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    mlanglais Posts: 5, Reputation: 1
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    Sep 16, 2007, 07:20 PM
    Access Denied to EHD with Vista
    Hi,
    Put a Maxtor one touch external hard drive usb2 to a laptop with Vista Home Prem.
    I can see the hard drive in the windows explore but access is denied. This is what comes up. (Location is not avalible, G:\is not accessible, Access denied)

    Michel..
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    Sep 16, 2007, 08:38 PM
    Is the drive formatted with NTFS? If so, are the files encrypted, or are the permission set to allow 'Users' or 'Everyone' to list the folder contents, on the root of the drive?
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    Sep 17, 2007, 01:58 PM
    Hi,
    Yes it is formated NTFS, encrypted not sure. Premissions are set to full control to administrators. This extrenal hard drive was used on an Win XP-Pro computer.

    Michel..
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    Sep 17, 2007, 02:36 PM
    Hmm... can you set permissions on it from the computer you're on now? If not, try to take ownership of all the files, then change the permissions to Users full control or Everyone full control. That could be what's preventing you from viewing them... the ACL entry for Administrators *might* be linked to the SID for the administrators group on the old computer. Not saying that's what it is, but it's possible.
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    Sep 17, 2007, 05:14 PM
    Hi Chris

    Changed the permissions to Everyone. This has given me full control.

    Thank you,
    Michel.. :)
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