Programs Can't Write To Partition/folders

After fresh install of Windows 7 64bit Ultimate, programs can't seem to write to any of the data partitions (from Previous Installation)How can i ensure these partitions can be written to by programs?

Since this partition (windows uses drive letters right?) use to belong to another installation, it's actually also owned by that previous installation.What you need to do is take ownership of it. I believe you right click on that drive letter, select Properties and then select the Security tab, then hit the Advance button. From there you select the Owner tab then hit the Edit button. Select your user (yourself) to be the owner and their should be a checkbox to Replace owner, check that and then Apply/OK.Now you should be able to write to it as you're the owner for it.Cheers,MC

ok i have looked in to that but am a bit confused between group\myself and group\userseg. my username is blakmunky, my group is blakmunky7... so should i pick blakmunky7\blakmunky or blakmunky7\users?as owner where would programs fall under? i'm having issues with progams (i installed) writing/modifying folders/partitions

Edited March 1, 2013 by manuleka (see edit history)

Well setting permissions up, depends on security preferences.Also I thought the format was your-computer\your-user-or-group but you can skip the your-computer part and put just your username in.Either way, I would put your user down, programs that are writing to it should be under your user control, so use your user credentials. You would only allow groups if you want people in that group to have the same ability as you as well on that partitions. Just have a look at how other drives letters are set, you'll just want to do something similar to those that you can write to.Cheers,MC

Well setting permissions up, depends on security preferences.
Also I thought the format was your-computer\your-user-or-group but you can skip the your-computer part and put just your username in.

Either way, I would put your user down, programs that are writing to it should be under your user control, so use your user credentials. You would only allow groups if you want people in that group to have the same ability as you as well on that partitions. Just have a look at how other drives letters are set, you'll just want to do something similar to those that you can write to.

Cheers,

MC

aah... thanks MC yes it is Computer\UserGroup... got it sorted

Funny but usual situation. Everybody knows that Unix and Windows have very leak protections. But when you come to a practical case, you are blocked by the same security features which appear as being not really weak.

Funny but usual situation. Everybody knows that Unix and Windows have very leak protections. But when you come to a practical case, you are blocked by the same security features which appear as being not really weak.

hehe quite true... its one of those things that you only look into when it happens and then forget about it... i remember having this issue before but couldn't remember how to fix it hehe...