Hello everyone.
I need to change the privacy settings on a folder, and I have to do it in dos.
Most people are able to solve the problem I have by taking possession of a folder that has been made private in Windows XP. But that option does not work for me. I need to find a way to access the private folder in dos because I can no longer get to the folder in XP to change the privacy settings because Windows Explorer freezes before I get there. I can only reach the folder in dos.
My disk has too many corrupted spots. I can still get around in the file system in dos, but explorer freezes.
So, I need a way to overcome 'access is denied' in dos.
Please help.
Here's the full situation. My hard disk failed when I bumped the computer while it was shutting down. There are many corrupted files. I am now accessing it as an external drive. Some files will not open even through dos due to disk damage. But I can get to the folder that I really need data from in dos, then I hit 'access is denied.' But I absolutely can't get there using Windows Explorer. In other folders I have had great success copying files one by one with xcopy until I hit a bad one. But this most important folder is the one I 'made private' in XP. Now I can't get in. How do I make it not private in dos?
There must be a command or other strategy for changing privacy settings or overcoming the 'access is denied' roadblock in dos. Please help.
Thanks, Ben
I need to change the privacy settings on a folder, and I have to do it in dos.
Most people are able to solve the problem I have by taking possession of a folder that has been made private in Windows XP. But that option does not work for me. I need to find a way to access the private folder in dos because I can no longer get to the folder in XP to change the privacy settings because Windows Explorer freezes before I get there. I can only reach the folder in dos.
My disk has too many corrupted spots. I can still get around in the file system in dos, but explorer freezes.
So, I need a way to overcome 'access is denied' in dos.
Please help.
Here's the full situation. My hard disk failed when I bumped the computer while it was shutting down. There are many corrupted files. I am now accessing it as an external drive. Some files will not open even through dos due to disk damage. But I can get to the folder that I really need data from in dos, then I hit 'access is denied.' But I absolutely can't get there using Windows Explorer. In other folders I have had great success copying files one by one with xcopy until I hit a bad one. But this most important folder is the one I 'made private' in XP. Now I can't get in. How do I make it not private in dos?
There must be a command or other strategy for changing privacy settings or overcoming the 'access is denied' roadblock in dos. Please help.
Thanks, Ben
What do you do?
Compress the file so that it's less than 4GB, or find another way of transferring it to your PC.
The FAT32 file system (as used by MS-DOS) has a 4GB limit. You can't have a file larger than that.
Modern Windows systems use the NTFS filesystem which has larger limits, but non-Windows systems can typically read, but not write to such file systems.
You can try compressing the files so that no single file is more than 4GB, or you can try splitting the files into chunks. Software such as Split&Concat can create PAR files, a common format for splitting files, with corresponding applications available for a variety of operating sysems.
Compress the file so that it's less than 4GB, or find another way of transferring it to your PC.
The FAT32 file system (as used by MS-DOS) has a 4GB limit. You can't have a file larger than that.
Modern Windows systems use the NTFS filesystem which has larger limits, but non-Windows systems can typically read, but not write to such file systems.
You can try compressing the files so that no single file is more than 4GB, or you can try splitting the files into chunks. Software such as Split&Concat can create PAR files, a common format for splitting files, with corresponding applications available for a variety of operating sysems.
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