Re: [Thinkpad] Can't copy some files from C: (mounted as USB external

>The problem is that I can copy many files from drive N: (my
>notebook's C: drive) but not all, including N:\Documents and
>Settings\Andrew (!) for which I get the message that it "...is
>not accessible. Access is denied.".

My uneducated guess is that the problem is Windows identifying
the offending folder on N:\ as a System Folder. I'd try
fiddling with Explorer to show all folders / files. Or I'd use
a different file manager. I use xplorer2 free. If those don't
work, before you do something that takes a lot of work, you
might try booting your desktop to linux, using one of the many
available CD-boot disks. My guess is that if linux can copy
any of the files on N:\, then it can copy all of them.

>
>Until a month ago I had most of my data in C:\DATA (holdover from
the old days) and only recently moved it under "My Documents". :(

If MS had to pay every person $20 per hour that's been lost
because they named folders My Documents (instead of say Docs),
and Program Files (instead of the just as informative
Programs), they'd be broke. I like Windows, but so many of the
top level design decisions are against the customer's interests
... </rant>.

>
>Why would the folder be inaccessible? I created an account on this desktop machine with the name "Andrew" and the same password, to no avail. Is it likely because the notebook has been shutting down abnormally? If I can get it to stay up long enough to shut down, am I likely to have access to this folder? Or is there something more insidious going on?
>

-- 
happy
Jonathan Berry and Erika http://members.shaw.ca/berry5868/fun.htm
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