How to restrict users to access a partition

[Yatinnn]

hi......

can help me out with this problem.........

i am running winxp sp2.........my 80gb has 3 partitions........i want to restrict any users, besides admins, to access a particular partition say the E drive........how do i do this................

plz help.....in detail................

thnx..................

[Bency]

NOTE : YOU MUST BE HAVING NTFS FILE SYSTEM ON THAT DRIVE.
simple:

goto RUN and type: control folders
[press enter]

then in 'folder options' > VIEW >
under the list you will see : USE SIMPLE FILE SHARING ... (UNCHECK IT)

and APPLY . OK.

then right click the drive you will now see a new TAB called : "security"

now delete all users that have permission to that drive.. and add only your account.... and say to "allow all"

NOW ONLY YOU CAN ACCESS THAT DRIVE... NOT ANYONE ELSE..........

[ikaceman1]

This worked absolutely wonderful thanks for the help!!!

[Bency]

Yeah, that is called security permissions or simply NTFS permissions in XP because it is only applicabe/available if the drive is NTFS partitioned. The feature is not available on FAT partition type.

I am glad that my so old post/reply to a user was useful to someone