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Jim
December 14th 03, 11:05 AM
ADDED INFO:
The Secondary drive is formatted as NTFS (so I'd think
security should be enabled on it...same as on the C:
Drive).


>-----Original Message-----
>QUESTION:
>How can I make the SECONDARY hard drive either private,
>or hidden from the other users?
>
>ENVIRONMENT:
>Windows XP Professional
>Multiple Users (only me as Administrator)
>Two Hard Drives
>
>ADDITIONAL INFO:
>The "Make This FolderPrivate" check-box on the sharing
>tab of the secondary drive is grayed out. Help
indicates
>that only Folders/Files in my PROFILE can be made
private.
>Surely there's some way to secure folders/files on a
>SECONDARY drive. Currently all users on this machine
can
>access all my files on the 2nd hard disk. I'd like to
>restrict the entire drive only to my own login.
>
>Any assistance would be most appreciated.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Jim
>
>
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