Can't read disk after installing Windows XP

[Charles Brauer]

Hello,

I have a machine that has several disks. One of the disks
(drive D:) was set readable/writable only by my Windows
2000 account. All other user permissions were removed.

After doing a clean install of Windows XP (reformatted C:
drive) I cannot access the D: disk. In fact, when I right-
click drive D: the menu no longer shows "Sharing and
Security".

How do I fix this?

Charles

[Roger Abell [MVP]]

Take ownership over the pre-existing and allow it to
reset permissions in the process.
If you have Home you can only get a security dialog
on NTFS objects in a safe mode boot. In Pro you need
to switch out from Simplified sharing mode (base of View
tab on Folder Options). In either version you could use
cacls to manage permissions in a normal boot.
At a cmd line
cacls /?
provides syntax.

For Take Ownership see Help and Support, or
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421

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Roger Abell
Microsoft MVP (Windows, Security)
MCDBA, MCSE Nt4+W2k
"Charles Brauer" > wrote in message
...
> Hello,
>
> I have a machine that has several disks. One of the disks
> (drive D:) was set readable/writable only by my Windows
> 2000 account. All other user permissions were removed.
>
> After doing a clean install of Windows XP (reformatted C:
> drive) I cannot access the D: disk. In fact, when I right-
> click drive D: the menu no longer shows "Sharing and
> Security".
>
> How do I fix this?
>
> Charles