Lmited access to C drive

Please help.....After I shared my C drive on a network it was workin
fine.....I then unshared it but something went wrong and said the har
drive would be in a mixed state if i didnt continue the operatio
fully....i ignored it(idiot) and carried on....but now i cant access m
C drive directly but i can access my documents....i was thinking i woul
just system restore it but i cant even access that and i cant back up m
files either.....but i can access them.....i have tried changin
permissions in the security tab of c drive but it wont let me statin
that access is denied....and i have tried to enable the guest accoun
but it wont even open up the window to do so.....please help.....
really dont have any idea what to d
Masoo

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masood

Start your PC in Safe Mode and run System Restore from there.

"masood" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Please help.....After I shared my C drive on a network it was working
> fine.....I then unshared it but something went wrong and said the hard
> drive would be in a mixed state if i didnt continue the operation
> fully....i ignored it(idiot) and carried on....but now i cant access my
> C drive directly but i can access my documents....i was thinking i would
> just system restore it but i cant even access that and i cant back up my
> files either.....but i can access them.....i have tried changing
> permissions in the security tab of c drive but it wont let me stating
> that access is denied....and i have tried to enable the guest account
> but it wont even open up the window to do so.....please help.....i
> really dont have any idea what to do
> Masood
>
>
> --
> masood

but i still cant back up all my pictures or music....it will let me
access and use them but not copy them onto my external hard drive


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masood

If your external HD format is FAT32 convert it to NTFS.

Also see: Add "Take Ownership" to right-click menu in Vista
http://www.petri.co.il/add-take-owne...menu-vista.htm

"masood" <> wrote in message
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>
> but i still cant back up all my pictures or music....it will let me
> access and use them but not copy them onto my external hard drive
>
>
> --
> masood

On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 09:02:42 -0500, "Bob" <> wrote:

> If your external HD format is FAT32 convert it to NTFS.


Why? There is no problem using a FAT32 drive, external or internal, in
Vista.

The only potential issue is that FAT32 has a size limit of 4GB for any
single file. But that doesn't sound like his issue.



> Also see: Add "Take Ownership" to right-click menu in Vista
> http://www.petri.co.il/add-take-owne...menu-vista.htm
>
> "masood" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> >
> > but i still cant back up all my pictures or music....it will let me
> > access and use them but not copy them onto my external hard drive
> >
> >
> > --
> > masood

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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Maybe not but since NTFS is the recommended file system for Vista it's one
more troubleshooting step the OP can take.

"Ken Blake, MVP" <> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 09:02:42 -0500, "Bob" <> wrote:
>
>> If your external HD format is FAT32 convert it to NTFS.
>
>
> Why? There is no problem using a FAT32 drive, external or internal, in
> Vista.
>
> The only potential issue is that FAT32 has a size limit of 4GB for any
> single file. But that doesn't sound like his issue.
>
>
>
>> Also see: Add "Take Ownership" to right-click menu in Vista
>> http://www.petri.co.il/add-take-owne...menu-vista.htm
>>
>> "masood" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>> >
>> > but i still cant back up all my pictures or music....it will let me
>> > access and use them but not copy them onto my external hard drive
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > masood
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup

On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 12:12:44 -0500, "Bob" <> wrote:

> Maybe not but since NTFS is the recommended file system for Vista it's one
> more troubleshooting step the OP can take.


Sorry, I completely disagree. It's completely irrelevant to his
problem, and a waste of time, as far as his problem is concerned.


> "Ken Blake, MVP" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 09:02:42 -0500, "Bob" <> wrote:
> >
> >> If your external HD format is FAT32 convert it to NTFS.
> >
> >
> > Why? There is no problem using a FAT32 drive, external or internal, in
> > Vista.
> >
> > The only potential issue is that FAT32 has a size limit of 4GB for any
> > single file. But that doesn't sound like his issue.
> >
> >
> >
> >> Also see: Add "Take Ownership" to right-click menu in Vista
> >> http://www.petri.co.il/add-take-owne...menu-vista.htm
> >>
> >> "masood" <> wrote in message
> >> news:...
> >> >
> >> > but i still cant back up all my pictures or music....it will let me
> >> > access and use them but not copy them onto my external hard drive
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > masood
> >
> > --
> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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You can disagree all you want but when I converted my FAT32 external drive
to NTFS I stopped receiving "backup failed" messages.

"Ken Blake, MVP" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 12:12:44 -0500, "Bob" <> wrote:
>
>> Maybe not but since NTFS is the recommended file system for Vista it's
>> one
>> more troubleshooting step the OP can take.
>
>
> Sorry, I completely disagree. It's completely irrelevant to his
> problem, and a waste of time, as far as his problem is concerned.
>
>
>> "Ken Blake, MVP" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>> > On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 09:02:42 -0500, "Bob" <> wrote:
>> >
>> >> If your external HD format is FAT32 convert it to NTFS.
>> >
>> >
>> > Why? There is no problem using a FAT32 drive, external or internal, in
>> > Vista.
>> >
>> > The only potential issue is that FAT32 has a size limit of 4GB for any
>> > single file. But that doesn't sound like his issue.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >> Also see: Add "Take Ownership" to right-click menu in Vista
>> >> http://www.petri.co.il/add-take-owne...menu-vista.htm
>> >>
>> >> "masood" <> wrote in message
>> >> news:...
>> >> >
>> >> > but i still cant back up all my pictures or music....it will let me
>> >> > access and use them but not copy them onto my external hard drive
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > masood
>> >
>> > --
>> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
>> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>
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> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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