New Disk Drive File Problem.

[bullwinkel J. Moose]

I have added an additional Hard drive to my system. I have partitioned it
using Partition Magic. I run Windows XP-Sp2 with no problems. I made several
partitions on this drive also with no problems and I can see them with
Windows Explorer. When I am running an "Administer" desktop I can
add/remove/move files into the new logical drives.
BUT when I am running in my main user desktop which has admininstrator
priveledges I cannot write to or change or deete programs or files from the
new partitions.

I know that there is somewhere in XP a rule or something which will let me
change the rules so that I can manipulate these partitions normally.

Any advice or help gratefully accepted.

Regards,

 

[Snufkin]

From the administrator account, you should be able to take
ownership of the directories you need.

Instructions on how to do this are at
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

Once you have ownership of the directory, the
administrator account can access all the files, and should
also be able to assign access/ownership to whatever user
you please.

Note that by taking ownership, the previous owner of the
folders/files will no longer be able to access them until
ownership or access is restored to them.