Fresh install - now a bit of trouble with datafiles...

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I have a PC with two SATA drives - one for the OS and programs and the other
for data files, i.e. music, documents and pictures. I also use the second
drive for the 'important' data files such as the Outlook *.pst and the
Favourites menu. The plan was to be able to reformat the primary drive when
necessary and leave the secondary drive intact. Both drives are formatted as
NTFS.

I understand the files won't necessarily be accessible by a user with the
same name and password, but I've been doing this for a while and I may have
got my knickers in a twist.

What I think I need to do, if possible, is remove the security and/or
ownership settings on all the files, or change the details to relate to the
appropriate user. The PC isn't particularly secure and only my wife and I
use it, but I don't want to accidently see her files and I don't think she
would want to see mine - especially as it's approaching Christmas!

Am I being a numpty, or is there a way I can achieve this, or do I need is
an idiots guide to setting up WinXP security?

Thanks in advance.
 
Nightowl4933 said:
I have a PC with two SATA drives - one for the OS and programs and
the other for data files, i.e. music, documents and pictures. I
also use the second drive for the 'important' data files such as
the Outlook *.pst and the Favourites menu. The plan was to be able
to reformat the primary drive when necessary and leave the
secondary drive intact. Both drives are formatted as NTFS.

I understand the files won't necessarily be accessible by a user
with the same name and password, but I've been doing this for a
while and I may have got my knickers in a twist.

What I think I need to do, if possible, is remove the security
and/or ownership settings on all the files, or change the details
to relate to the appropriate user. The PC isn't particularly
secure and only my wife and I use it, but I don't want to
accidently see her files and I don't think she would want to see
mine - especially as it's approaching Christmas!

Am I being a numpty, or is there a way I can achieve this, or do I
need is an idiots guide to setting up WinXP security?
Click to expand...

Take Ownership...

How to Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

How to disable simplified sharing & set permissions
on a shared folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307874

Windows XP Home Edition? Read a bit more carefully. =)

As for how to make it a bit more secure - neither account should be
administrators.
Otherwise - nothing keeps you from taking over ownership and rerading the
others files.
 
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