The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    C: Drive not accesible

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by LeeGro, Mar 8, 2008.

  1. LeeGro

    LeeGro Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    1
    Messages:
    85
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Well, On my windows XP we have 3 accounts set up and all are administrator accounts. I just did a new reinstall and on 2 of the accounts when I try to open Program Files under the C drive it says that the C: is not accessible. But I can open other files under the C drive... What is going on? :confused:
     
    LeeGro, Mar 8, 2008
    #1
  2. merlin_72032

    merlin_72032 Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    117
    Messages:
    523
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Sound likes someone mess up NTFS permission.
     
    merlin_72032, Mar 8, 2008
    #2
  3. LeeGro

    LeeGro Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    1
    Messages:
    85
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Sorry but what is that??
     
    LeeGro, Mar 8, 2008
    #3
  4. merlin_72032

    merlin_72032 Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    117
    Messages:
    523
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Well, may be the other 2 accounts that you created didn't have administrative previledges. They are user accounts. By default, the user account can’t write back to the root of C. They can write back to the folder that is being created on the root of C.

    I didn’t read your question well. I guess you didn’t mess up NTFS permission on your XP. What I state above is just a default behavior for the user account. If you elevate the account previledge to administrators group. The account can write on the root of C as normal, but it isn’t recommend under corporate environment.
     
    merlin_72032, Mar 8, 2008
    #4
  5. LeeGro

    LeeGro Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    1
    Messages:
    85
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Well, It is just my home computer. This was never like this before the reformat. And all the users are administrators.
     
    LeeGro, Mar 8, 2008
    #5
  6. merlin_72032

    merlin_72032 Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    117
    Messages:
    523
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Is the root of your C looks like this? If it isn't, the NTFS permission is mess up.
     

    Attached Files:

    merlin_72032, Mar 8, 2008
    #6
  7. nobscot6

    nobscot6 Wise One

    Reputations:
    419
    Messages:
    1,364
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    before the reformat??

    so you reinstalled xp and set up new accounts and they don't work or what?
     
    nobscot6, Mar 8, 2008
    #7
  8. LeeGro

    LeeGro Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    1
    Messages:
    85
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    How do you look at the root of your C? I can not get a security tab to come up through properties or sharing and security.
     
    LeeGro, Mar 9, 2008
    #8