Access is denied error

[sawyer4444]

Hello,

This is question probably has a simple answer, but I can't figure it out.

For backup purposes I copy all of a partion to a partition on a different
hard drive. I use following xcopy command

"xcopy E:\*.* I:\*.* /EXCLUDE:C:\Copy_From_CDEF_to_GHIJ\ExcludeE.txt
/s/e/c/h/r/k/y/d/g/o"

I've been doing this for years with no problems.

Both the source and target partions are NTFS partitions. I run the batch
files as a user with full administrator permissions.

My target partition was getting short on space, so I compressed it.

Now when I run the batch file, I get "Access Is Denied" error messages.
I've tried giving all the directories full access rights, etc., with no
change. I can't even delete the directories - some of them give me the
"access is denied" error whether I'm trying to delete from a command prompt
or from inside windows explorer.

Help please.


Thanks,

Tom

 

[TaurArian]

1. This is the Windows Update newsgroup.
2. You did not state what operating system you are using.
3. Perhaps post to the Vista Newsgroups
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.mspx
of
4. Perhaps post to the Windows XP Newsgroups
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroups.mspx
5. Find a better way to back up
Acronis for all your backup and data recovery needs - easy to use
http://www.acronis.com.sg/
or
Paragon - for a list of products see:
http://www.paragon-software.com/products.htm
--

TaurArian [MVP] 2005-2008 - Update Services
http://taurarian.mvps.org
======================================
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
Computer Maintenance: Diskeeper / Raxco


| Hello,
|
| This is question probably has a simple answer, but I can't figure it out.
|
| For backup purposes I copy all of a partion to a partition on a different
| hard drive. I use following xcopy command
|
| "xcopy E:\*.* I:\*.* /EXCLUDE:C:\Copy_From_CDEF_to_GHIJ\ExcludeE.txt
| /s/e/c/h/r/k/y/d/g/o"
|
| I've been doing this for years with no problems.
|
| Both the source and target partions are NTFS partitions. I run the batch
| files as a user with full administrator permissions.
|
| My target partition was getting short on space, so I compressed it.
|
| Now when I run the batch file, I get "Access Is Denied" error messages.
| I've tried giving all the directories full access rights, etc., with no
| change. I can't even delete the directories - some of them give me the
| "access is denied" error whether I'm trying to delete from a command prompt
| or from inside windows explorer.
|
| Help please.
|
|
| Thanks,
|
| Tom

 

[TaurArian]

My apologies for stating it was the Windows Update Newsgroup - I'm in the wrong newsgroup.
Perhaps just read No. 5
--

TaurArian [MVP] 2005-2008 - Update Services
http://taurarian.mvps.org
======================================
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
Computer Maintenance: Acronis / Diskeeper / Paragon / Raxco


| 1. This is the Windows Update newsgroup.
| 2. You did not state what operating system you are using.
| 3. Perhaps post to the Vista Newsgroups
| http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.mspx
| of
| 4. Perhaps post to the Windows XP Newsgroups
| http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroups.mspx
| 5. Find a better way to back up
| Acronis for all your backup and data recovery needs - easy to use
| http://www.acronis.com.sg/
| or
| Paragon - for a list of products see:
| http://www.paragon-software.com/products.htm
| --
|
| TaurArian [MVP] 2005-2008 - Update Services
| http://taurarian.mvps.org
| ======================================
| How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
| Computer Maintenance: Diskeeper / Raxco
|
|
| || Hello,
||
|| This is question probably has a simple answer, but I can't figure it out.
||
|| For backup purposes I copy all of a partion to a partition on a different
|| hard drive. I use following xcopy command
||
|| "xcopy E:\*.* I:\*.* /EXCLUDE:C:\Copy_From_CDEF_to_GHIJ\ExcludeE.txt
|| /s/e/c/h/r/k/y/d/g/o"
||
|| I've been doing this for years with no problems.
||
|| Both the source and target partions are NTFS partitions. I run the batch
|| files as a user with full administrator permissions.
||
|| My target partition was getting short on space, so I compressed it.
||
|| Now when I run the batch file, I get "Access Is Denied" error messages.
|| I've tried giving all the directories full access rights, etc., with no
|| change. I can't even delete the directories - some of them give me the
|| "access is denied" error whether I'm trying to delete from a command prompt
|| or from inside windows explorer.
||
|| Help please.
||
||
|| Thanks,
||
|| Tom
|
|

 

[Bob I]

And if you remove the compression on the target drive, what happens?

 

[sawyer4444]

Bob,

Thanks - I removed the compression. I still had the problem. But I have a
little more information and my solution.

I used windows explorer and was able to delete all but three sub-directories
under the directory I:\Program Files. (I'm running Windows XP SP3. Drive I
:\ is where I copied a partition, E:\, that contains my test installation of
Vista.) All three directories have a sub directory, ..../en-us that seemed
to be causing the problem.

The sub directories ..../en-us were marked with the attribute "read only" -
and I couldn't remove it. Using windows explorer->properties I unchecked the
read only box, clicked on apply, and it appeared to be removed. If I exited
and then re-entered properties, the read-only attribute was set again.

I then clicked on the windows explorer -> security tab -> advanced button
and changed the owner to be the administrator account I was logged in as.
(The owner had been set to
"S-1-5-80-956008885-3418522649-1831038044-1853292631-2271478464" - don't ask
me why.) I made sure my account had full control of the directories. I also
deleted the "S-1-5..." user from the permision list. I changed the read only
attribute again, exited and re-entered properties, and the read only
attribute was back! I went back and forth like this several times and never
did get windows explorer to remove the read only attribute.

I then went to a command prompt and ran the attrib command with the -R
parameter and VOILA, the read only attribute was gone! (I had used the
attrib command yesterday and it wouldn't remove the read only attribute. I
suspect having the "S-1-5..." user as the owner in the permissions list was
causing some of the problem.

Anyway, thanks,

Tom

 

[Bob I]

glad to hear you uncovered the cause, as you discovered, you may only
SET/UNSET readonly on folders through the command line. The GUI "folder
properties" "read-only" box is not used for that purpose nor does it
actually indicate anything about the properties of of the folder. It's
only purpose in life is to allow a user to SET/UNSET "read-only" on the
files contained in the folder.