User Permissions on a hard drive

slipd · 5 Sep 2012 at 20:17

Hey all,

I've made a macrium image of my vista laptops hard drive prior to an upgrade and I want to access my files. When I mount the macrium image I can access most things but not my user account - I don't have permission

Is there a quick way of just making the whole drive (image) accessible by all?

Thanks.

slipd · 5 Sep 2012 at 21:03

This is what I get when trying to make myself the owner:

If I keep clicking continue it appears to go through every single file... on a full 320gb drive? I don't think so! There must be a better way?

UnworthyBean · 5 Sep 2012 at 21:05

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/wind...ership-to-explorer-right-click-menu-in-vista/

Might be worth a shot.

slipd · 5 Sep 2012 at 21:08

Thanks mate! Has anyone tried this? Can't believe its this difficult

KIA · 6 Sep 2012 at 12:24

sam.wheale said:
This is what I get when trying to make myself the owner:

Don't take ownership of the recycle bin folder.

slipd · 6 Sep 2012 at 12:56

KIA said:
Don't take ownership of the recycle bin folder.

That was just one of the first files that came up. I really need ownership of the whole drive

KIA · 6 Sep 2012 at 14:10

sam.wheale said:
That was just one of the first files that came up. I really need ownership of the whole drive

Do you get the same message when you attempt to take ownership of C:\Users\your_user?

slipd · 6 Sep 2012 at 15:44

KIA said:
Do you get the same message when you attempt to take ownership of C:\Users\your_user?

I haven't tried just one specific folder yet, I just thought it would be easier to do the whole drive - I was wrong it seems

Tbh, most of the stuff I need will be in my users file but some things, like game data etc, will be in various locations...

slipd · 7 Sep 2012 at 16:43

I think I've cracked it! Ticking the box (circled red) seems to fix my problems

Surprised I didn't think to try that earlier...

Deleted member 77746 · 7 Sep 2012 at 16:47

Always a ticky box!