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I f***ed up and was messing with things on my computer that I shouldn't have
been messing with. I have Win2000 Server (only because a friend had burned
me a copy, as I had no other OS). Anyway, I right-clicked on my 'C: drive',
went to 'Properties', then clicked the 'Security' tab, and I unchecked every
box under the 'Permissions - Allow/Deny' section. Now I can't download
anything, delete anything, save anything, look at my C: drive contents, etc.
It keeps saying "C:\ is not accessible. Access is denied." I don't know how
to get access back. I feel so dumb and I'm pissed at myself for
experimenting with it when I wasn't sure what it would do. I thought the
administrator would still have access to everything, and I'm the
administrator! Please help me!!! Please, please, please!!!
I don't have another computer to network to mine, to try to get in that way.
My biggest issue with all this is I don't want to lose all the files I have
in the My Documents folder, but it won't let me copy or cut the files and
paste them to another part of my C: drive that wouldn't get deleted with a
reinstall. I never put a password on here, so I don't understand why I can't
change anything. All my baby's webcam pics and videos are on here from birth
to present, not to mention all the mp3s, videos, and various other files
that are also on here, and I have no other backups of them. I'm basically
desperate to do anything that will prevent me from having to lose these
files because of a reinstall. I don't know much about computers anymore,
either, because I haven't messed with them thoroughly in awhile and I forgot
a lot of things. I just need to find a way to get past the whole "access is
denied" bit. Would I lose everything if I were to go out and get XP and
install it? Would it even let me install it if I tried? This is so
frustrating!!
I swear I would appreciate any help on this more than anyone could ever
realize!!
Teresa
been messing with. I have Win2000 Server (only because a friend had burned
me a copy, as I had no other OS). Anyway, I right-clicked on my 'C: drive',
went to 'Properties', then clicked the 'Security' tab, and I unchecked every
box under the 'Permissions - Allow/Deny' section. Now I can't download
anything, delete anything, save anything, look at my C: drive contents, etc.
It keeps saying "C:\ is not accessible. Access is denied." I don't know how
to get access back. I feel so dumb and I'm pissed at myself for
experimenting with it when I wasn't sure what it would do. I thought the
administrator would still have access to everything, and I'm the
administrator! Please help me!!! Please, please, please!!!
I don't have another computer to network to mine, to try to get in that way.
My biggest issue with all this is I don't want to lose all the files I have
in the My Documents folder, but it won't let me copy or cut the files and
paste them to another part of my C: drive that wouldn't get deleted with a
reinstall. I never put a password on here, so I don't understand why I can't
change anything. All my baby's webcam pics and videos are on here from birth
to present, not to mention all the mp3s, videos, and various other files
that are also on here, and I have no other backups of them. I'm basically
desperate to do anything that will prevent me from having to lose these
files because of a reinstall. I don't know much about computers anymore,
either, because I haven't messed with them thoroughly in awhile and I forgot
a lot of things. I just need to find a way to get past the whole "access is
denied" bit. Would I lose everything if I were to go out and get XP and
install it? Would it even let me install it if I tried? This is so
frustrating!!
I swear I would appreciate any help on this more than anyone could ever
realize!!
Teresa
