File corruption or permissions problem ???

[Blue Max]

When trying to open or copy my data files and documents (Word, WordPerfect,
Excel, Corel Draw, etc.) I receive error messages for many of those files
and the open operation aborts. Some examples of The error messages we
receive are as follows:

WHEN COPYING FILES:

"Cannot copy 'FILENAME' : Access is denied. Make sure the disk is not full
or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use." (Note that
the disk is not full or write-protected and the files are not in use)

WHEN ACCESSING THE SECURITY TAB FOR THE FILES:

"You do not have permission to view or edit the current permission settings
for 'FILENAME,' but you can take ownership or change auditing settings."

WHEN OPENING FILES IN WORDPERFECT:

"This document ('DRIVE, PATH, FILENAME') is in use or is specified as
read-only. You may edit the document, but you must save it with a new name.
Continue?" (Note that the files are not marked as read-only and are not in
use)


In our best estimation there is a problem with the permissions, but taking
ownership of the top-level folder or certain individual files does not seem
to alleviate the problem. How do we take ownership of ALL the files and
folders? What other considerations may be preventing us from opening or
copying these files? Note that it appears we CAN delete the files, just not
open or copy them?

We would sincerly appreciate any help someone might have, this is a serious
problem preventing us from backing up or recovery our data files on this
drive.

Thanks

 

[Roberto]

When trying to open or copy my data files and documents (Word,
WordPerfect, Excel, Corel Draw, etc.) I receive error messages for many of
those files and the open operation aborts. Some examples of The error
messages we receive are as follows:

WHEN COPYING FILES:

"Cannot copy 'FILENAME' : Access is denied. Make sure the disk is not
full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use." (Note
that the disk is not full or write-protected and the files are not in use)

WHEN ACCESSING THE SECURITY TAB FOR THE FILES:

"You do not have permission to view or edit the current permission
settings for 'FILENAME,' but you can take ownership or change auditing
settings."

WHEN OPENING FILES IN WORDPERFECT:

"This document ('DRIVE, PATH, FILENAME') is in use or is specified as
read-only. You may edit the document, but you must save it with a new
name. Continue?" (Note that the files are not marked as read-only and are
not in use)


In our best estimation there is a problem with the permissions, but taking
ownership of the top-level folder or certain individual files does not
seem to alleviate the problem. How do we take ownership of ALL the files
and folders? What other considerations may be preventing us from opening
or copying these files? Note that it appears we CAN delete the files,
just not open or copy them?

We would sincerly appreciate any help someone might have, this is a
serious problem preventing us from backing up or recovery our data files
on this drive.

Thanks

How to take ownership of files and folders: MS KB Article ID: 308421

rgds
Roberto