Windows 7's partition problem

[Lebon14]

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Proof that's only a beta... something's wrong. If you know a workaround to this problem, I think people would be happy. Also, taking ownership or setting permission doesn't work...

I've tried taking ownership and setting the permissions. None of which worked.

Discuss the problem....

 

[limneos]

Have you tried changing drive letter from Control Panel - All Control Panel Items - Administrative Tools - Computer Management - Disk Management?

You have lots of partitions, I don't know if they 're external on internal drives, but try changing the drive letter and let us know of what happens.

 

[Lebon14]

Have you tried changing drive letter from Control Panel - All Control Panel Items - Administrative Tools - Computer Management - Disk Management?

You have lots of partitions, I don't know if they 're external on internal drives, but try changing the drive letter and let us know of what happens.

The one that got the problem, the authour of the video above, tried it without avail.

P.S It was not my problem but the author of the video, Khat, which is one of my contact.

P.S2 Also, he's back on XP. :\

 

[Mark]

To take ownership of files and folders you can use this Tweak and it will give you the option to take ownership when you right click on a file or folder or drive.

Just open the zip file and right click on the file and click on merge.

Then right click on whatever you want to own and and select take ownership, it works and I have used it heaps.

View attachment TakeOwnership.zip

 

[khat17]

Good day to all. I tried taking ownership and replacing ownership on all subcontainers (the long way) and also tried setting the permissions - remove all user permissions and set them back. Does this tweak you have do anything different from what I've stated? Or is it just a shortcut to TAKE and REPLACE OWNER on the folder/drive and all sub-containers?

If your workaround does something different then I'll backup and try it again. If not, then maybe I'll try it next time I decide to format. If U want me to try it just for trying sake, then I'll backup and try it tomorrow evening.

 

[Mark]

It's a shortcut but a very good one and will save you a ton of time and head aches!

 

[khat17]

ok - well tomorrow evening after work I'll prolly backup and try it out again. Will post results thereafter.

 

[smarteyeball]

+1 for the takeown shortcut. It owns. Pun intended

It's still a good idea to know how to do it manually though

 

[davehc]

+1 for the takeown shortcut. It owns. Pun intended

It's still a good idea to know how to do it manually though

The fix is in Brinks tutorials. It was originally written for the Vista Betas. It could be done manually, by adding some items to the registry, but the fix was a darned sight easier. but this was quite long winded and could lead to a disaster, if there was a typo.
But there are a couple of ways to do it manually. The easiest is through the Command prompt. You may need to select Administrator mode.
If you type Takeown/? in the command prompt, it will give you the syntax but here is an example of a workthrough.
You can also do it through the properties/advanced, which takes even longer!


At the command prompt, navigate to the file concerned., for example,type in: takeown /f c:\windows\system32\sti.dll (or any other file for which you wish to gain control )
Press Enter
A message will pop upand say something like "your user name now has ownership of the file". You still will not have any permissions to modify the filebut now you do have permission to alter that state.

Still in the command prompt, type in: icacls c:\windows\system32\sti.dll/grant username:f
(or the file name in which you are interested, of course)
Enter again
A messagewill pop up "the command completed successfully".
You now have total control/ownership of the file and can rename it, or anything else.

 

[linuzo]

Just turn off UAC!!!

 

[davehc]

I don't think turning off the UAC will give you ownership of system files.

 

[khat17]

Switching off UAC actually worked. The TAKE OWNERSHIP method did not. I RIGHT-CLICKED on the drive but the option wasn't there. I tried it a few other ways manually:

- Drive Properties / remove & replace users.
- Drive Properties / Advanced / Permissions and tried to set them.
- Drive Properties / Advanced / Owner and tried to take ownership of the drive.

None of which worked. Turning off UAC worked instantly. After a reboot. At least I know that for the next time I try to install 7. Going to restore my drive back to XP for now. Thanx again. (UAC disabled seems to fix a lot of crap).

I'm guessing then that ownership is not the issue - considering it works on XP and VISTA. I wonder what in UAC could be causing the stress? When next you have suggestions I'll format and put back 7 for testing.

 

[Mike]

With 'Take Ownership' I'm pretty sure it's shift+right click.

 

[khat17]

That I didn't try. I just used RIGHT CLICK. Used RIGHT CLICK on some folders and got the item showing in the menu. Later on in the week or weekend I'll go back to 7 and see how it works out.

 

[Dinesh]

Just turn off UAC!!!

I had the same issue and turning off UAC didnot work either. I had to create that partition using windows xp cd though.

 

[khat17]

I had the same issue and turning off UAC didnot work either. I had to create that partition using windows xp cd though.

Switching off UAC actually worked.

Worked for me as I said before. Have you tried the TAKE OWNERSHIP method for your problem? And are you sure you're having the exact same problem? Did you watch the video posted?

 

[khat17]

With 'Take Ownership' I'm pretty sure it's shift+right click.

I checked it again. Currently running W7 in VIRTUALBOX for my testing purposes, so I can run checks there. 'Take Ownership' works on FOLDERS and not on DRIVES from what I've seen there, and it's just regular right-click. I got it working still while turning off UAC. Thanks for the assist though everyone.

I like 7, but I think I'll wait for an official release. I kinda feel sorry for all those who went and got Vista - 7 is better IMO. Can't wait for the final release!

 

[Digger]

I checked it again. Currently running W7 in VIRTUALBOX for my testing purposes, so I can run checks there. 'Take Ownership' works on FOLDERS and not on DRIVES from what I've seen there, and it's just regular right-click. I got it working still while turning off UAC. Thanks for the assist though everyone.

I like 7, but I think I'll wait for an official release. I kinda feel sorry for all those who went and got Vista - 7 is better IMO. Can't wait for the final release!

just for my own curiousity of the setup i seen in the video... how are these drives connected? usb, sata/ide, network? how many drives? is O:\ a primary or extended partiton? fat32 or ntfs? what did you use to format that disk? Have you tried other programs to check the disks integrity? spinrite, paragon, pmagic, acronis..... is it possible to remove this drive and plug into another "control" pc with 7 to see if you can access the drive?

I notice that O:\ its already showing in the navi pane, so... i guess you already went to "organize"/search and folder options/ navi pane/ show all folders? .... just to make sure...