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After Vista upgrade, 2nd HD can't be accessed
Upgraded to Vista Ultimate from XP. Boot drive is fine, but my 2nd drive,
which is only used to store pictures, cannot be accessed. I know all the data is still there, because McAfee will scan the drive. My desktop picture is also still present. When in explorer and I click on the drive letter D, I get this message: "D:\ is not accessible. Access Denied". Any suggestions? Am i missing a driver of some kind? |
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After Vista upgrade, 2nd HD can't be accessed
When Vista is built on your system, it creates a Recovery Partition. (D
It is used by Vista for that purpose (Recovery) and it protected. It would not be a good idea to try to play with it. Don't try to delete, move or add files to it. At random times Vista will create a "restore point". These are used as reference times for you to restore your system in case you have a system crash or an anomaly that you can't fix. A recovery list is created for you to select from. You can also create you own restore point at any time, when you feel your system is running smoothly. BTW "My Computer" is now just "Computer". -- Regards, BobF. "Bert" wrote in message ... On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:51:01 -0700, Ben wrote: Upgraded to Vista Ultimate from XP. Boot drive is fine, but my 2nd drive, which is only used to store pictures, cannot be accessed. I know all the data is still there, because McAfee will scan the drive. My desktop picture is also still present. When in explorer and I click on the drive letter D, I get this message: "D:\ is not accessible. Access Denied". Any suggestions? Am i missing a driver of some kind? Maybe another letter had been assigned to the drive. So, look in 'My Computer', and/or try some other letters, E, F, .... Bert |
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After Vista upgrade, 2nd HD can't be accessed
BobF. wrote:
When Vista is built on your system, it creates a Recovery Partition. (D ????? You will only have a special recovery partition if the operating system came preinstalled by one of the big OEMs like HP or Sony - and if that big OEM uses the special partition method to take the machine back to factory condition. A clean install of Vista on bare metal will certainly not magically create a "Recovery Partition" nor will it do this on an upgrade install that did not originally have a special partition. In any case, the OP has said his data is residing on a second hard drive, not on a partition on the system drive. The OP is having ownership issues. I'm not sure how he originally structured the second hard drive (encrypted files? password protected with third-party program?), but taking ownership of the drive/folders/files is probably what he should do. To the OP: A. Check the permissions of the file or folder the file is saved in and take ownership: 1. Right-click the file or folder, and then click Properties. 2. Click the Security tab. 3. Under Group or user names, click your name to see the permissions you have. To open a file, you need to have read permission. For more information on permissions, see What are permissions? http://tinyurl.com/2j9vgr To take ownership of a folder: 1. Right-click the folder that you want to take ownership of, and then click Properties. 2. Click the Security tab, click Advanced, and then click the Owner tab. 3. Click Edit. Administrator permission required If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation. 4. Click the name of the person you want to give ownership to. 5. If you want that person to be the owner of files and subfolders in this folder, select the Replace owner on subcontainers and objects check box. 6. Click OK Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com Don't Panic! |
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After Vista upgrade, 2nd HD can't be accessed
Thanks Malke, I didn't realize this. My Dell also came with a D: partition.
My frame of reference was in this regard and when I read the OP's description, it fell right into the incorrect model I had in my mind. I would have liked to go back and re-read the thread but you deleted it. But thanks in any regard. -- Regards, BobF. "Malke" wrote in message ... BobF. wrote: When Vista is built on your system, it creates a Recovery Partition. (D ????? You will only have a special recovery partition if the operating system came preinstalled by one of the big OEMs like HP or Sony - and if that big OEM uses the special partition method to take the machine back to factory condition. A clean install of Vista on bare metal will certainly not magically create a "Recovery Partition" nor will it do this on an upgrade install that did not originally have a special partition. In any case, the OP has said his data is residing on a second hard drive, not on a partition on the system drive. The OP is having ownership issues. I'm not sure how he originally structured the second hard drive (encrypted files? password protected with third-party program?), but taking ownership of the drive/folders/files is probably what he should do. To the OP: A. Check the permissions of the file or folder the file is saved in and take ownership: 1. Right-click the file or folder, and then click Properties. 2. Click the Security tab. 3. Under Group or user names, click your name to see the permissions you have. To open a file, you need to have read permission. For more information on permissions, see What are permissions? http://tinyurl.com/2j9vgr To take ownership of a folder: 1. Right-click the folder that you want to take ownership of, and then click Properties. 2. Click the Security tab, click Advanced, and then click the Owner tab. 3. Click Edit. Administrator permission required If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation. 4. Click the name of the person you want to give ownership to. 5. If you want that person to be the owner of files and subfolders in this folder, select the Replace owner on subcontainers and objects check box. 6. Click OK Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com Don't Panic! |