Hello,
I have recently updated my hdd with a clean windows 7 install, but had the old one on a secondary hard disk as a back up. I now need to delete these files to save space on my data drive, but am unable to delete the system and windows files as they are owned by TrustedInstaller.
I discovered how to take ownership of these directories, but now the UAC is telling me that I need permission from myself to delete the files which I own!
Is there anyway to get round this without shipping out my data and doing a format, which I don't want to do as I always seem to miss something important...
Thanks
Dave
I have recently updated my hdd with a clean windows 7 install, but had the old one on a secondary hard disk as a back up. I now need to delete these files to save space on my data drive, but am unable to delete the system and windows files as they are owned by TrustedInstaller.
I discovered how to take ownership of these directories, but now the UAC is telling me that I need permission from myself to delete the files which I own!
Is there anyway to get round this without shipping out my data and doing a format, which I don't want to do as I always seem to miss something important...
Thanks
Dave
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 Professional 64-bitAMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ 2.3GHz4GB (2x2GB DDR2-800 Corsair XMS2 SDRAM)ATI Radeon HD2600XT 256MB
- OS
- Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
- CPU
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ 2.3GHz
- Motherboard
- Asus M2V
- Memory
- 4GB (2x2GB DDR2-800 Corsair XMS2 SDRAM)
- Graphics Card(s)
- ATI Radeon HD2600XT 256MB
- Sound Card
- Creative Audigy SE
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Iiyama Prolite E483S
- Hard Drives
- 2 x WDC1600JB PATA 150GB