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Dale May
"stifany" <Stifany@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9B99C25B-A96A-4B10-B64C-038A669E25AE@microsoft.com...
> I'm running Windows XP home SP2. I just installed a second physical hard
> drive on as a sub on the IDE chain. I partitioned and formatted it as an
> NTSF
> drive. I can access, write and read to folders and files on this drive
> without problems. However when I start re-organizing my files by moving
> files and folders into a newly created folder, I can't access the moved
> files
> anymore. I can't get them out of the newly created folder and I can't
> delete
> them. I just get the "access denied" message. I don't think It's a
> permission or ownership issue because I was able to access the files and
> folders before moving them. I have'nt changed the user. I tested the hard
> drive using a utility downloaded from the Maxtor website and the drive is
> not
> defective. I'm at a loss. I tried to convert the drive to FAT32 using
> partition magic but it won't convert. The boot drive, c: drive, works
> perfectly. I can move files and folders without losing access. Any help
> would really be appreciated.