reinstalling Windows, NTFS file permission?
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Hi Peter,\n\nYou have a number of options. First one would be to give the 'everyone' group full permissions on everything on all your NTFS folders - and then modify them when your windows has been reinstalled. Or you can not change anything and simply 'take ownership' of the files when you are in your new windows install - there is a knowledgebase article on that here http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421. If you do that with the USB drive, it's advisable to give everyone read and write access otherwise yes, if it's permissions are only for your local account on a local computer you will have problems accessing it. I wouldn't bother formatting it with NTFS unless you need it - format it with FAT32 and all NTFS permissions are lost when you copy everything across.
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format the hard drive, clean install windows
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Try using the Disk Utility to Repair Permissions on your startup volume.
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may have to re-install windows
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You need the Windows Backup Set (Microsoft Corporation)
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If you want to just free up the space, From windows xp, right click on my compuer.. click manage.. go into disk management.. select the partition you have windows 98 on, and go ahead and reformat it using NTFS file format.. this will erase your files and reformat the partition
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As far as I know NTFS drives will have access restriction.But if you want to have folder restriction use gatekeeper or Universal Shield Softwares.
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first format the disk and reinstall windows in your system
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What are you trying to put on in its place? If it is a Windows operating system just delete the partition and recreate it as an NTFS one during the Windows installation.
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Move your important information from drive whitch windows installed to another drive. now install the legal copy.
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its not possible to delete a windows 98 either u have to format the partition or at the time of installation if u saved the setting of the previous version then u can uninstall it.
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If you were using windows xp, try to boot from windows xp CD.\nSelect repair option. It will ask Administrator password.\nAdministrator can access those files.
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Use the Disk-Management snap in.\n\nIf that doesn't work do this:\n\n\nThe following method involves some risks (as is the case with all modifications done to the registry) but if you know what you are doing I'd say your chances of messing it up are close to null.\n\n   1. Log on as an Administrator.\n   2. Start Regedt32.exe.\n   3. Go to the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE&#92;SYSTEM&#92;MountedDevices\n   4. Click MountedDevices.\n   5. On the Security menu, click Permissions.\n   6. Verify that Administrators have full control. Change this back when you are finished with these steps.\n   7. Quit Regedt32.exe, and then start Regedit.exe.\n   8. Locate the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE&#92;SYSTEM&#92;MountedDevices\n   9. Find the drive letter you want to change to (new). Look for "&#92;DosDevices&#92;C:".\n  10. Right-click &#92;DosDevices&#92;C:, and then click Rename. Note You must use Regedit instead of Regedt32 to rename this registry key.\n  11. Rename it to an unused drive letter "&#92;DosDevices&#92;Z:". This frees up drive letter C.\n  12. Find the drive letter you want changed. Look for "&#92;DosDevices&#92;D:".\n  13. Right-click &#92;DosDevices&#92;D:, and then click Rename.\n  14. Rename it to the appropriate (new) drive letter "&#92;DosDevices&#92;C:".\n  15. Click the value for &#92;DosDevices&#92;Z:, click Rename, and then name it back to "&#92;DosDevices&#92;D:".\n  16. Quit Regedit, and then start Regedt32.\n  17. Change the permissions back to the previous setting for Administrators (this should probably be Read Only).\n  18. Restart the computer.
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Opps.\n\nRestart the PC in Safe Mode (this should come up as an option at boot stage).\n\nNow find the folder and right click on it.\n\nChoose the security settings and change them so that your user account has full access.\n\nReboot.
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Easy use Killdisk wipe just the C partition.  Then let Windows setup format it in NTFS and prceed with Install.see sources
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gat another windows cd and reinstall windows
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use the free trial of partition magic\nhttp://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/Partition-Magic.shtml\n\nu should be able to see ur hard drive in this proram. once u see if, reformat the hard drive in "NTFS" file system. u should be be able to see the drive in windows once its reformatted.