I have already taken ownership over what I was able to via the "Security" tab
and it does show that I am the current owner re the admin portion of the
drive, HOWEVER, physically...I am unable to view ANY directory or folders on
this drive. Vista only shows a drive letter and when I click on drive...says
"no access".

Windows Vista recognizes only that it is a drive...but will not allow me
physical access to it. This was only a slave (data drive) only. And some
folders did have password protection, however, like I said...I have already
changed ownership rights to the drive. I was the administrator of this
"data" drive in my previous system and have all passwords, etc...it is just
not allowing me to physically get into the drive to navigate around.

So, what I need is clarification that there IS a way to physically access my
SATA drive in my Vista system and if there are software settings I need to
change in the security tabs first what are they?

Will I need to put this drive back into a XP system? I would have to build
or buy one...as all of my systems are currently Vista systems. then what is
the best, most efficient way to get 200gb of data to my Vista system?
--
John C - Midwest, USA

Re: Access an XP data drive (no OS installed) using Vista Ultimate by Shenan

Shenan
Mon Jun 23 19:42:17 PDT 2008

John C (Go Packers!) wrote:
> I have already taken ownership over what I was able to via the
> "Security" tab and it does show that I am the current owner re the
> admin portion of the drive, HOWEVER, physically...I am unable to
> view ANY directory or folders on this drive. Vista only shows a
> drive letter and when I click on drive...says "no access".
>
> Windows Vista recognizes only that it is a drive...but will not
> allow me physical access to it. This was only a slave (data drive)
> only. And some folders did have password protection, however, like
> I said...I have already changed ownership rights to the drive. I
> was the administrator of this "data" drive in my previous system
> and have all passwords, etc...it is just not allowing me to
> physically get into the drive to navigate around.
>
> So, what I need is clarification that there IS a way to physically
> access my SATA drive in my Vista system and if there are software
> settings I need to change in the security tabs first what are they?
>
> Will I need to put this drive back into a XP system? I would have
> to build or buy one...as all of my systems are currently Vista
> systems. then what is the best, most efficient way to get 200gb of
> data to my Vista system?

When you took ownership - did you tke ownership of the folder and *all
sub-folders*?
Did you then go in and change the file/folder permissions to include your
current user *and* then propagate those changes to all sub-folders/files?

As for the most efficient way - given your current predicament - would have
been/may be network file copy.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html



Re: Access an XP data drive (no OS installed) using Vista Ultimate by jc3656

jc3656
Mon Jun 23 19:55:01 PDT 2008


--
John C - Midwest, USA


"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> John C (Go Packers!) wrote:
> > I have already taken ownership over what I was able to via the
> > "Security" tab and it does show that I am the current owner re the
> > admin portion of the drive, HOWEVER, physically...I am unable to
> > view ANY directory or folders on this drive. Vista only shows a
> > drive letter and when I click on drive...says "no access".
> >
> > Windows Vista recognizes only that it is a drive...but will not
> > allow me physical access to it. This was only a slave (data drive)
> > only. And some folders did have password protection, however, like
> > I said...I have already changed ownership rights to the drive. I
> > was the administrator of this "data" drive in my previous system
> > and have all passwords, etc...it is just not allowing me to
> > physically get into the drive to navigate around.
> >
> > So, what I need is clarification that there IS a way to physically
> > access my SATA drive in my Vista system and if there are software
> > settings I need to change in the security tabs first what are they?
> >
> > Will I need to put this drive back into a XP system? I would have
> > to build or buy one...as all of my systems are currently Vista
> > systems. then what is the best, most efficient way to get 200gb of
> > data to my Vista system?
>
> When you took ownership - did you tke ownership of the folder and *all
> sub-folders*?
> Did you then go in and change the file/folder permissions to include your
> current user *and* then propagate those changes to all sub-folders/files?
>
> As for the most efficient way - given your current predicament - would have
> been/may be network file copy.
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>

My answer would be Yes and Yes...I did make sure to take ownership of all
folders and sub-folders. I also did propogate to current user.

I am still unable to access the drive physically in VISTA.

Re: Access an XP data drive (no OS installed) using Vista Ultimate by DL

DL
Tue Jun 24 01:17:45 PDT 2008

If the drive was a data drive only (ie not your sys drive, with data in the
user accounts) there is no 'take ownership' required.
Any data slave drive should be accessible on another pc when installed as a
slave.
How does Disk Management show this drive?

"John C (Go Packers!)" <jc3656@wi.rr.com> wrote in message
news:615CAF51-1A40-415D-8816-CC796EA78B0A@microsoft.com...
>
> --
> John C - Midwest, USA
>
>
> "Shenan Stanley" wrote:
>
>> John C (Go Packers!) wrote:
>> > I have already taken ownership over what I was able to via the
>> > "Security" tab and it does show that I am the current owner re the
>> > admin portion of the drive, HOWEVER, physically...I am unable to
>> > view ANY directory or folders on this drive. Vista only shows a
>> > drive letter and when I click on drive...says "no access".
>> >
>> > Windows Vista recognizes only that it is a drive...but will not
>> > allow me physical access to it. This was only a slave (data drive)
>> > only. And some folders did have password protection, however, like
>> > I said...I have already changed ownership rights to the drive. I
>> > was the administrator of this "data" drive in my previous system
>> > and have all passwords, etc...it is just not allowing me to
>> > physically get into the drive to navigate around.
>> >
>> > So, what I need is clarification that there IS a way to physically
>> > access my SATA drive in my Vista system and if there are software
>> > settings I need to change in the security tabs first what are they?
>> >
>> > Will I need to put this drive back into a XP system? I would have
>> > to build or buy one...as all of my systems are currently Vista
>> > systems. then what is the best, most efficient way to get 200gb of
>> > data to my Vista system?
>>
>> When you took ownership - did you tke ownership of the folder and *all
>> sub-folders*?
>> Did you then go in and change the file/folder permissions to include your
>> current user *and* then propagate those changes to all sub-folders/files?
>>
>> As for the most efficient way - given your current predicament - would
>> have
>> been/may be network file copy.
>>
>> --
>> Shenan Stanley
>> MS-MVP
>> --
>> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
>> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>>
>
> My answer would be Yes and Yes...I did make sure to take ownership of all
> folders and sub-folders. I also did propogate to current user.
>
> I am still unable to access the drive physically in VISTA.



Re: Access an XP data drive (no OS installed) using Vista Ultimate by jc3656

jc3656
Tue Jun 24 05:45:00 PDT 2008

Yes, the drive is only a data/slave drive. I was able to access the original
Sys drive and pull all data off of that one with no problem. My new Vista
system shows this (SATA I) as (drive D: ACCESS DENIED) in "computer". I also
have a Raid 0 setup on this system (2 - 750gb fast SATAII drives shown as
only drive C: 1.5tb).

Are you suggesting I go into system setup and change the properties of this
particular drive to read as a slave in my system?? I thought this is done
automatically?? Let me know the proper way to do this as I don't want to get
any more frustrated by just trying it myself and failing. Thank you all for
your assistance with this!! John

--
John C - Midwest, USA


"DL" wrote:

> If the drive was a data drive only (ie not your sys drive, with data in the
> user accounts) there is no 'take ownership' required.
> Any data slave drive should be accessible on another pc when installed as a
> slave.
> How does Disk Management show this drive?
>
> "John C (Go Packers!)" <jc3656@wi.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:615CAF51-1A40-415D-8816-CC796EA78B0A@microsoft.com...
> >
> > --
> > John C - Midwest, USA
> >
> >
> > "Shenan Stanley" wrote:
> >
> >> John C (Go Packers!) wrote:
> >> > I have already taken ownership over what I was able to via the
> >> > "Security" tab and it does show that I am the current owner re the
> >> > admin portion of the drive, HOWEVER, physically...I am unable to
> >> > view ANY directory or folders on this drive. Vista only shows a
> >> > drive letter and when I click on drive...says "no access".
> >> >
> >> > Windows Vista recognizes only that it is a drive...but will not
> >> > allow me physical access to it. This was only a slave (data drive)
> >> > only. And some folders did have password protection, however, like
> >> > I said...I have already changed ownership rights to the drive. I
> >> > was the administrator of this "data" drive in my previous system
> >> > and have all passwords, etc...it is just not allowing me to
> >> > physically get into the drive to navigate around.
> >> >
> >> > So, what I need is clarification that there IS a way to physically
> >> > access my SATA drive in my Vista system and if there are software
> >> > settings I need to change in the security tabs first what are they?
> >> >
> >> > Will I need to put this drive back into a XP system? I would have
> >> > to build or buy one...as all of my systems are currently Vista
> >> > systems. then what is the best, most efficient way to get 200gb of
> >> > data to my Vista system?
> >>
> >> When you took ownership - did you tke ownership of the folder and *all
> >> sub-folders*?
> >> Did you then go in and change the file/folder permissions to include your
> >> current user *and* then propagate those changes to all sub-folders/files?
> >>
> >> As for the most efficient way - given your current predicament - would
> >> have
> >> been/may be network file copy.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Shenan Stanley
> >> MS-MVP
> >> --
> >> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> >> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> >>
> >
> > My answer would be Yes and Yes...I did make sure to take ownership of all
> > folders and sub-folders. I also did propogate to current user.
> >
> > I am still unable to access the drive physically in VISTA.
>
>
>

Re: Access an XP data drive (no OS installed) using Vista Ultimate by DL

DL
Tue Jun 24 09:54:19 PDT 2008

No, I was asking how 'Disk Management' showed this drive - thats not the
same as Explorer/Computor

"John C (Go Packers!)" <jc3656@wi.rr.com> wrote in message
news:EA895CC1-CA26-43E3-A1F8-56DB967B6244@microsoft.com...
> Yes, the drive is only a data/slave drive. I was able to access the
> original
> Sys drive and pull all data off of that one with no problem. My new Vista
> system shows this (SATA I) as (drive D: ACCESS DENIED) in "computer". I
> also
> have a Raid 0 setup on this system (2 - 750gb fast SATAII drives shown as
> only drive C: 1.5tb).
>
> Are you suggesting I go into system setup and change the properties of
> this
> particular drive to read as a slave in my system?? I thought this is done
> automatically?? Let me know the proper way to do this as I don't want to
> get
> any more frustrated by just trying it myself and failing. Thank you all
> for
> your assistance with this!! John
>
> --
> John C - Midwest, USA
>
>
> "DL" wrote:
>
>> If the drive was a data drive only (ie not your sys drive, with data in
>> the
>> user accounts) there is no 'take ownership' required.
>> Any data slave drive should be accessible on another pc when installed as
>> a
>> slave.
>> How does Disk Management show this drive?
>>
>> "John C (Go Packers!)" <jc3656@wi.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:615CAF51-1A40-415D-8816-CC796EA78B0A@microsoft.com...
>> >
>> > --
>> > John C - Midwest, USA
>> >
>> >
>> > "Shenan Stanley" wrote:
>> >
>> >> John C (Go Packers!) wrote:
>> >> > I have already taken ownership over what I was able to via the
>> >> > "Security" tab and it does show that I am the current owner re the
>> >> > admin portion of the drive, HOWEVER, physically...I am unable to
>> >> > view ANY directory or folders on this drive. Vista only shows a
>> >> > drive letter and when I click on drive...says "no access".
>> >> >
>> >> > Windows Vista recognizes only that it is a drive...but will not
>> >> > allow me physical access to it. This was only a slave (data drive)
>> >> > only. And some folders did have password protection, however, like
>> >> > I said...I have already changed ownership rights to the drive. I
>> >> > was the administrator of this "data" drive in my previous system
>> >> > and have all passwords, etc...it is just not allowing me to
>> >> > physically get into the drive to navigate around.
>> >> >
>> >> > So, what I need is clarification that there IS a way to physically
>> >> > access my SATA drive in my Vista system and if there are software
>> >> > settings I need to change in the security tabs first what are they?
>> >> >
>> >> > Will I need to put this drive back into a XP system? I would have
>> >> > to build or buy one...as all of my systems are currently Vista
>> >> > systems. then what is the best, most efficient way to get 200gb of
>> >> > data to my Vista system?
>> >>
>> >> When you took ownership - did you tke ownership of the folder and *all
>> >> sub-folders*?
>> >> Did you then go in and change the file/folder permissions to include
>> >> your
>> >> current user *and* then propagate those changes to all
>> >> sub-folders/files?
>> >>
>> >> As for the most efficient way - given your current predicament - would
>> >> have
>> >> been/may be network file copy.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Shenan Stanley
>> >> MS-MVP
>> >> --
>> >> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
>> >> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>> >>
>> >
>> > My answer would be Yes and Yes...I did make sure to take ownership of
>> > all
>> > folders and sub-folders. I also did propogate to current user.
>> >
>> > I am still unable to access the drive physically in VISTA.
>>
>>
>>



Re: Access an XP data drive (no OS installed) using Vista Ultimate by jc3656

jc3656
Tue Jun 24 10:08:01 PDT 2008

ok, I will check after work today and I will post. Thank you for clarifying.
--
John C - Midwest, USA


"DL" wrote:

> No, I was asking how 'Disk Management' showed this drive - thats not the
> same as Explorer/Computor
>
> "John C (Go Packers!)" <jc3656@wi.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:EA895CC1-CA26-43E3-A1F8-56DB967B6244@microsoft.com...
> > Yes, the drive is only a data/slave drive. I was able to access the
> > original
> > Sys drive and pull all data off of that one with no problem. My new Vista
> > system shows this (SATA I) as (drive D: ACCESS DENIED) in "computer". I
> > also
> > have a Raid 0 setup on this system (2 - 750gb fast SATAII drives shown as
> > only drive C: 1.5tb).
> >
> > Are you suggesting I go into system setup and change the properties of
> > this
> > particular drive to read as a slave in my system?? I thought this is done
> > automatically?? Let me know the proper way to do this as I don't want to
> > get
> > any more frustrated by just trying it myself and failing. Thank you all
> > for
> > your assistance with this!! John
> >
> > --
> > John C - Midwest, USA
> >
> >
> > "DL" wrote:
> >
> >> If the drive was a data drive only (ie not your sys drive, with data in
> >> the
> >> user accounts) there is no 'take ownership' required.
> >> Any data slave drive should be accessible on another pc when installed as
> >> a
> >> slave.
> >> How does Disk Management show this drive?
> >>
> >> "John C (Go Packers!)" <jc3656@wi.rr.com> wrote in message
> >> news:615CAF51-1A40-415D-8816-CC796EA78B0A@microsoft.com...
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > John C - Midwest, USA
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "Shenan Stanley" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> John C (Go Packers!) wrote:
> >> >> > I have already taken ownership over what I was able to via the
> >> >> > "Security" tab and it does show that I am the current owner re the
> >> >> > admin portion of the drive, HOWEVER, physically...I am unable to
> >> >> > view ANY directory or folders on this drive. Vista only shows a
> >> >> > drive letter and when I click on drive...says "no access".
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Windows Vista recognizes only that it is a drive...but will not
> >> >> > allow me physical access to it. This was only a slave (data drive)
> >> >> > only. And some folders did have password protection, however, like
> >> >> > I said...I have already changed ownership rights to the drive. I
> >> >> > was the administrator of this "data" drive in my previous system
> >> >> > and have all passwords, etc...it is just not allowing me to
> >> >> > physically get into the drive to navigate around.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > So, what I need is clarification that there IS a way to physically
> >> >> > access my SATA drive in my Vista system and if there are software
> >> >> > settings I need to change in the security tabs first what are they?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Will I need to put this drive back into a XP system? I would have
> >> >> > to build or buy one...as all of my systems are currently Vista
> >> >> > systems. then what is the best, most efficient way to get 200gb of
> >> >> > data to my Vista system?
> >> >>
> >> >> When you took ownership - did you tke ownership of the folder and *all
> >> >> sub-folders*?
> >> >> Did you then go in and change the file/folder permissions to include
> >> >> your
> >> >> current user *and* then propagate those changes to all
> >> >> sub-folders/files?
> >> >>
> >> >> As for the most efficient way - given your current predicament - would
> >> >> have
> >> >> been/may be network file copy.
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Shenan Stanley
> >> >> MS-MVP
> >> >> --
> >> >> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> >> >> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > My answer would be Yes and Yes...I did make sure to take ownership of
> >> > all
> >> > folders and sub-folders. I also did propogate to current user.
> >> >
> >> > I am still unable to access the drive physically in VISTA.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

Re: Access an XP data drive (no OS installed) using Vista Ultimate by jc3656

jc3656
Tue Jun 24 15:55:02 PDT 2008

Ok I checked and the drive is lettered (D:)
232.88 GB NTFS
Healthy (Active, Primary Partition).

Again, anytime I physically try to explore the drive it says "access denied".

What do you suggest is best way to turn this SATAI drive into a slave data
drive once again??

Thank you for your help!
--
John C - Midwest, USA


"John C (Go Packers!)" wrote:

> ok, I will check after work today and I will post. Thank you for clarifying.
> --
> John C - Midwest, USA
>
>
> "DL" wrote:
>
> > No, I was asking how 'Disk Management' showed this drive - thats not the
> > same as Explorer/Computor
> >
> > "John C (Go Packers!)" <jc3656@wi.rr.com> wrote in message
> > news:EA895CC1-CA26-43E3-A1F8-56DB967B6244@microsoft.com...
> > > Yes, the drive is only a data/slave drive. I was able to access the
> > > original
> > > Sys drive and pull all data off of that one with no problem. My new Vista
> > > system shows this (SATA I) as (drive D: ACCESS DENIED) in "computer". I
> > > also
> > > have a Raid 0 setup on this system (2 - 750gb fast SATAII drives shown as
> > > only drive C: 1.5tb).
> > >
> > > Are you suggesting I go into system setup and change the properties of
> > > this
> > > particular drive to read as a slave in my system?? I thought this is done
> > > automatically?? Let me know the proper way to do this as I don't want to
> > > get
> > > any more frustrated by just trying it myself and failing. Thank you all
> > > for
> > > your assistance with this!! John
> > >
> > > --
> > > John C - Midwest, USA
> > >
> > >
> > > "DL" wrote:
> > >
> > >> If the drive was a data drive only (ie not your sys drive, with data in
> > >> the
> > >> user accounts) there is no 'take ownership' required.
> > >> Any data slave drive should be accessible on another pc when installed as
> > >> a
> > >> slave.
> > >> How does Disk Management show this drive?
> > >>
> > >> "John C (Go Packers!)" <jc3656@wi.rr.com> wrote in message
> > >> news:615CAF51-1A40-415D-8816-CC796EA78B0A@microsoft.com...
> > >> >
> > >> > --
> > >> > John C - Midwest, USA
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > "Shenan Stanley" wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> >> John C (Go Packers!) wrote:
> > >> >> > I have already taken ownership over what I was able to via the
> > >> >> > "Security" tab and it does show that I am the current owner re the
> > >> >> > admin portion of the drive, HOWEVER, physically...I am unable to
> > >> >> > view ANY directory or folders on this drive. Vista only shows a
> > >> >> > drive letter and when I click on drive...says "no access".
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > Windows Vista recognizes only that it is a drive...but will not
> > >> >> > allow me physical access to it. This was only a slave (data drive)
> > >> >> > only. And some folders did have password protection, however, like
> > >> >> > I said...I have already changed ownership rights to the drive. I
> > >> >> > was the administrator of this "data" drive in my previous system
> > >> >> > and have all passwords, etc...it is just not allowing me to
> > >> >> > physically get into the drive to navigate around.
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > So, what I need is clarification that there IS a way to physically
> > >> >> > access my SATA drive in my Vista system and if there are software
> > >> >> > settings I need to change in the security tabs first what are they?
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > Will I need to put this drive back into a XP system? I would have
> > >> >> > to build or buy one...as all of my systems are currently Vista
> > >> >> > systems. then what is the best, most efficient way to get 200gb of
> > >> >> > data to my Vista system?
> > >> >>
> > >> >> When you took ownership - did you tke ownership of the folder and *all
> > >> >> sub-folders*?
> > >> >> Did you then go in and change the file/folder permissions to include
> > >> >> your
> > >> >> current user *and* then propagate those changes to all
> > >> >> sub-folders/files?
> > >> >>
> > >> >> As for the most efficient way - given your current predicament - would
> > >> >> have
> > >> >> been/may be network file copy.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> --
> > >> >> Shenan Stanley
> > >> >> MS-MVP
> > >> >> --
> > >> >> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> > >> >> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> > >> >>
> > >> >
> > >> > My answer would be Yes and Yes...I did make sure to take ownership of
> > >> > all
> > >> > folders and sub-folders. I also did propogate to current user.
> > >> >
> > >> > I am still unable to access the drive physically in VISTA.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> >
> >

Re: Access an XP data drive (no OS installed) using Vista Ultimate by DL

DL
Wed Jun 25 00:55:24 PDT 2008

Double click My Computor, select D, rt click for Properties, select Security
Tab & check permissions

"John C (Go Packers!)" <jc3656@wi.rr.com> wrote in message
news:C8B310FC-AE7F-4FAD-9A97-4CD282E695DD@microsoft.com...
> Ok I checked and the drive is lettered (D:)
> 232.88 GB NTFS
> Healthy (Active, Primary Partition).
>
> Again, anytime I physically try to explore the drive it says "access
> denied".
>
> What do you suggest is best way to turn this SATAI drive into a slave data
> drive once again??
>
> Thank you for your help!
> --
> John C - Midwest, USA
>
>
> "John C (Go Packers!)" wrote:
>
>> ok, I will check after work today and I will post. Thank you for
>> clarifying.
>> --
>> John C - Midwest, USA
>>
>>
>> "DL" wrote:
>>
>> > No, I was asking how 'Disk Management' showed this drive - thats not
>> > the
>> > same as Explorer/Computor
>> >
>> > "John C (Go Packers!)" <jc3656@wi.rr.com> wrote in message
>> > news:EA895CC1-CA26-43E3-A1F8-56DB967B6244@microsoft.com...
>> > > Yes, the drive is only a data/slave drive. I was able to access the
>> > > original
>> > > Sys drive and pull all data off of that one with no problem. My new
>> > > Vista
>> > > system shows this (SATA I) as (drive D: ACCESS DENIED) in "computer".
>> > > I
>> > > also
>> > > have a Raid 0 setup on this system (2 - 750gb fast SATAII drives
>> > > shown as
>> > > only drive C: 1.5tb).
>> > >
>> > > Are you suggesting I go into system setup and change the properties
>> > > of
>> > > this
>> > > particular drive to read as a slave in my system?? I thought this is
>> > > done
>> > > automatically?? Let me know the proper way to do this as I don't
>> > > want to
>> > > get
>> > > any more frustrated by just trying it myself and failing. Thank you
>> > > all
>> > > for
>> > > your assistance with this!! John
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > John C - Midwest, USA
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > "DL" wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> If the drive was a data drive only (ie not your sys drive, with data
>> > >> in
>> > >> the
>> > >> user accounts) there is no 'take ownership' required.
>> > >> Any data slave drive should be accessible on another pc when
>> > >> installed as
>> > >> a
>> > >> slave.
>> > >> How does Disk Management show this drive?
>> > >>
>> > >> "John C (Go Packers!)" <jc3656@wi.rr.com> wrote in message
>> > >> news:615CAF51-1A40-415D-8816-CC796EA78B0A@microsoft.com...
>> > >> >
>> > >> > --
>> > >> > John C - Midwest, USA
>> > >> >
>> > >> >
>> > >> > "Shenan Stanley" wrote:
>> > >> >
>> > >> >> John C (Go Packers!) wrote:
>> > >> >> > I have already taken ownership over what I was able to via the
>> > >> >> > "Security" tab and it does show that I am the current owner re
>> > >> >> > the
>> > >> >> > admin portion of the drive, HOWEVER, physically...I am unable
>> > >> >> > to
>> > >> >> > view ANY directory or folders on this drive. Vista only shows
>> > >> >> > a
>> > >> >> > drive letter and when I click on drive...says "no access".
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> > Windows Vista recognizes only that it is a drive...but will not
>> > >> >> > allow me physical access to it. This was only a slave (data
>> > >> >> > drive)
>> > >> >> > only. And some folders did have password protection, however,
>> > >> >> > like
>> > >> >> > I said...I have already changed ownership rights to the drive.
>> > >> >> > I
>> > >> >> > was the administrator of this "data" drive in my previous
>> > >> >> > system
>> > >> >> > and have all passwords, etc...it is just not allowing me to
>> > >> >> > physically get into the drive to navigate around.
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> > So, what I need is clarification that there IS a way to
>> > >> >> > physically
>> > >> >> > access my SATA drive in my Vista system and if there are
>> > >> >> > software
>> > >> >> > settings I need to change in the security tabs first what are
>> > >> >> > they?
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> > Will I need to put this drive back into a XP system? I would
>> > >> >> > have
>> > >> >> > to build or buy one...as all of my systems are currently Vista
>> > >> >> > systems. then what is the best, most efficient way to get
>> > >> >> > 200gb of
>> > >> >> > data to my Vista system?
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> When you took ownership - did you tke ownership of the folder and
>> > >> >> *all
>> > >> >> sub-folders*?
>> > >> >> Did you then go in and change the file/folder permissions to
>> > >> >> include
>> > >> >> your
>> > >> >> current user *and* then propagate those changes to all
>> > >> >> sub-folders/files?
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> As for the most efficient way - given your current predicament -
>> > >> >> would
>> > >> >> have
>> > >> >> been/may be network file copy.
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> --
>> > >> >> Shenan Stanley
>> > >> >> MS-MVP
>> > >> >> --
>> > >> >> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
>> > >> >> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >
>> > >> > My answer would be Yes and Yes...I did make sure to take ownership
>> > >> > of
>> > >> > all
>> > >> > folders and sub-folders. I also did propogate to current user.
>> > >> >
>> > >> > I am still unable to access the drive physically in VISTA.
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
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