Phillip
December 5th 03, 07:07 AM
Here goes:
I have winxp pro and four harddrives.
It all started when there were a few mp3's that I had downloaded from
easynews and I could not access them - they had been part of a zip file
containing several mp3's and unzipped without incident. However, they would
not play - then when I tried to move and/or delete them, I got file access
errors. I am the administrator/owner of the computer, but it behaved as if
I did not have rights to manipulate the files. I tried messing with admin
privileges and, at last, rebooted as administrator in safe mode and was able
to manipulate the files without any problem. But when I rebooted into
normal mode, my "D" drive (the location of these files) appeared empty! It
showed up in my computer, but properties indicated 0 bytes size and 0 bytes
of files. When I tried to click it it gave me an error message (I don't
recall what). Then, I tried restoring the computer and still had the same
problem - but when I rebooted into safe mode as admin everything looked fine
.. . . So, I at last figured out how to log on as admin in "non-safe" mode
and - low and behold - everything looks fine! Problem solved? Well, kind
of -but not totally. I understand being logged on as administrator carries
serious security risks - I am wondering if someone accessed my security
settings from cyber-space to create this mess in the first place. Also, it'
d be nice to have all my user settings from before. And, I cannot for the
life of me figure out why the D drive appears empty and useless in my
computer with my old user account, but not when I am logged on as admin.
Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
I have winxp pro and four harddrives.
It all started when there were a few mp3's that I had downloaded from
easynews and I could not access them - they had been part of a zip file
containing several mp3's and unzipped without incident. However, they would
not play - then when I tried to move and/or delete them, I got file access
errors. I am the administrator/owner of the computer, but it behaved as if
I did not have rights to manipulate the files. I tried messing with admin
privileges and, at last, rebooted as administrator in safe mode and was able
to manipulate the files without any problem. But when I rebooted into
normal mode, my "D" drive (the location of these files) appeared empty! It
showed up in my computer, but properties indicated 0 bytes size and 0 bytes
of files. When I tried to click it it gave me an error message (I don't
recall what). Then, I tried restoring the computer and still had the same
problem - but when I rebooted into safe mode as admin everything looked fine
.. . . So, I at last figured out how to log on as admin in "non-safe" mode
and - low and behold - everything looks fine! Problem solved? Well, kind
of -but not totally. I understand being logged on as administrator carries
serious security risks - I am wondering if someone accessed my security
settings from cyber-space to create this mess in the first place. Also, it'
d be nice to have all my user settings from before. And, I cannot for the
life of me figure out why the D drive appears empty and useless in my
computer with my old user account, but not when I am logged on as admin.
Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.