Whole HDD is read only after cloning. Any way to fix?

I cloned my old HDD over to my new. With OS and everything. It went fine, but now my new HDD, which I have installed in my laptop, is read only. I try uncheck the read only for all folders in my partitions, but the second it is finished, it gets back to read only.

Is there a way to make it normal?

As far as I can see, I can copy, write and do all the normal things.

But still, I don`t wan`t it to be like that =)

 

You may have to check to see what the permissions and ownership of the drive and its contents is now - it's possible that the cloning resulted in the system "seeing" the security permissions as belonging to someone else post-cloning (just speculation, but I do know that the security permissions can be a bit techy).

You may need to log in as Administrator, take ownership of everything, and then make sure that you have the appropriate read/write/execute permissions.

 

It did`nt work.

But it`s weird, when I right-click a folder and properties, it says "read only (only applies to files in folder)", but no files in any folder are read only but every folder says the files are read only.

Are the comp mocking me or something?

 

clone it again with a different software

 

^Should I do a full format, or is it ok to just clone over my new HDD, again?

Anybody have a free software they recommend? I used Seagate Discwizard since my two HDD are Seagate.

 

just clone over the harddrive.

I recommend using Ghost or Acronis for your cloning.

 

When I connect my old HDD to the USB, all of the folders on there too are read only. Do you think they will be normal if I install the old HDD in the laptop?

 

Acronis True Image 2009. End of story, it works like a charm.

 

I did a full format on the new HDD and installed Vista from scratch.

But guess what, I still have the "read only (applies to files in folder)" but no files are read only, they look pretty normal.

How the heck? Is this what everyone has or?

When vista walked me through the set-up, I created an account which are the adminacc. This in the one I`m using now.

None of you have the read only?

What options do you have checked on permissions for "users" , "admin" and the rest?

When I try to unckeck the read only for folder like "program Files", I have to have admin permission, which I do by press continue, but I get access denied.

 

they all have read only...
and for the record...you can not change the program files folder....your using it. just like the windows folder..

i think we are talking about two different things here....

you should do an image of your old drive, not a clone. images take far better than disk cloning does..sometimes if something small like the hard drive is change...the disk clone wont take...not always the case, but it sure is when going from hd to ssd drive.

restore to new hard drive.

boot up and let it detect what ever changes it finds.

then reboot again.

you should now have admin privilages on the whole drive.

you still can not make 90 percent of the folders not read only..windows will just change it back to read only. a security feature...

 

ERD Commander can fix folder/file attributes as well.

I think you will find it in the new Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack

 

if he goes in dos mode...he can use attrib.exe -s -r -a -h *.* /s
this will change just about all the drive attibutes, but i think after a reboot...most of them will be converted back.....(speculation of course)

edit:
hahahaha

trying it now...looks like about 30 percent will change while the other 70 percent is denied...

 

Thx for answers.

I`m using my new HDD with the clean OS install now and its looking good, and trying unpack a image of a partition on my old HDD which contained all my games and alot of great things, no OS. Will there be any complications with registry files etc? The drive letter for the image will be what it is on the old HDD.