General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: The Sceneman on November 04, 2012, 10:07:23 PM
Title: Urgent Win 7 help required! pls halp (permissions n shit)
Post by: The Sceneman on November 04, 2012, 10:07:23 PM
I plugged in an external HDD which has been formatted to FAT32. I can't read or write anything from the drive as it says I don't have permission. All fixes I found online require a right-click on the drive > properties > security tab, however if a drive is formatted as FAT or FAT32 this tab does not exist.
Can any windows freaks give me some suggestions?
Title: Re: Urgent Win 7 help required! pls halp (permissions n shit)
Post by: MCD on November 04, 2012, 10:10:36 PM
Try to mess with it using this free software: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download6175.html?2012-09-01
Title: Re: Urgent Win 7 help required! pls halp (permissions n shit)
Post by: Madrun Badrun on November 04, 2012, 10:11:16 PM
can you change it though the command line?
Title: Re: Urgent Win 7 help required! pls halp (permissions n shit)
Post by: The Sceneman on November 04, 2012, 10:18:04 PM
Title: Re: Urgent Win 7 help required! pls halp (permissions n shit)
Post by: Madrun Badrun on November 04, 2012, 10:28:12 PM
I've only worked with linux/mac but this looks like it will be a start http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/windows-change-access-permissions-from-the-command-line.html
Title: Re: Urgent Win 7 help required! pls halp (permissions n shit)
Post by: fistfulofmetal on November 04, 2012, 11:35:50 PM
why do you have an external hdd that's formatted in fat32
not windows 7 but i bet it may still work (the equivalents in windows 7) http://www.ehow.com/how_7275405_set-permissions-fat32-xp-home.html
Title: Re: Urgent Win 7 help required! pls halp (permissions n shit)
Post by: drew on November 04, 2012, 11:43:03 PM
you need to reformat it to FATA55 for it to work
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Title: Re: Urgent Win 7 help required! pls halp (permissions n shit)
Post by: The Sceneman on November 05, 2012, 11:17:10 AM