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hi friends plz help how to make a local disk in windows 7 and windows xp as ACCESS IS DENIED......eg i want to make D: is accessed by me only

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Short answer and options summary — NTFS ACLs will block regular accounts but not a local Administrator who can take ownership; for protection that even resists offline access, use full-volume encryption (BitLocker) or per-user encryption (EFS). As pointed out, ownership/permissions are the core mechanism; is correct that file-level protection depends on NTFS; ’s reading that the OP may want the drive private suggests encryption is the stronger choice for “D: for me only.” (learn.microsoft.com)

If restricting other non-admin users is sufficient, an orderly NTFS workflow is safest: back up data first, test on a single folder, keep SYSTEM and at least one Administrators account present, then take ownership and grant the specific user Full Control. Example (run an elevated Command Prompt and replace MyUser with the actual account — test on a folder before applying to the whole volume):

takeown /F "D:\" /R /D Y
icacls "D:\" /grant "MYPC\MyUser":F /T
icacls "D:\" /remove "Users" /T

These commands are the supported way to recover ownership and change ACLs (use cautiously). (learn.microsoft.com)

If the goal is to stop anyone (including someone with admin rights or an attacker who removes the disk), use encryption: EFS is per-user file encryption (NTFS only) and must have the user’s EFS certificate backed up; BitLocker encrypts the entire volume and defends against offline attacks but may not be present in every Windows 7 edition (it was an Ultimate/Enterprise feature in Windows 7). Back up EFS certificates or the BitLocker recovery key before proceeding. (learn.microsoft.com)

Quick safety notes: always back up data and any encryption/certificate exports first; do not remove SYSTEM or break inherited ACLs on system folders; avoid resetting local passwords outside Windows if EFS is used (it can make keys unrecoverable). For most “only me” scenarios where physical theft is a concern, BitLocker (or a VeraCrypt container) plus a securely stored recovery key is the recommended, durable solution.

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You have to take ownership of the drive, so you need to be an administrator account.
If you right-click the drive, choose Properties, and select the Security tab. If you don't see the security tab, you may not be an administrator account, or you may have Win 7 home instead of Pro.

In any event, if you do have the Security tab, look at the Groups and users assigned. Since you want access for only yourself, you'll have to take ownership through the Advanced button, Owner tab. Once you change owner, close and re-open the security settings and change the names in the group/users box. You'll want to change owner and permissions recursively, to effect all the subfolders and such. OR once you take ownership and get access to the drive, you'll have to go through the same procedure for subfolders.

This was the quick and dirty answer to get you started. Let us know what turns up.

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Just be aware that this works only on NTFS drives.

And never on removable drives.

Hope this helps

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The error seems to suggest it must be NTFS of course.

A removable drive would not have such a low drive letter, as D: would have to be a 2nd drive or partition or a CD-ROM. Could be wrong I guess.

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The error seems to suggest it must be NTFS of course.

A removable drive would not have such a low drive letter, as D: would have to be a 2nd drive or partition or a CD-ROM. Could be wrong I guess.

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The error seems to suggest it must be NTFS of course.

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just curious ,what error are you referring to

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just curious ,what error are you referring to

I'm assuming if he is getting a "Access Denied" error, it's because of NTFS permissions. But I suppose there are conditions which you could receive that with FAT32? Probably more rare.

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I'm assuming if he is getting a "Access Denied" error, it's because of NTFS permissions. But I suppose there are conditions which you could receive that with FAT32? Probably more rare.

no to be pickey but i read it as they [in bad English ]want to make it so no one can access the hdd in win7 and winxp..

part quote from post #1
.eg i want to make D: is accessed by me only

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no to be pickey but i read it as they [in bad English ]want to make it so no one can access the hdd in win7 and winxp..

part quote from post #1
.eg i want to make D: is accessed by me only

I see, maybe so! I thought he was getting that error and so wanted to make the drive accessible to himself.

If you're right, he still needs to mess with security and permissions. Or I think he can just make the drive "private" similar to how to make folders private.

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thank you...

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