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So I got my new beast of a PC and was eager to get it up to speed with all my media collection etc.
So I connect my old hard drive to the IDE slot on the motherboard. Everything is fine until I try copying my MP3's to my new hard drive. 'Access Denied - You do not have permission and/or the file may be in use by another program'.
What the hell? I checked the file privileges and all is well, I certainly don't remember putting any funky security features on any files whatsoever. It is the same with other vital files such as all my documents. When running this hard drive the whole computer runs at a snails pace.
So I tried copying the files across the network - again no luck, some will, others won't. Next I put the drive in my old mans machine as a slave. no luck there either - it will let you DELETE the files, but not copy or move them. You cannot even RUN the bleeders - 'file not valid' is shown on the screen.
So break it gently to me, please - have I lost 400 mp3's and all my documents, or is there some ridiculous security tag on the files stopping me from using them. If that's the case, I should be able to access them fine with my old PC then, although I suspect the worst.
Bloody PC's, kind of took the fun out of getting my new one. It's took me years to get my music collection together, I suppose I should just consider myself lucky I only lost about 400 and not the whole lot.
So I connect my old hard drive to the IDE slot on the motherboard. Everything is fine until I try copying my MP3's to my new hard drive. 'Access Denied - You do not have permission and/or the file may be in use by another program'.
What the hell? I checked the file privileges and all is well, I certainly don't remember putting any funky security features on any files whatsoever. It is the same with other vital files such as all my documents. When running this hard drive the whole computer runs at a snails pace.
So I tried copying the files across the network - again no luck, some will, others won't. Next I put the drive in my old mans machine as a slave. no luck there either - it will let you DELETE the files, but not copy or move them. You cannot even RUN the bleeders - 'file not valid' is shown on the screen.
So break it gently to me, please - have I lost 400 mp3's and all my documents, or is there some ridiculous security tag on the files stopping me from using them. If that's the case, I should be able to access them fine with my old PC then, although I suspect the worst.
Bloody PC's, kind of took the fun out of getting my new one. It's took me years to get my music collection together, I suppose I should just consider myself lucky I only lost about 400 and not the whole lot.
From: [URL]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810881[/URL]
It's not the article I was looking for, but the procedure to follow is the same.
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1. Turn off Simple File Sharing:
a. Click Start, and then click My Computer.
b. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options, and then click the View tab.
c. Under Advanced Settings, click to clear the Use simple file sharing (Recommended) check box, and then click OK.
2. Right-click the folder that you want to take ownership of, and then click Properties.
3. Click the Security tab, and then click OK on the Security message, if one appears.
4. Click Advanced, and then click the Owner tab.
5. In the Name list, click your user name, Administrator if you are logged in as Administrator, or click the Administrators group.
If you want to take ownership of the contents of that folder, click to select the Replace owner on subcontainers and objects check box.
6. Click OK.
You may receive the following error message, where Folder is the name of the folder that you want to take ownership of:
You do not have permission to read the contents of directory Folder. Do you want to replace the directory permissions with permissions granting you Full Control? All permissions will be replaced if you press Yes.
7. Click Yes.
8. Click OK, and then reapply the permissions and security settings that you want for the folder and the folder contents.
It's not the article I was looking for, but the procedure to follow is the same.
-----------------------------------------------------
1. Turn off Simple File Sharing:
a. Click Start, and then click My Computer.
b. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options, and then click the View tab.
c. Under Advanced Settings, click to clear the Use simple file sharing (Recommended) check box, and then click OK.
2. Right-click the folder that you want to take ownership of, and then click Properties.
3. Click the Security tab, and then click OK on the Security message, if one appears.
4. Click Advanced, and then click the Owner tab.
5. In the Name list, click your user name, Administrator if you are logged in as Administrator, or click the Administrators group.
If you want to take ownership of the contents of that folder, click to select the Replace owner on subcontainers and objects check box.
6. Click OK.
You may receive the following error message, where Folder is the name of the folder that you want to take ownership of:
You do not have permission to read the contents of directory Folder. Do you want to replace the directory permissions with permissions granting you Full Control? All permissions will be replaced if you press Yes.
7. Click Yes.
8. Click OK, and then reapply the permissions and security settings that you want for the folder and the folder contents.
Oh, of course :D.
ah but there's nowt wrong with my new pc, it's the old rust bucket that's the problem here. I'd garrotte it if it had a neck.
And that's why you should always build your own PC, el Borlo.
indeed Nimco it was XP. I will give those jumper settings a try tomorrow, and if you can find that info for me I'd be much appreciative.
cheers for the input, I'm off to rip some music.
oh and the cheeky bleeders tried to fob me off with a soundblaster live 24-bit when I ordered an audigy 2 ZS. thar'll be trouble come monday morning.
cheers for the input, I'm off to rip some music.
oh and the cheeky bleeders tried to fob me off with a soundblaster live 24-bit when I ordered an audigy 2 ZS. thar'll be trouble come monday morning.
Am I correct in assuming that your old hard drive had Windows XP installed on it, and all your MP3s were stored in a sub-directory within c:\Documents and Settings\\ ???
If so, it's a Windows XP user permissions thing. There's an MS KnowledgeBase article on it - I'll see if I can dig it out later, but I've gotta go now.
If so, it's a Windows XP user permissions thing. There's an MS KnowledgeBase article on it - I'll see if I can dig it out later, but I've gotta go now.
ßora† §agdiyeV wrote:
> please - have I lost 400 mp3's and all my documents
Only 400!! I'd be gutted if I lost my collection of 3,000!! As previously mentioned, try the jumpers.
> please - have I lost 400 mp3's and all my documents
Only 400!! I'd be gutted if I lost my collection of 3,000!! As previously mentioned, try the jumpers.
Yeh, check the jumpers like he said.
You want master and slave
or
cable select and cable select
Some hard disks go nobtarded if you have one set to cable select and the other set to slave.
You want master and slave
or
cable select and cable select
Some hard disks go nobtarded if you have one set to cable select and the other set to slave.
Only think I can suggest is checking the jumper setting for master / slave. If that's wrong, you get freaky results. there's no reason a perfectly good drive should go belly up during a move, so I've a suspicion that thats it.
So I got my new beast of a PC and was eager to get it up to speed with all my media collection etc.
So I connect my old hard drive to the IDE slot on the motherboard. Everything is fine until I try copying my MP3's to my new hard drive. 'Access Denied - You do not have permission and/or the file may be in use by another program'.
What the hell? I checked the file privileges and all is well, I certainly don't remember putting any funky security features on any files whatsoever. It is the same with other vital files such as all my documents. When running this hard drive the whole computer runs at a snails pace.
So I tried copying the files across the network - again no luck, some will, others won't. Next I put the drive in my old mans machine as a slave. no luck there either - it will let you DELETE the files, but not copy or move them. You cannot even RUN the bleeders - 'file not valid' is shown on the screen.
So break it gently to me, please - have I lost 400 mp3's and all my documents, or is there some ridiculous security tag on the files stopping me from using them. If that's the case, I should be able to access them fine with my old PC then, although I suspect the worst.
Bloody PC's, kind of took the fun out of getting my new one. It's took me years to get my music collection together, I suppose I should just consider myself lucky I only lost about 400 and not the whole lot.
So I connect my old hard drive to the IDE slot on the motherboard. Everything is fine until I try copying my MP3's to my new hard drive. 'Access Denied - You do not have permission and/or the file may be in use by another program'.
What the hell? I checked the file privileges and all is well, I certainly don't remember putting any funky security features on any files whatsoever. It is the same with other vital files such as all my documents. When running this hard drive the whole computer runs at a snails pace.
So I tried copying the files across the network - again no luck, some will, others won't. Next I put the drive in my old mans machine as a slave. no luck there either - it will let you DELETE the files, but not copy or move them. You cannot even RUN the bleeders - 'file not valid' is shown on the screen.
So break it gently to me, please - have I lost 400 mp3's and all my documents, or is there some ridiculous security tag on the files stopping me from using them. If that's the case, I should be able to access them fine with my old PC then, although I suspect the worst.
Bloody PC's, kind of took the fun out of getting my new one. It's took me years to get my music collection together, I suppose I should just consider myself lucky I only lost about 400 and not the whole lot.