My Docs were on a separate HD disc to the one that I use for the XP install and Program Files. I left this second HD alone when reinstalling Windows and everything else onto the first. I've done it plenty of times and it always worked. As my docs is absolutely massive because I use Media Center edition of XP and all my music, videos and TV recordings are in "My Docs" plus the standard affair of alot of work and financial stuff. But when I came to the point of trying to open the folder it was coming up as being 0 bytes in size and saying I don't have the rights to open it. I'm logged in as an admin etc and still can't get access to it? I think what I have done differently this time is to designate the folder as private a few months ago, because I had a lodger who I allowed access to the PC and when I logged in as a guest I found that I could still access the folder.
Can anyone help??
2006-07-15 23:38:14 · 2 answers · asked by me92sc 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
My Docs were on a separate HD disc to the one that I use for the XP install and Program Files. I left this second HD alone when reinstalling Windows and everything else onto the first. I've done it plenty of times and it always worked. As my docs is absolutely massive because I use Media Center edition of XP and all my music, videos and TV recordings are in "My Docs" plus the standard affair of alot of work and financial stuff. But when I came to the point of trying to open the folder it was coming up as being 0 bytes in size and saying I don't have the rights to open it. I'm logged in as an admin etc and still can't get access to it? I think what I have done differently this time is to designate the folder as private a few months ago, because I had a lodger who I allowed access to the PC and when I logged in as a guest I found that I could still access the folder. Since the first answer I have solved it, I had to log on in safe mode as Admin and "take ownership" of the folder.
2006-07-16 10:23:36 · update #1
Start the computer in Save Mode log in as Administrator and give anyone the rights to access the Folder or even the entire drive.
Helmut
2006-07-15 23:42:45 · answer #1 · answered by hswes 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you have done it before you should know about the bios - maybe the settings in the bios have been changed so as not to actually allow access to the drive - worth a look? Make sure all your drives are listed and this may solve the problem.
However if you dont know anything about bios speak to someone who does.!!!
2006-07-16 17:18:12 · answer #2 · answered by LifeChange 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋