Im the current and only administrator of my computer but
apparently one of my drives is stubborn and doesnt let me change
any files in it. I have 3 drives C:/ D:/ E:/ only D gives me
problems as i cant delete/install/run any programme that is within
D any help is appreciated and i followed microsoft's technical help
here :
SYMPTOMS
When you try to open a folder in Microsoft Windows XP, you may
receive the following error message, where Folder is the name of
the folder that you cannot open:
Folder is not accessible. Access is denied
CAUSE
This issue may occur if the folder that you cannot open was created
on an NTFS file system volume by using a previous installation of
Windows, and then installing Windows XP.
This issue may occur although you enter the correct user name and
password.
This issue occurs because the security ID for the user has
changed.
Although you use the same user name and password, your security ID
no longer matches the security ID of the owner of the folder that
you cannot open.
For example, although you use the same user name and password, you
may no longer have permission to open the folder after you complete
the following steps:
1. Before you install Windows XP Professional, you change the
actual location, or target location, of the My Documents folder to
another volume.
2. You format the primary partition.
3. You install Windows XP Professional.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, you must turn off Simple File Sharing, and
then take ownership of the folder:
1. Turn off Simple File Sharing: a. Click Start, and then click My
Computer.
b. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options, and then click the View
tab.
c. Under Advanced Settings, click to clear the Use simple file
sharing (Recommended) check box, and then click OK.
2. Right-click the folder that you want to take ownership of, and
then click Properties.
3. Click the Security tab, and then click OK on the Security
message, if one appears.
4. Click Advanced, and then click the Owner tab.
5. In the Name list, click your user name, Administrator if you are
logged in as Administrator, or click the Administrators
group.
If you want to take ownership of the contents of that folder, click
to select the Replace owner on subcontainers and objects check
box.
6. Click OK.
You may receive the following error message, where Folder is the
name of the folder that you want to take ownership of:
You do not have permission to read the contents of directory
Folder. Do you want to replace the directory permissions with
permissions granting you Full Control? All permissions will be
replaced if you press Yes.
7. Click Yes.
8. Click OK, and then reapply the permissions and security settings
that you want for the folder and the folder contents.
Nothing above helped me and i still get the access denied error
everytime i run/install/delete files to and from drive D:/