Problems using External drive after re-install of XP pro

[Gareth1978]

I had to reinstall XP. Since then I've found that there are some files on my external hard disk that I can't access anymore - it says they are not accessable and access is denied. This isn't all files on the disk just some.

There are no XP permissions set on the folders.

If anyone has any ideas it would be very much apreciated

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[LWComputingMVP]

Are you using NTFS or FAT32 on the file system? How do you know there are no permissions?

Enable Simple File Sharing and check for permissions again - then take ownership of the file per

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

 

[bcastner]

When you reinstalled XP your SID changed; to the external drive although your name appears the same you are a unknown user.

Windows Networking Share permissions are not a factor; they do not apply in the cases of locally attached storage. All that is required is to reintroduce yourself to the drive by adding yourself as a known user to its table of NTFS permissions. (Note: In XP Home edition you will need to use Safe Mode with a logon as 'Administrator'.)

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q823306

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421

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