Completely removing permissions on a directory

Been havin a spot of trouble again, this time it's a lil more serious than I thought it would be. Basically i set some permissions on a few directories and forgot to remove them before reinstalling XP, and now can't access them. I've tried a few things like clicking properties on each dir and replacing permissions, also using convert /nosecurity with no luck too, can't think of much else to right now, can't really even copy the files somewhere else to back them up and format the partition. :spaced:

Coffee.

Also tried secedit to replace existing config with also no luck. :(

can you log in as admin and take owner ship of the folders

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;308418

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;308421

Thanks for the replies but i've already tried those ideas and nothing seemed to work. However I've found a solution which is to use ERD Commander boot disks and remove/reset access to everyone permissions on the directories.

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Originally Posted by Coffee

Thanks for the replies but i've already tried those ideas and nothing seemed to work. However I've found a solution which is to use ERD Commander boot disks and remove/reset access to everyone permissions on the directories.

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did that work?

Yeah, worked a charm. :D