Get "Access is denied" error accessing removable NTFS drive on Windows XP SP2

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Hacking Bear

Hi,

I got my new 110GB Seagate removable USB drive and I promptly format
it into NTFS. I can write/read into the drive on the same computer but
when I plug it in any other XP machine, I can only see the top-level
folder names, any accesses to the content resulting in "Access is
denied".

I googled around and found this article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/269013
but it applied to Win2K and it should have been fixed in XP.

Any idea what to do?

Thanks!
 
Hacking Bear said:
I got my new 110GB Seagate removable USB drive and I promptly format
it into NTFS. I can write/read into the drive on the same computer but
when I plug it in any other XP machine, I can only see the top-level
folder names, any accesses to the content resulting in "Access is
denied".
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The NTFS privileges are not set correctly. Most likely, ownership and
permissions were given to the user who is unknown regarding different
machines.

"How to set, view, change, or remove file and folder permissions in
Windows XP"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308418/en-us

"How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421/en-us
 
Thanks a lot, even though my admin has just re-formatted the drive to
FAT32 (and he had to do it in Linux because the f***ing Windows XP
does not let one format a FAT32 volume larger than 32GB.)

Will try these NTFS tricks again when I get spare time.

On Feb 12, 1:11 pm, "Detlev Dreyer" <[email protected]> wrote:
 
Hacking Bear said:
Thanks a lot, even though my admin has just re-formatted the drive to
FAT32 (and he had to do it in Linux because the f***ing Windows XP
does not let one format a FAT32 volume larger than 32GB.)

Will try these NTFS tricks again when I get spare time.
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Guys like that give IT folks a bad reputation. An admin should know to do
what Detlev Dreyer said without having to call anyone.
Jim
 
Hacking Bear said:
Thanks a lot, even though my admin has just re-formatted the drive to
FAT32 (and he had to do it in Linux because the f***ing Windows XP
does not let one format a FAT32 volume larger than 32GB.)
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Wow, that's really great. It takes some seconds only to fix that home-
made issue. Re-formatting the drive to FAT32 equals poor administrator
knowledge and skills.
Will try these NTFS tricks again when I get spare time.
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Good luck.
 
Hacking Bear said:
Thanks a lot, even though my admin has just re-formatted the drive to
FAT32 (and he had to do it in Linux because the f***ing Windows XP
does not let one format a FAT32 volume larger than 32GB.)

Will try these NTFS tricks again when I get spare time.

On Feb 12, 1:11 pm, "Detlev Dreyer" <[email protected]> wrote:
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Why did your admin format it to FAT32? Just to solve this issue? If so
they are not very competent. If the drive will be read by an OS that
doesn't support NTFS that would be one reason for FAT32 or if the files are
large. Otherwise NTFS is the preferred file system. FAT32 is wasteful for
larger drives where the files are not large. There are ways to format a
drive larger than 32FG outside of XP besides Linux.
 
Rock, IMHO NTFS is preferable when the file size is large
also. Remember that FAT32 won't handle files larger than 4
GB in size. The only reason to be in FAT32 is for multiple
platform access (Linux, Windows 9X, etc.) otherwise NTFS all
the way for security and safety.
 
LVTravel said:
Rock, IMHO NTFS is preferable when the file size is large also. Remember
that FAT32 won't handle files larger than 4 GB in size. The only reason
to be in FAT32 is for multiple platform access (Linux, Windows 9X, etc.)
otherwise NTFS all the way for security and safety.
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If the file sizes large but less then 4GB there can be some speed advantage
with FAT32, but yes the 4GB limit is there.
 
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