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That may be the case or it may simply be that XP is not recognizing the
files on the drive because now that the OP has reinstalled XP, file
ownership has been lost. If he can take ownership using the root drive
everything may become visible again. You may be right, the drive may be
corrupt, in which case, this won't resolve the issue. However, I've seen
this come up before and taking ownership of the drive resolved the issue and
the circumstances were similar. It's worth a shot and may return access to
the files on that drive.
--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> There is no file structure on the drive - therefore there are no files to
> take ownership of!
>
> --
>
> Regards:
>
> Richard Urban
>
> aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard
🙂
>
>
> "Michael Solomon (MS-MVP)" <user@#notme.com> wrote in message
> news:uDxXZD3xEHA.1956@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Try taking ownership of the files on that drive:
>> Note, file ownership and permissions supersede administrator rights. How
>> you resolve it depends upon which version of XP you are running.
>>
>> XP-Home
>>
>> Unfortunately, XP Home using NTFS is essentially hard wired for "Simple
>> File Sharing" at system level.
>>
>> However, you can set XP Home permissions in Safe Mode. Reboot, and start
>> hitting F8, a menu should eventually appear and one of the
>> options is Safe Mode. Select it. Note, it will ask for the
>> administrator's
>> password. This is not your administrator account, rather it is the
>> machine's administrator account for which users are asked to create a
>> password during setup.
>>
>> If you created no such password, when requested, leave blank and press
>> enter.
>>
>> Open Explorer, go to Tools and Folder Options, on the view tab, scroll to
>> the bottom of the list, if it shows "Enable Simple File Sharing" deselect
>> it
>> and click apply and ok. If it shows nothing or won't let you make a
>> change,
>> move on to the next step.
>>
>> Navigate to the files, right click, select properties, go to the Security
>> tab, click advanced, go to the Owner tab and select the user that was
>> logged
>> on when you were refused permission to access the files. Click apply and
>> ok. Close the properties box, reopen it, click add and type in the name
>> of
>> the user you just enabled. If you wish to set ownership for everything
>> in
>> the folder, at the bottom of the Owner tab is the following selection:
>> "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects," select it as well.
>>
>> Once complete, you should be able to do what you wish with these files
>> when
>> you log back on as that user.
>>
>> XP-Pro
>>
>> If you have XP Pro, temporarily change the limited account to
>> administrative. First, go to Windows Explorer, go to Tools, select
>> Folder Options, go to the View tab and be sure "Use Simple File Sharing"
>> is not selected. If it is, deselect it and click apply and ok.
>>
>> If you wish everything in a specific folder to be accessible to a user,
>> right click the folder, select properties, go to the Security tab, click
>> Advanced, go to the Owner tab,
>> select the user you wish to have access, at the bottom of the box, you
>> should see a check box for "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects,"
>> place a check in the box and click apply and ok.
>>
>> The user should now be able to perform necessary functions on files in
>> the
>> folder even as a limited account. If not, make it an admin account
>> again,
>> right click the folder, select Properties, go to the Security tab and be
>> sure the user is listed in the user list. If not, click add and type the
>> user name in the appropriate box, be sure the user has all the necessary
>> permissions checked in the permission list below the user list, click
>> apply
>> and ok.
>>
>> That should do it and allow whatever access you desire for that folder
>> even
>> in a limited account.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Michael Solomon MS-MVP
>> Windows Shell/User
>> Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
>> DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>>
>> "Rob Sowerby" <robsowerby@PANTIESntlworld.com> wrote in message
>> news:mVvkd.291$yO4.87@newsfe2-gui.ntli.net...
>>>I have re-installed win XP pRO on my C: drive but now that it is running
>>> again
>>> my D: drive is not recognised.
>>> I get a message saying that it needs formatting but all my data files
>>> are on
>>> there so I don't want to do that.
>>> Ontrack disk recovery sees the drive (as does Windows) but cannot
>>> recognise
>>> the file structure which was NTFS.
>>> Is there a non destructive way that I can re-format my drive and recover
>>> my
>>> files?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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