT32 external drive to NTFS I stopped receiving "backup failed" messages. "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:s8g9q3lp0r6tmope5h08dv35n7dopq41nt@xxxxxx Quote: > On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 12:12:44 -0500, "Bob" <nowhere@xxxxxx> wrote: > Quote: >> Maybe not but since NTFS is the recommended file system for Vista it's >> one >> more troubleshooting step the OP can take. > > Sorry, I completely disagree. It's completely irrelevant to his > problem, and a waste of time, as far as his problem is concerned. > > Quote: >> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:u489q3lo590p72gmj9pkrb2hg809t1fqm0@xxxxxx Quote: >> > On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 09:02:42 -0500, "Bob" <nowhere@xxxxxx> wrote: >> > >> >> If your external HD format is FAT32 convert it to NTFS. >> > >> > >> > Why? There is no problem using a FAT32 drive, external or internal, in >> > Vista. >> > >> > The only potential issue is that FAT32 has a size limit of 4GB for any >> > single file. But that doesn't sound like his issue. >> > >> > >> > >> >> Also see: Add "Take Ownership" to right-click menu in Vista >> >> http://www.petri.co.il/add-take-owne...menu-vista.htm >> >> >> >> "masood" <masood.345ol5@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message >> >> news:masood.345ol5@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net... >> >> > >> >> > but i still cant back up all my pictures or music....it will let me >> >> > access and use them but not copy them onto my external hard drive >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > masood >> > >> > -- >> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience >> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup > -- > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience > Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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