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I have 2 hard drives installed on my machine, 1st drive is the sys drive; I am using the second drive for music pictures video etc Because of partition corruption on the 2nd drive, I'm running restoration software to search for my lost files. is it possible to make the drive read only ? I don't want XP to cash thumbnails on it, write the ini files of each folder, write the recycler folders, etc because I am afraid of possible data loss. Thank you in advance Sharon |
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On Mar 16, 6:32Â*am, Frank McCoy wrote:
In alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt wrote: Hi all I have 2 hard drives installed on my machine, 1st drive is the sys drive; I am using the second drive for music pictures video etc Because of partition corruption on the 2nd drive, I'm running restoration software to search for my lost files. is it possible to make the drive read only ? I don't want XP to cash thumbnails on it, write the ini files of each folder, write the recycler folders, etc because I am afraid of possible data loss. Thank you in advance Sharon Well, as a suggestion: You can share the drive on the local network (if you have one), not check the "allow network users to change my files" box; then *only* access the drive yourself through the network; perhaps attaching it as another lettered drive. Don't know if that would work or not; but it's what I'd try first. -- Â* Â* _____ Â* Â* Â*/ Â*' Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* / â„¢ Â* ,-/-, __ Â*__. Â*____ Â*/_ Â*(_/ Â* / (_(_/|_/ / _/ _ Thank you for the idea, I think that the recovery software "Recover My Files" won’t work on a net drive, Also it’s the egg and chicken problem, how can I prevent the other computer from saving information on my drive? |
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wrote in message ps.com... Hi all I have 2 hard drives installed on my machine, 1st drive is the sys drive; I am using the second drive for music pictures video etc Because of partition corruption on the 2nd drive, I'm running restoration software to search for my lost files. is it possible to make the drive read only ? I don't want XP to cash thumbnails on it, write the ini files of each folder, write the recycler folders, etc because I am afraid of possible data loss. Best thing to to is run your data recovery application... and don't use the machine for anything else during that time. do not so much as use windows explorer to even look at the 2nd drive |
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schreef in bericht ps.com... Hi all I have 2 hard drives installed on my machine, 1st drive is the sys drive; I am using the second drive for music pictures video etc Because of partition corruption on the 2nd drive, I'm running restoration software to search for my lost files. is it possible to make the drive read only ? I don't want XP to cash thumbnails on it, write the ini files of each folder, write the recycler folders, etc because I am afraid of possible data loss. Thank you in advance Sharon You can disable the thumbnail caching in Windows XP: Tools / Folder options / View / Do not cache thumbnails if I remember it correctly (I'm not on XP right now) By the way, XP only builds thumbnail files when you are browsing with the explorer or 'my computer'. Don't know how to turn of the other automatic files/folders but you can change the max. size of the recycle bin or set it to disabled for each individual drive. Just don't do anything on that drive other than running the repair software. Maybe it's better to just run the repair and don't touch anything while the repair process is running. Also disable the screensaver and any powersaving that might be active. regards, Marcel |
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In alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt "Dean G."
wrote: wrote: Hi all I have 2 hard drives installed on my machine, 1st drive is the sys drive; I am using the second drive for music pictures video etc Because of partition corruption on the 2nd drive, I'm running restoration software to search for my lost files. is it possible to make the drive read only ? I don't want XP to cash thumbnails on it, write the ini files of each folder, write the recycler folders, etc because I am afraid of possible data loss. Log on as the administrator. Go to "my computer". Right click on the drive in question and choose properties. Go to the security tab. For each user or group at the top, check "deny" for full control, write, modify, and special (if not greyed out). Dean G. Hmmm ... Doesn't work in Home edition. No "security" tab. Perhaps because I only have me as a user, and I am the administrator? -- _____ / ' / â„¢ ,-/-, __ __. ____ /_ (_/ / (_(_/|_/ / _/ _ |
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Frank McCoy wrote: In alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt "Dean G." wrote: wrote: Hi all I have 2 hard drives installed on my machine, 1st drive is the sys drive; I am using the second drive for music pictures video etc Because of partition corruption on the 2nd drive, I'm running restoration software to search for my lost files. is it possible to make the drive read only ? I don't want XP to cash thumbnails on it, write the ini files of each folder, write the recycler folders, etc because I am afraid of possible data loss. Log on as the administrator. Go to "my computer". Right click on the drive in question and choose properties. Go to the security tab. For each user or group at the top, check "deny" for full control, write, modify, and special (if not greyed out). Dean G. Hmmm ... Doesn't work in Home edition. No "security" tab. Perhaps because I only have me as a user, and I am the administrator? Yes, by default XP Home uses a simpler set up. However, you can turn it off and get the advanced options. See : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307874 Dean G. |
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