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Sharing/Not Sharing a drive?
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mortis
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Old Jul 19, 2007, 06:34 AM #1 of 11
Sharing/Not Sharing a drive?

Hey all,

So, my computer will now be used by multiple users. With Windows, I have three parititons, one which is for the OS, and two others, each for one person. I want it that if the other person logs in, that person can not use the partition/drive (in this case, E. I will still be able to access all the drives/partitions.

So, if the other person logs into their account, that person will only see drive C: and drive D:, but not drive E:.

I looked into Windows User Accounts, but the options are limited. Any idea of how I can do this?

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Old Jul 19, 2007, 09:52 AM Local time: Jul 19, 2007, 07:52 AM #2 of 11
You could try making D:\ and E:\ their My Documents folder and restrict access so only the computer administrator and that user can access them.

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Old Jul 19, 2007, 10:02 AM #3 of 11
Yet, wouldn't they show up still in My Computer?

Also, when looking over user accounts, I have only two options: LImited User Account and Administrative Account. Sadly, I can't specify what they can access it seems.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.
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Old Jul 19, 2007, 10:11 AM Local time: Jul 19, 2007, 11:11 PM #4 of 11
Permissions.

Make sure they aren't administrators.

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Old Jul 19, 2007, 10:50 AM #5 of 11
Thanks Zerg.

ANd...d'oh.

• You can set permissions only on drives that are formatted to use NTFS.

Why DID I choose Fat32? What was I thinking?!

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Old Jul 19, 2007, 11:32 AM Local time: Jul 19, 2007, 09:32 AM #6 of 11
Can't you convert from FAT32 to NTFS? I could swear WinXP asked me to convert a long time ago after I had installed it.

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Old Jul 19, 2007, 01:18 PM Local time: Jul 19, 2007, 07:18 PM #7 of 11
Can't you convert from FAT32 to NTFS? I could swear WinXP asked me to convert a long time ago after I had installed it.
I'm pretty sure you can. No idea how to do it though.

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Permissions.

Make sure they aren't administrators.
Doesn't being a "regular user" cause problems with some software?

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Old Jul 19, 2007, 06:41 PM #8 of 11
Yeah, I can convert. This is the second problem I have ran into with having a FAT32 File System. I am trying to remember why I placed two FAT 32 systems instead of a NTFS file system.

Edit: And by convert, I guess you can say reformat. Right-Click the Drive, select format, select NTFS file system. Not a big problem for me, as the drives are basically empty, but something to keep in mind if someone were to ask the same thing later.

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Old Jul 19, 2007, 10:11 PM Local time: Jul 20, 2007, 11:11 AM #9 of 11
I'm pretty sure you can. No idea how to do it though.

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Doesn't being a "regular user" cause problems with some software?
Not all software needs Administrator access. You can still set the users up as "Power User".

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Old Jul 20, 2007, 11:49 AM Local time: Jul 20, 2007, 09:49 AM #10 of 11
Yeah, I can convert. This is the second problem I have ran into with having a FAT32 File System. I am trying to remember why I placed two FAT 32 systems instead of a NTFS file system.

Edit: And by convert, I guess you can say reformat. Right-Click the Drive, select format, select NTFS file system. Not a big problem for me, as the drives are basically empty, but something to keep in mind if someone were to ask the same thing later.
I could swear you could do it without reformatting from the Computer Management thing in Administrative Tools, but I can't say for sure right now since both of my drives are NTFS.

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Old Jul 20, 2007, 02:30 PM #11 of 11
You can run the convert command to convert a file system from FAT/FAT32 to NTFS with the following syntax:

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convert [volume] /fs:ntfs


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