[richocki]

Here is a problem I have never seen in any forum and it just started tonight on my computer.

I can not copy a file from one hard drive to another. I am trying to copy a file from my drive D:\ to my system drive C:\.

I get an Error(5) access denied:
It gives me the choices to Retry, Skip, or Skip all.
I can copy files from folder to folder on the same drive. Like I said this just started since I booted about an hour ago. Never had this problem before. Any ideas?

Edited by richocki, 22 September 2006 - 09:04 PM.

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Interesting...

When you move the folders from drive to drive, try Taking Ownership. Does that help?

It's curious that this happened all at once. Had you just installed this drive?

wannabe1

[wannabe1]

Interesting...

When you move the folders from drive to drive, try Taking Ownership. Does that help?

It's curious that this happened all at once. Had you just installed this drive?

wannabe1

[richocki]

Thank you wannabe1 for the quick response.

I rebooted and found that I could then copy a file but not if it was in a compressed /rar or .zip folder.
If I first copied the file from a compressed folder to the same hard drive I was then able to copy that file to the other drive. I was not able to take ownership of the compressed folder. There was no security tab and clicking on advanced there was no owner tab.

I am still interested in a complete fix to this so I can again copy from even a compressed folder to a different HD. I have not installed a applications and the HD's have both been installed for a long time.