K
Ken
Hi,
Earlier this year, I purchased a new PC pre-installed
with Windows XP Home Edition V5.1. Early on, I had to
restore my original software configuration using the
Restore CD provided with the original PC.
This was entirely successful. When I inspected the
contents of the hard disk I noticed that 'Restore' had
copied the entire old image to a folder entitled:
c:\my old disk structure -- 03-05-10 0744pm\
After I had recovered the user data from this image, I
decided to delete the contents of this folder to save HDD
space. This was OK, except for one folder which was the
user area for my son
c:\my old disk structure -- 03-05-10
0744pm\documents and settings\john\...
I found access to this was denied. At this point I should
inform you that my son had passworded his XP user account
at one point, though he subsequently un-passworded it
before we restored the factory disk image.
I managed (in DOS mode)by changing the Access Control
Lists (ACL)to get one level lower and could see this had
sub-folders of: desktop, my documents favourites etc,
however I could not get into these folders.
I went into 'DOS' mode and tried to use RMDIR OR RD to
remove the sub-folders. This was refused with the
message "Access denied".
I tried to use ATTRIB command to modify the READ ONLY by
specifying -R, however, this was refused with the
message "Access denied".
I tried checking/modifying the Access Control Lists for
these folders using the CACLS command, however again this
was refused with the message "Access is denied".
Is there anything else I can do? I can't believe that I
will be stuck with these redundant folders that cannot be
accessed forever??
Many thanks in anticipation for your help.
Earlier this year, I purchased a new PC pre-installed
with Windows XP Home Edition V5.1. Early on, I had to
restore my original software configuration using the
Restore CD provided with the original PC.
This was entirely successful. When I inspected the
contents of the hard disk I noticed that 'Restore' had
copied the entire old image to a folder entitled:
c:\my old disk structure -- 03-05-10 0744pm\
After I had recovered the user data from this image, I
decided to delete the contents of this folder to save HDD
space. This was OK, except for one folder which was the
user area for my son
c:\my old disk structure -- 03-05-10
0744pm\documents and settings\john\...
I found access to this was denied. At this point I should
inform you that my son had passworded his XP user account
at one point, though he subsequently un-passworded it
before we restored the factory disk image.
I managed (in DOS mode)by changing the Access Control
Lists (ACL)to get one level lower and could see this had
sub-folders of: desktop, my documents favourites etc,
however I could not get into these folders.
I went into 'DOS' mode and tried to use RMDIR OR RD to
remove the sub-folders. This was refused with the
message "Access denied".
I tried to use ATTRIB command to modify the READ ONLY by
specifying -R, however, this was refused with the
message "Access denied".
I tried checking/modifying the Access Control Lists for
these folders using the CACLS command, however again this
was refused with the message "Access is denied".
Is there anything else I can do? I can't believe that I
will be stuck with these redundant folders that cannot be
accessed forever??
Many thanks in anticipation for your help.
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