Cannot make folders private....

[Pat & Dawn]

I recently installed a second hard drive on my computer. When I tried to
make a folder on the drive private, the check box wasn't available. The
drive works fine otherwise, and is formatted to NTFS. Any help would be
greatly appreciated.

Pat

 

[Jer]

Try going to start, control panel, folder options, go all the way to the
bottom, and you will see 'use simple file sharing', make sure it is
'unchecked' and then go back and check your drive. You will now see the
'sharing' tab is available..

regards, Jerry..

:I recently installed a second hard drive on my computer. When I tried
to
: make a folder on the drive private, the check box wasn't available.
The
: drive works fine otherwise, and is formatted to NTFS. Any help would
be
: greatly appreciated.
:
: Pat
:
:

 

[Malke]

I recently installed a second hard drive on my computer. When I tried
to make a folder on the drive private, the check box wasn't available.
The drive works fine otherwise, and is formatted to NTFS. Any help
would be greatly appreciated.

Pat

Making folders private only applies to the user's home directory (My
Documents). If you are trying to limit access to the data on your
second hard drive, see:

XP does not use passwords to protect resources. It uses permissions
instead. Here is information to help you with that:

HOW TO: Set, View, Change, or Remove File and Folder Permissions in
Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308418

By default in XP Home, you can only make files and folders under My
Documents "private". Otherwise, to see the security tab in WinXP Home,
restart in Safe mode and log on with an account that has administrator
privileges. To get into Safe Mode, repeatedly tap the F8 key as the
computer is starting up. This will get you to the menu where you can
choose Safe Mode.

Note that the file system must be NTFS, not FAT32.

Passwording of folders is not supported unless you zip them. When you do
(right click a folder, then "send to > compressed folder") and then open
the zip file, you will find an option under file>"add a password".
Otherwise, use third-party software. Google "password protect folders".

If this is a shared computer, look at the MS Shared Computer Toolkit or
MVP Doug Knox's Security Console:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sharedaccess/default.mspx
http://www.dougknox.com/

Malke