File Properties Help Needed

[William G. Davis]

File Properties Help Needed

I am running WinXP Pro SP2. I have an 80 GB C Drive and a 100 GB D Drive
(used for storage of documents, downloads, etc.). It is a Dell 8400 with a
3.0 Processor and a GB of RAM.

I am having trouble tranferring files over a network. My LAN (mine and 2
other machines) is functioning fine, and I use MS Broadband Networking.
The problem is on my machine. When I try to transfer files from my machine
to another on my LAN, I get the "File in Use or Disk Full" error message.

I do not believe the problem is in networking but in Explorer somewhere:

All my files are marked Read Only, and no matter how high up I go in the
directories (all the way to the drive itself), I can change the setting, hit
apply, and close the properties dialog box, and click to open it again and
it reverts back to read only. I have tried re-booting, I have been in the
policies, and computer management sections. What gives? I am logged on as
myself, the sole user of the machine, one of the administrators. I can take
possession of all the files and folders on the machine.

Can anyone please help?

Thanks!

W. G. Davis

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

The state of ownership creates the read only status.

"In use' is different from 'access denied', which is what you would get if
it were an ownership issue.

You should be able to copy even an 'in use' file.

'Disk full' is sometimes a file table error. I would try chkdsk (error
checking) on the destination drive.