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#19854 3-Mar-2008 18:32
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Hi folks,

I have just recovered a HDD from my dead laptop and installed it on my Win 2K3 machine. At the moment I would like to transfer some data from the partitions there before reformatting the drive. Unfortunately the permissions are all screwed up so I can't actually get into some folders easily. For the most part I have to take ownership of the dodgy folders then alter the permissions accordingly. This is all fine and dandy but I have to do it individually! Yikes!

Are there any gurus out there who can suggest a better solution please? Is there hope?

Cheers,
Dany.




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  #114392 3-Mar-2008 19:54
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You should be able to select the root of the drive and take ownership and ask this to replace permissions on all sub-folders.  Once done you can then set the permission ("Users" get all permissions) and ask that to replace all all sub-folders.


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  #114415 3-Mar-2008 20:35
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Ah...you're right...that would've worked just great had I selected "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects" as well. Thanks for the pointer!

Cheers,
Dany.




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