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Upgarde to Widows XP Professional for NTFS Security Problems?
Would it be worth spending $200 to upgrade one computer to XP Pro on order to
fix a write permisson problem I have with a USB Hard drive connected to a Dlink DNS-120 USB to Ethernet network adapter. The drive when formmated as multiple FAT32 logical drives (34.4MB max) can be written to and read from. However, when the same drive is formmated as NTFS I get "Access Denied" when trying to write to it. I can read files written to it when it was attached to the USB port of my computer. I've played with as many ways as I can to change the security, but I can't find a way to change the permissions when it's attached to the network. PLEASE HELP! -- M_Roberts Research causes cancer in rats. |
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Upgarde to Widows XP Professional for NTFS Security Problems?
Before you go spending money I would check with the manufacturer of the
device and see if it's made to work as you want it to - I'm guessing it's not and no upgrade will make it do so. -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "phunfoto-lvnv" wrote in message ... Would it be worth spending $200 to upgrade one computer to XP Pro on order to fix a write permisson problem I have with a USB Hard drive connected to a Dlink DNS-120 USB to Ethernet network adapter. The drive when formmated as multiple FAT32 logical drives (34.4MB max) can be written to and read from. However, when the same drive is formmated as NTFS I get "Access Denied" when trying to write to it. I can read files written to it when it was attached to the USB port of my computer. I've played with as many ways as I can to change the security, but I can't find a way to change the permissions when it's attached to the network. PLEASE HELP! -- M_Roberts Research causes cancer in rats. |
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Upgarde to Widows XP Professional for NTFS Security Problems?
Are you formatting it with the PC and then attaching it to the DLink box? I
imagine the Dlink box wouldn't know what to do with the SIDs created by the PC. -- Ken Wickes [MSFT] This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "Richard G. Harper" wrote in message ... Before you go spending money I would check with the manufacturer of the device and see if it's made to work as you want it to - I'm guessing it's not and no upgrade will make it do so. -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "phunfoto-lvnv" wrote in message ... Would it be worth spending $200 to upgrade one computer to XP Pro on order to fix a write permisson problem I have with a USB Hard drive connected to a Dlink DNS-120 USB to Ethernet network adapter. The drive when formmated as multiple FAT32 logical drives (34.4MB max) can be written to and read from. However, when the same drive is formmated as NTFS I get "Access Denied" when trying to write to it. I can read files written to it when it was attached to the USB port of my computer. I've played with as many ways as I can to change the security, but I can't find a way to change the permissions when it's attached to the network. PLEASE HELP! -- M_Roberts Research causes cancer in rats. |
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Upgarde to Widows XP Professional for NTFS Security Problems?
Yes. That's the only way I can format it. The DNS-120 will not allow
formatting of a drive attached to it. At least that is what Tech Support tells me. Tech Support also told me I have a defective unit when I used CompuApps' SwissKnifeV3 to format the 250GB drive as one FAT32 partition. I just formatted the drive using Western Digital's Life Guard utility with eight 34.4GB or less partitions and they work flawlessly. So the DNS-120 is NOT defective. BTW it was a Level 2 tech that said it was defective. I just sent a message to a Level 3 tech to see what kind of reply I get from him. I also suggested Dlink provide a partition utility, since Windows XP comaptibility is touted on the box and to the best of my knowledge, XP does not format a USB drive of this size as anything but NTFS. "Ken Wickes [MSFT]" wrote: Are you formatting it with the PC and then attaching it to the DLink box? I imagine the Dlink box wouldn't know what to do with the SIDs created by the PC. -- Ken Wickes [MSFT] This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "Richard G. Harper" wrote in message ... Before you go spending money I would check with the manufacturer of the device and see if it's made to work as you want it to - I'm guessing it's not and no upgrade will make it do so. -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "phunfoto-lvnv" wrote in message ... Would it be worth spending $200 to upgrade one computer to XP Pro on order to fix a write permisson problem I have with a USB Hard drive connected to a Dlink DNS-120 USB to Ethernet network adapter. The drive when formmated as multiple FAT32 logical drives (34.4MB max) can be written to and read from. However, when the same drive is formmated as NTFS I get "Access Denied" when trying to write to it. I can read files written to it when it was attached to the USB port of my computer. I've played with as many ways as I can to change the security, but I can't find a way to change the permissions when it's attached to the network. PLEASE HELP! -- M_Roberts Research causes cancer in rats. |
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Upgarde to Widows XP Professional for NTFS Security Problems?
I'm actually very surprised it worked at all. Not sure how this device can
read an NTFS file system. I didn't know XP wouldn't format a drive like that as FAT32. Did you try the command line format with the /fs:FAT32 parameter? DLink does say on their website that the device won't work with an NTFS disk. -- Ken Wickes [MSFT] This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "phunfoto-lvnv" wrote in message ... Yes. That's the only way I can format it. The DNS-120 will not allow formatting of a drive attached to it. At least that is what Tech Support tells me. Tech Support also told me I have a defective unit when I used CompuApps' SwissKnifeV3 to format the 250GB drive as one FAT32 partition. I just formatted the drive using Western Digital's Life Guard utility with eight 34.4GB or less partitions and they work flawlessly. So the DNS-120 is NOT defective. BTW it was a Level 2 tech that said it was defective. I just sent a message to a Level 3 tech to see what kind of reply I get from him. I also suggested Dlink provide a partition utility, since Windows XP comaptibility is touted on the box and to the best of my knowledge, XP does not format a USB drive of this size as anything but NTFS. "Ken Wickes [MSFT]" wrote: Are you formatting it with the PC and then attaching it to the DLink box? I imagine the Dlink box wouldn't know what to do with the SIDs created by the PC. -- Ken Wickes [MSFT] This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "Richard G. Harper" wrote in message ... Before you go spending money I would check with the manufacturer of the device and see if it's made to work as you want it to - I'm guessing it's not and no upgrade will make it do so. -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "phunfoto-lvnv" wrote in message ... Would it be worth spending $200 to upgrade one computer to XP Pro on order to fix a write permisson problem I have with a USB Hard drive connected to a Dlink DNS-120 USB to Ethernet network adapter. The drive when formmated as multiple FAT32 logical drives (34.4MB max) can be written to and read from. However, when the same drive is formmated as NTFS I get "Access Denied" when trying to write to it. I can read files written to it when it was attached to the USB port of my computer. I've played with as many ways as I can to change the security, but I can't find a way to change the permissions when it's attached to the network. PLEASE HELP! -- M_Roberts Research causes cancer in rats. |
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Upgarde to Widows XP Professional for NTFS Security Problems?
I just tried what you suggested and was told that the drive is too big for
FAT32 by the format tool. I will try to find the max size. The SwissKnifeV3 must not have a lock on how big is too big. "Ken Wickes [MSFT]" wrote: I'm actually very surprised it worked at all. Not sure how this device can read an NTFS file system. I didn't know XP wouldn't format a drive like that as FAT32. Did you try the command line format with the /fs:FAT32 parameter? DLink does say on their website that the device won't work with an NTFS disk. -- Ken Wickes [MSFT] This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "phunfoto-lvnv" wrote in message ... Yes. That's the only way I can format it. The DNS-120 will not allow formatting of a drive attached to it. At least that is what Tech Support tells me. Tech Support also told me I have a defective unit when I used CompuApps' SwissKnifeV3 to format the 250GB drive as one FAT32 partition. I just formatted the drive using Western Digital's Life Guard utility with eight 34.4GB or less partitions and they work flawlessly. So the DNS-120 is NOT defective. BTW it was a Level 2 tech that said it was defective. I just sent a message to a Level 3 tech to see what kind of reply I get from him. I also suggested Dlink provide a partition utility, since Windows XP comaptibility is touted on the box and to the best of my knowledge, XP does not format a USB drive of this size as anything but NTFS. "Ken Wickes [MSFT]" wrote: Are you formatting it with the PC and then attaching it to the DLink box? I imagine the Dlink box wouldn't know what to do with the SIDs created by the PC. -- Ken Wickes [MSFT] This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "Richard G. Harper" wrote in message ... Before you go spending money I would check with the manufacturer of the device and see if it's made to work as you want it to - I'm guessing it's not and no upgrade will make it do so. -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "phunfoto-lvnv" wrote in message ... Would it be worth spending $200 to upgrade one computer to XP Pro on order to fix a write permisson problem I have with a USB Hard drive connected to a Dlink DNS-120 USB to Ethernet network adapter. The drive when formmated as multiple FAT32 logical drives (34.4MB max) can be written to and read from. However, when the same drive is formmated as NTFS I get "Access Denied" when trying to write to it. I can read files written to it when it was attached to the USB port of my computer. I've played with as many ways as I can to change the security, but I can't find a way to change the permissions when it's attached to the network. PLEASE HELP! -- M_Roberts Research causes cancer in rats. |
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