Strange permission problems

[Guest]

Recently I re-installed XP, SP1 and SP2 onto a 160Gb IDE hard disk running NT
filesystems. MY PC has 3 partions - C, D, E. Whenever I move directories to
or within the E: patition and I attempt to access files within the directory
on the E: drive I get errors like:

1) Access is denied. Make sure that the disk is not full or write protected
and that the file is not currently in use.

2) E:\backups is not accessible. Access is denied.

In the case of (1) the partition has 24 Gb free and to my knowledge is not
write protected. The file indexing service is enabled for all partitions
though. I can go to a MS Command Prompt, do a dir on the suspect directory
and see the contents

With (2) I cannot see the contents of the directory at all and the directory
attributes are effectively visible to everyone. I should point out that for
(2) the original directory that I moved previously resided on a FAT32
filesystem.

How can I resolve these two annoying problems without blowing away the whole
E: partition, reformatting and restoring directories?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Recently I re-installed XP, SP1 and SP2 onto a 160Gb IDE hard disk running NT
filesystems. MY PC has 3 partions - C, D, E. Whenever I move directories to
or within the E: patition and I attempt to access files within the directory
on the E: drive I get errors like:

1) Access is denied. Make sure that the disk is not full or write protected
and that the file is not currently in use.

2) E:\backups is not accessible. Access is denied.

In the case of (1) the partition has 24 Gb free and to my knowledge is not
write protected. The file indexing service is enabled for all partitions
though. I can go to a MS Command Prompt, do a dir on the suspect directory
and see the contents

With (2) I cannot see the contents of the directory at all and the directory
attributes are effectively visible to everyone. I should point out that for
(2) the original directory that I moved previously resided on a FAT32
filesystem.

How can I resolve these two annoying problems without blowing away the whole
E: partition, reformatting and restoring directories?

You may have a permissions issue. You can try this to
resolve it:
1. Log on under the administrator account.
2. Click Start / Run
3. Type cmd {OK}
4. Type the following commands:
cacls e:\ /g everyone:F {Enter}
cacls e:\ /e /t /c /g everyone:F {Enter}

You could achieve the same via Explorer, by granting
everyone full access to drive E: and all its folders.

 

[Guest]

Pegasus,

I tried using your advice but the following errors occurred:

- for the first cacls I received "Access is denied"
- for the second cacls command I received "Access is denied. The filename,
directory name or volume label syntax is incorrect".

I should have mentioned that I'm using XP Home SP2, not XP Professional.
Any other ideas?

WTIA,
ParkPlace

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

If you get "Access denied" errors then you did not log in as administrator.

 

[Guest]

Pegasus,

Thanks for your advice. I've overcome the permission problems, primarily by
using Explorer and setting permissions to everyone. With some wisdom and
patience that worked and everything is back to normal. Your assistance saved
me forking out $$$ for a Microsoft support call.

Regards,

ParkPlace