Help with my pictures

I always use a partitioned drive for my documents so that when I have to do a
re-install (it happens!) I don't lose any of my files. Well this morning I
did just that and everything went fine until I went to open my pictures and I
can not! I am getting the message, access denied. Please help....

Thanks!

Suzanne wrote:
I always use a partitioned drive for my documents so that when I
have to do a re-install (it happens!) I don't lose any of my files.
Well this morning I did just that and everything went fine until I
went to open my pictures and I can not! I am getting the message,
access denied. Please help....

No searching, I presume? ;-)

Ah well - hopefully this will help:

How to Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

Read *carefully* - do not just skim the page and start following steps.
There is important information there dependent on the version of Windows XP.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
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Suzanne wrote:
I always use a partitioned drive for my documents so that when I
have to do a re-install (it happens!) I don't lose any of my files.
Well this morning I did just that and everything went fine until I
went to open my pictures and I can not! I am getting the message,
access denied. Please help....

No searching, I presume? ;-)

Ah well - hopefully this will help:

How to Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

Read *carefully* - do not just skim the page and start following steps.
There is important information there dependent on the version of Windows XP.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:43:01 -0700, Suzanne
wrote:

I always use a partitioned drive for my documents


Note that you have the terminology wrong, because the terminology is a
little strange. Some people think that the term "partition" means to
divide the drive into two or more partitions. That's not correct: when
you partition a drive you create one or more partitions on it.

You have to have at least one partition on it to use a drive. Those
people who think they have an unpartitioned drive actually have a
drive with only a single partition on it, which is normally called C:.
The real choice is whether to have more than one partition, not
whether to partition at all, since every drive has to have one
partition.



so that when I have to do a
re-install (it happens!)


It should almost *never* happen that you have to reinstall, and if
does, you are doing something very much wrong.

In my view, it's usually a mistake. With a modicum of care, it should
never be necessary to reinstall Windows (XP or any other version).
I've run Windows 3.0, 3.1, WFWG 3.11, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows
2000, Windows XP, and now Windows Vista, each for the period of time
before the next version came out, and each on two or more machines
here. I never reinstalled any of them, and I have never had anything
more than an occasional minor problem.

It's my belief that this mistaken notion stems from the technical
support people at many of the larger OEMs. Their solution to almost
any problem they don't quickly know the answer to is "reformat and
reinstall." That's the perfect solution for them. It gets you off the
phone quickly, it almost always works, and it doesn't require them to
do any real troubleshooting (a skill that most of them obviously don't
possess in any great degree).

But it leaves you with all the work and all the problems. You have to
restore all your data backups, you have to reinstall all your
programs, you have to reinstall all the Windows and application
updates, you have to locate and install all the needed drivers for
your system, you have to recustomize Windows and all your apps to work
the way you're comfortable with.

Besides all those things being time-consuming and troublesome, you may
have trouble with some of them: can you find all your application CDs?
Can you find all the needed installation codes? Do you have data
backups to restore? Do you even remember all the customizations and
tweaks you may have installed to make everything work the way you
like? Occasionally there are problems that are so difficult to solve
that Windows should be reinstalled cleanly. But they are few and far
between; reinstallation should not be a substitute for
troubleshooting; it should be a last resort, to be done only after all
other attempts at troubleshooting by a qualified person have failed.

And perhaps most important: if you reformat and reinstall without
finding out what caused your problem, you will very likely repeat the
behavior that caused it, and quickly find yourself back in exactly the
same situation.

If you have problems, post the details of them here; it's likely that
someone can help you and a reinstallation won't be required.



I don't lose any of my files.


Personally, I think that's a very poor reason for having a second
partition. It suggests that you have no external backup of your data,
and that means you are *still* vulnerable to losing the entire drive
and everything to it to many of the most common dangers: severe power
glitches, nearby lightning strikes, virus attacks, even theft of the
computer.


Well this morning I
did just that and everything went fine until I went to open my pictures and I
can not! I am getting the message, access denied. Please help....


Is there an ownership problem? See "How to take ownership of a file or
folder in Windows XP"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421/en-us

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:43:01 -0700, Suzanne
wrote:

I always use a partitioned drive for my documents


Note that you have the terminology wrong, because the terminology is a
little strange. Some people think that the term "partition" means to
divide the drive into two or more partitions. That's not correct: when
you partition a drive you create one or more partitions on it.

You have to have at least one partition on it to use a drive. Those
people who think they have an unpartitioned drive actually have a
drive with only a single partition on it, which is normally called C:.
The real choice is whether to have more than one partition, not
whether to partition at all, since every drive has to have one
partition.



so that when I have to do a
re-install (it happens!)


It should almost *never* happen that you have to reinstall, and if
does, you are doing something very much wrong.

In my view, it's usually a mistake. With a modicum of care, it should
never be necessary to reinstall Windows (XP or any other version).
I've run Windows 3.0, 3.1, WFWG 3.11, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows
2000, Windows XP, and now Windows Vista, each for the period of time
before the next version came out, and each on two or more machines
here. I never reinstalled any of them, and I have never had anything
more than an occasional minor problem.

It's my belief that this mistaken notion stems from the technical
support people at many of the larger OEMs. Their solution to almost
any problem they don't quickly know the answer to is "reformat and
reinstall." That's the perfect solution for them. It gets you off the
phone quickly, it almost always works, and it doesn't require them to
do any real troubleshooting (a skill that most of them obviously don't
possess in any great degree).

But it leaves you with all the work and all the problems. You have to
restore all your data backups, you have to reinstall all your
programs, you have to reinstall all the Windows and application
updates, you have to locate and install all the needed drivers for
your system, you have to recustomize Windows and all your apps to work
the way you're comfortable with.

Besides all those things being time-consuming and troublesome, you may
have trouble with some of them: can you find all your application CDs?
Can you find all the needed installation codes? Do you have data
backups to restore? Do you even remember all the customizations and
tweaks you may have installed to make everything work the way you
like? Occasionally there are problems that are so difficult to solve
that Windows should be reinstalled cleanly. But they are few and far
between; reinstallation should not be a substitute for
troubleshooting; it should be a last resort, to be done only after all
other attempts at troubleshooting by a qualified person have failed.

And perhaps most important: if you reformat and reinstall without
finding out what caused your problem, you will very likely repeat the
behavior that caused it, and quickly find yourself back in exactly the
same situation.

If you have problems, post the details of them here; it's likely that
someone can help you and a reinstallation won't be required.



I don't lose any of my files.


Personally, I think that's a very poor reason for having a second
partition. It suggests that you have no external backup of your data,
and that means you are *still* vulnerable to losing the entire drive
and everything to it to many of the most common dangers: severe power
glitches, nearby lightning strikes, virus attacks, even theft of the
computer.


Well this morning I
did just that and everything went fine until I went to open my pictures and I
can not! I am getting the message, access denied. Please help....


Is there an ownership problem? See "How to take ownership of a file or
folder in Windows XP"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421/en-us

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message

On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:43:01 -0700, Suzanne
wrote:

I always use a partitioned drive for my documents


Note that you have the terminology wrong, because the terminology is a
little strange. Some people think that the term "partition" means to
divide the drive into two or more partitions. That's not correct: when
you partition a drive you create one or more partitions on it.

Umm, is that supposed to help anything? If you partition a drive and
create two partitions on it, then you have divided the drive into two
partitions. Maybe you're trying to say a partition isn 't a wall or
something, but it's a lot more like words for the sake of words. I
guess you were never a neophyte or a rank beginner, eh? Woof!


You have to have at least one partition on it to use a drive. Those
people who think they have an unpartitioned drive actually have a
drive with only a single partition on it, which is normally called C:.
The real choice is whether to have more than one partition, not
whether to partition at all, since every drive has to have one
partition.

I don't see where any of that is relevent to the OP's query and nothing
here comes anywhere close to a solution for the OP. If you're not going
to offer a solution, then you should offer nothing by not posting
instead of trying to show off your superiorority, as AB would put it.
Open your mind a crack and let some reality in for crying out loud.

Twayne



so that when I have to do a
re-install (it happens!)


It should almost *never* happen that you have to reinstall, and if
does, you are doing something very much wrong.

In my view, it's usually a mistake. With a modicum of care, it should
never be necessary to reinstall Windows (XP or any other version).
I've run Windows 3.0, 3.1, WFWG 3.11, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows
2000, Windows XP, and now Windows Vista, each for the period of time
before the next version came out, and each on two or more machines
here. I never reinstalled any of them, and I have never had anything
more than an occasional minor problem.

It's my belief that this mistaken notion stems from the technical
support people at many of the larger OEMs. Their solution to almost
any problem they don't quickly know the answer to is "reformat and
reinstall." That's the perfect solution for them. It gets you off the
phone quickly, it almost always works, and it doesn't require them to
do any real troubleshooting (a skill that most of them obviously don't
possess in any great degree).

But it leaves you with all the work and all the problems. You have to
restore all your data backups, you have to reinstall all your
programs, you have to reinstall all the Windows and application
updates, you have to locate and install all the needed drivers for
your system, you have to recustomize Windows and all your apps to work
the way you're comfortable with.

Besides all those things being time-consuming and troublesome, you may
have trouble with some of them: can you find all your application CDs?
Can you find all the needed installation codes? Do you have data
backups to restore? Do you even remember all the customizations and
tweaks you may have installed to make everything work the way you
like? Occasionally there are problems that are so difficult to solve
that Windows should be reinstalled cleanly. But they are few and far
between; reinstallation should not be a substitute for
troubleshooting; it should be a last resort, to be done only after all
other attempts at troubleshooting by a qualified person have failed.

And perhaps most important: if you reformat and reinstall without
finding out what caused your problem, you will very likely repeat the
behavior that caused it, and quickly find yourself back in exactly the
same situation.

If you have problems, post the details of them here; it's likely that
someone can help you and a reinstallation won't be required.



I don't lose any of my files.


Personally, I think that's a very poor reason for having a second
partition. It suggests that you have no external backup of your data,
and that means you are *still* vulnerable to losing the entire drive
and everything to it to many of the most common dangers: severe power
glitches, nearby lightning strikes, virus attacks, even theft of the
computer.


Well this morning I
did just that and everything went fine until I went to open my
pictures and I can not! I am getting the message, access denied.
Please help....


Is there an ownership problem? See "How to take ownership of a file or
folder in Windows XP"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421/en-us

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message

On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:43:01 -0700, Suzanne
wrote:

I always use a partitioned drive for my documents


Note that you have the terminology wrong, because the terminology is a
little strange. Some people think that the term "partition" means to
divide the drive into two or more partitions. That's not correct: when
you partition a drive you create one or more partitions on it.

Umm, is that supposed to help anything? If you partition a drive and
create two partitions on it, then you have divided the drive into two
partitions. Maybe you're trying to say a partition isn 't a wall or
something, but it's a lot more like words for the sake of words. I
guess you were never a neophyte or a rank beginner, eh? Woof!


You have to have at least one partition on it to use a drive. Those
people who think they have an unpartitioned drive actually have a
drive with only a single partition on it, which is normally called C:.
The real choice is whether to have more than one partition, not
whether to partition at all, since every drive has to have one
partition.

I don't see where any of that is relevent to the OP's query and nothing
here comes anywhere close to a solution for the OP. If you're not going
to offer a solution, then you should offer nothing by not posting
instead of trying to show off your superiorority, as AB would put it.
Open your mind a crack and let some reality in for crying out loud.

Twayne



so that when I have to do a
re-install (it happens!)


It should almost *never* happen that you have to reinstall, and if
does, you are doing something very much wrong.

In my view, it's usually a mistake. With a modicum of care, it should
never be necessary to reinstall Windows (XP or any other version).
I've run Windows 3.0, 3.1, WFWG 3.11, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows
2000, Windows XP, and now Windows Vista, each for the period of time
before the next version came out, and each on two or more machines
here. I never reinstalled any of them, and I have never had anything
more than an occasional minor problem.

It's my belief that this mistaken notion stems from the technical
support people at many of the larger OEMs. Their solution to almost
any problem they don't quickly know the answer to is "reformat and
reinstall." That's the perfect solution for them. It gets you off the
phone quickly, it almost always works, and it doesn't require them to
do any real troubleshooting (a skill that most of them obviously don't
possess in any great degree).

But it leaves you with all the work and all the problems. You have to
restore all your data backups, you have to reinstall all your
programs, you have to reinstall all the Windows and application
updates, you have to locate and install all the needed drivers for
your system, you have to recustomize Windows and all your apps to work
the way you're comfortable with.

Besides all those things being time-consuming and troublesome, you may
have trouble with some of them: can you find all your application CDs?
Can you find all the needed installation codes? Do you have data
backups to restore? Do you even remember all the customizations and
tweaks you may have installed to make everything work the way you
like? Occasionally there are problems that are so difficult to solve
that Windows should be reinstalled cleanly. But they are few and far
between; reinstallation should not be a substitute for
troubleshooting; it should be a last resort, to be done only after all
other attempts at troubleshooting by a qualified person have failed.

And perhaps most important: if you reformat and reinstall without
finding out what caused your problem, you will very likely repeat the
behavior that caused it, and quickly find yourself back in exactly the
same situation.

If you have problems, post the details of them here; it's likely that
someone can help you and a reinstallation won't be required.



I don't lose any of my files.


Personally, I think that's a very poor reason for having a second
partition. It suggests that you have no external backup of your data,
and that means you are *still* vulnerable to losing the entire drive
and everything to it to many of the most common dangers: severe power
glitches, nearby lightning strikes, virus attacks, even theft of the
computer.


Well this morning I
did just that and everything went fine until I went to open my
pictures and I can not! I am getting the message, access denied.
Please help....


Is there an ownership problem? See "How to take ownership of a file or
folder in Windows XP"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421/en-us

And if your hd fails then so will all your data.
You would'nt lose data if it was backed up either.
It depends how you moved your docs to the other partition, as to how you
'recover'

"Suzanne" wrote in message
...
I always use a partitioned drive for my documents so that when I have to do
a
re-install (it happens!) I don't lose any of my files. Well this morning
I
did just that and everything went fine until I went to open my pictures
and I
can not! I am getting the message, access denied. Please help....

Thanks!

And if your hd fails then so will all your data.
You would'nt lose data if it was backed up either.
It depends how you moved your docs to the other partition, as to how you
'recover'

"Suzanne" wrote in message
...
I always use a partitioned drive for my documents so that when I have to do
a
re-install (it happens!) I don't lose any of my files. Well this morning
I
did just that and everything went fine until I went to open my pictures
and I
can not! I am getting the message, access denied. Please help....

Thanks!



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Twayne wrote:
"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message

On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:43:01 -0700, Suzanne
wrote:

I always use a partitioned drive for my documents


Note that you have the terminology wrong, because the terminology is
a little strange. Some people think that the term "partition" means
to divide the drive into two or more partitions. That's not correct:
when you partition a drive you create one or more partitions on it.

Umm, is that supposed to help anything? If you partition a drive and
create two partitions on it, then you have divided the drive into two
partitions. Maybe you're trying to say a partition isn 't a wall or
something, but it's a lot more like words for the sake of words. I
guess you were never a neophyte or a rank beginner, eh? Woof!


You have to have at least one partition on it to use a drive. Those
people who think they have an unpartitioned drive actually have a
drive with only a single partition on it, which is normally called
C:. The real choice is whether to have more than one partition, not
whether to partition at all, since every drive has to have one
partition.

I don't see where any of that is relevent to the OP's query and
nothing here comes anywhere close to a solution for the OP. If
you're not going to offer a solution, then you should offer nothing
by not posting instead of trying to show off your superiorority, as
AB would put it. Open your mind a crack and let some reality in for
crying out loud.
Twayne

Oh boy, another member of the school of "Answer the question as posed and
leave it at that. Don't try to give more background, don't help out with
terminology, don't you dare try to educate the OP (thus helping them past
being a "neophyte or rank beginner") otherwise I'll start insulting you."
It's not as if Ken didn't even answer the question - and he certainly helped
the OP more than you did. What an arrogant, opinionated arse you are.

snip

Twayne wrote:
"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message

On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:43:01 -0700, Suzanne
wrote:

I always use a partitioned drive for my documents


Note that you have the terminology wrong, because the terminology is
a little strange. Some people think that the term "partition" means
to divide the drive into two or more partitions. That's not correct:
when you partition a drive you create one or more partitions on it.

Umm, is that supposed to help anything? If you partition a drive and
create two partitions on it, then you have divided the drive into two
partitions. Maybe you're trying to say a partition isn 't a wall or
something, but it's a lot more like words for the sake of words. I
guess you were never a neophyte or a rank beginner, eh? Woof!


You have to have at least one partition on it to use a drive. Those
people who think they have an unpartitioned drive actually have a
drive with only a single partition on it, which is normally called
C:. The real choice is whether to have more than one partition, not
whether to partition at all, since every drive has to have one
partition.

I don't see where any of that is relevent to the OP's query and
nothing here comes anywhere close to a solution for the OP. If
you're not going to offer a solution, then you should offer nothing
by not posting instead of trying to show off your superiorority, as
AB would put it. Open your mind a crack and let some reality in for
crying out loud.
Twayne

Oh boy, another member of the school of "Answer the question as posed and
leave it at that. Don't try to give more background, don't help out with
terminology, don't you dare try to educate the OP (thus helping them past
being a "neophyte or rank beginner") otherwise I'll start insulting you."
It's not as if Ken didn't even answer the question - and he certainly helped
the OP more than you did. What an arrogant, opinionated arse you are.

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On Jun 28, 8:06*pm, "Ken Blake, MVP"
wrote:
On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:43:01 -0700, Suzanne

wrote:
I always use a partitioned drive for my documents

Note that you have the terminology wrong, because the terminology is a
little strange. Some people think that the term "partition" means to
divide the drive into two or more partitions. That's not correct: when
you partition a drive you create one or more partitions on it.

You have to have at least one partition on it to use a drive. Those
people who think they have an unpartitioned drive actually have a
drive with only a single partition on it, which is normally called C:.
The real choice is whether to have more than one partition, not
whether to partition at all, since every drive has to have one
partition.

so that when I have to do a
re-install (it happens!)

It should almost *never* happen that you have to reinstall, and if
does, you are doing something very much wrong.

In my view, it's usually a mistake. With a modicum of care, it should
never be necessary to reinstall Windows (XP or any other version).
I've run Windows 3.0, 3.1, WFWG 3.11, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows
2000, Windows XP, and now Windows Vista, each for the period of time
before the next version came out, and each on two or more machines
here. I never reinstalled any of them, and I have never had anything
more than an occasional minor problem.

It's my belief that this mistaken notion stems from the technical
support people at many of the larger OEMs. Their solution to almost
any problem they don't quickly know the answer to is "reformat and
reinstall." That's the perfect solution for them. It gets you off the
phone quickly, it almost always works, and it doesn't require them to
do any real troubleshooting (a skill that most of them obviously don't
possess in any great degree).

But it leaves you with all the work and all the problems. You have to
restore all your data backups, you have to reinstall all your
programs, you have to reinstall all the Windows and application
updates, you have to locate and install all the needed drivers for
your system, you have to recustomize Windows and all your apps to work
the way you're comfortable with.

Besides all those things being time-consuming and troublesome, you may
have trouble with some of them: can you find all your application CDs?
Can you find all the needed installation codes? Do you have data
backups to restore? Do you even remember all the customizations and
tweaks you may have installed to make everything work the way you
like? Occasionally there are problems that are so difficult to solve
that Windows should be reinstalled cleanly. But they are few and far
between; reinstallation should not be a substitute for
troubleshooting; it should be a last resort, to be done only after all
other attempts at troubleshooting by a qualified person have failed.

And perhaps most important: if you reformat and reinstall without
finding out what caused your problem, you will very likely repeat the
behavior that caused it, and quickly find yourself back in exactly the
same situation.

If you have problems, post the details of them here; it's likely that
someone can help you and a reinstallation won't be required.

I don't lose any of my files.

Personally, I think that's a very poor reason for having a second
partition. It suggests that you have no external backup of your data,
and that means you are *still* vulnerable to losing the entire drive
and everything to it to many of the most common dangers: severe power
glitches, nearby lightning strikes, virus attacks, even theft of the
computer.

Well this morning I
did just that and everything went fine until I went to open my pictures and I
can not! *I am getting the message, access denied. *Please help....

Is there an ownership problem? See "How to take ownership of a file or
folder in Windows XP"http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421/en-us

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

"Note that you have the terminology wrong, because the terminology is
a
little strange. Some people think that the term "partition" means to
divide the drive into two or more partitions. That's not correct: when
you partition a drive you create one or more partitions on it. "
A hdd unpartitoned is just that...a hdd. NOT a partition. A WHOLE
ENTIRE hdd. THEN after a partition has been created it has been
divided into TWO (equal or unequal) partition S. Simple English
grammar and math.

On Jun 28, 8:06*pm, "Ken Blake, MVP"
wrote:
On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:43:01 -0700, Suzanne

wrote:
I always use a partitioned drive for my documents

Note that you have the terminology wrong, because the terminology is a
little strange. Some people think that the term "partition" means to
divide the drive into two or more partitions. That's not correct: when
you partition a drive you create one or more partitions on it.

You have to have at least one partition on it to use a drive. Those
people who think they have an unpartitioned drive actually have a
drive with only a single partition on it, which is normally called C:.
The real choice is whether to have more than one partition, not
whether to partition at all, since every drive has to have one
partition.

so that when I have to do a
re-install (it happens!)

It should almost *never* happen that you have to reinstall, and if
does, you are doing something very much wrong.

In my view, it's usually a mistake. With a modicum of care, it should
never be necessary to reinstall Windows (XP or any other version).
I've run Windows 3.0, 3.1, WFWG 3.11, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows
2000, Windows XP, and now Windows Vista, each for the period of time
before the next version came out, and each on two or more machines
here. I never reinstalled any of them, and I have never had anything
more than an occasional minor problem.

It's my belief that this mistaken notion stems from the technical
support people at many of the larger OEMs. Their solution to almost
any problem they don't quickly know the answer to is "reformat and
reinstall." That's the perfect solution for them. It gets you off the
phone quickly, it almost always works, and it doesn't require them to
do any real troubleshooting (a skill that most of them obviously don't
possess in any great degree).

But it leaves you with all the work and all the problems. You have to
restore all your data backups, you have to reinstall all your
programs, you have to reinstall all the Windows and application
updates, you have to locate and install all the needed drivers for
your system, you have to recustomize Windows and all your apps to work
the way you're comfortable with.

Besides all those things being time-consuming and troublesome, you may
have trouble with some of them: can you find all your application CDs?
Can you find all the needed installation codes? Do you have data
backups to restore? Do you even remember all the customizations and
tweaks you may have installed to make everything work the way you
like? Occasionally there are problems that are so difficult to solve
that Windows should be reinstalled cleanly. But they are few and far
between; reinstallation should not be a substitute for
troubleshooting; it should be a last resort, to be done only after all
other attempts at troubleshooting by a qualified person have failed.

And perhaps most important: if you reformat and reinstall without
finding out what caused your problem, you will very likely repeat the
behavior that caused it, and quickly find yourself back in exactly the
same situation.

If you have problems, post the details of them here; it's likely that
someone can help you and a reinstallation won't be required.

I don't lose any of my files.

Personally, I think that's a very poor reason for having a second
partition. It suggests that you have no external backup of your data,
and that means you are *still* vulnerable to losing the entire drive
and everything to it to many of the most common dangers: severe power
glitches, nearby lightning strikes, virus attacks, even theft of the
computer.

Well this morning I
did just that and everything went fine until I went to open my pictures and I
can not! *I am getting the message, access denied. *Please help....

Is there an ownership problem? See "How to take ownership of a file or
folder in Windows XP"http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421/en-us

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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"Note that you have the terminology wrong, because the terminology is
a
little strange. Some people think that the term "partition" means to
divide the drive into two or more partitions. That's not correct: when
you partition a drive you create one or more partitions on it. "
A hdd unpartitoned is just that...a hdd. NOT a partition. A WHOLE
ENTIRE hdd. THEN after a partition has been created it has been
divided into TWO (equal or unequal) partition S. Simple English
grammar and math.

On Jun 30, 9:17*am, "Olórin"
wrote:
Twayne wrote:
"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message

On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:43:01 -0700, Suzanne
wrote:

I always use a partitioned drive for my documents

Note that you have the terminology wrong, because the terminology is
a little strange. Some people think that the term "partition" means
to divide the drive into two or more partitions. That's not correct:
when you partition a drive you create one or more partitions on it.

Umm, is that supposed to help anything? *If you partition a drive and
create two partitions on it, then you have divided the drive into two
partitions. *Maybe you're trying to say a partition isn 't a wall or
something, but it's a lot more like words for the sake of words. *I
guess you were never a neophyte or a rank beginner, eh? *Woof!

You have to have at least one partition on it to use a drive. Those
people who think they have an unpartitioned drive actually have a
drive with only a single partition on it, which is normally called
C:. The real choice is whether to have more than one partition, not
whether to partition at all, since every drive has to have one
partition.

I don't see where any of that is relevent to the OP's query and
nothing here comes anywhere close to a solution for the OP. *If
you're not going to offer a solution, then you should offer nothing
by not posting instead of trying to show off your superiorority, as
AB would put it. Open your mind a crack and let some reality in for
crying out loud.
Twayne

Oh boy, another member of the school of "Answer the question as posed and
leave it at that. Don't try to give more background, don't help out with
terminology, don't you dare try to educate the OP (thus helping them past
being a "neophyte or rank beginner") otherwise I'll start insulting you."
It's not as if Ken didn't even answer the question - and he certainly helped
the OP more than you did. What an arrogant, opinionated arse you are.

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That makes TWO of us as I agree with Twayne as far as using "words for
words sake" here.
That spiele about one/two/whatever partitions etc was totally useless
(and misleading to my mind) info for the OP. I think you, Oilyrin, are
doing the arse-creeping bit here. Read, learn and shut the F*** up.

On Jun 30, 9:17*am, "Olórin"
wrote:
Twayne wrote:
"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message

On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:43:01 -0700, Suzanne
wrote:

I always use a partitioned drive for my documents

Note that you have the terminology wrong, because the terminology is
a little strange. Some people think that the term "partition" means
to divide the drive into two or more partitions. That's not correct:
when you partition a drive you create one or more partitions on it.

Umm, is that supposed to help anything? *If you partition a drive and
create two partitions on it, then you have divided the drive into two
partitions. *Maybe you're trying to say a partition isn 't a wall or
something, but it's a lot more like words for the sake of words. *I
guess you were never a neophyte or a rank beginner, eh? *Woof!

You have to have at least one partition on it to use a drive. Those
people who think they have an unpartitioned drive actually have a
drive with only a single partition on it, which is normally called
C:. The real choice is whether to have more than one partition, not
whether to partition at all, since every drive has to have one
partition.

I don't see where any of that is relevent to the OP's query and
nothing here comes anywhere close to a solution for the OP. *If
you're not going to offer a solution, then you should offer nothing
by not posting instead of trying to show off your superiorority, as
AB would put it. Open your mind a crack and let some reality in for
crying out loud.
Twayne

Oh boy, another member of the school of "Answer the question as posed and
leave it at that. Don't try to give more background, don't help out with
terminology, don't you dare try to educate the OP (thus helping them past
being a "neophyte or rank beginner") otherwise I'll start insulting you."
It's not as if Ken didn't even answer the question - and he certainly helped
the OP more than you did. What an arrogant, opinionated arse you are.

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That makes TWO of us as I agree with Twayne as far as using "words for
words sake" here.
That spiele about one/two/whatever partitions etc was totally useless
(and misleading to my mind) info for the OP. I think you, Oilyrin, are
doing the arse-creeping bit here. Read, learn and shut the F*** up.