I'll do my best to explain this.....
I have a total of 3 hard drives. Drive 1 is loaded with Win XP. Drive 2 is loaded as a slave and is storing all saved data (i.e. music, important files, etc). I use this drive as the "My Documents" folder. Drive 3 has a new clean installation of Win XP. Drive 2 is mounted in my tower permanently, while drive 1 and 3 are removable. Only 2 drives are useable at one time (because I also have 2 ROM's).
When I log into windows using drive 1 and 2, Windows recognizes both drives, and the folders on drive 2 are within my login profile, "Andre" (I confirm this because the built in features that come with XP names the folders there, "My Documents" "My Pictures" etc...).
When I log into windows with the new install on drive 3 with drive 2, both drives are recognized, but drive 2 is NOT in my profile (because the folders are now called "Andre's Documents" "Andre's Pictures" etc). It seems to me the folders on drive 2 are being treated with ownership when booting with drive 1, but only as shared when booting with drive 3.
Here's another example of the problem. Drive 2 is labeled "Data". When I boot with drive 3, I would like to rename the drive to "Media" but I get an error saying that I don't have permission rights to change the drive properties. My rights are set to Administrator.
How can I take full access control of drive 2 using the new XP install on Drive 3?
I have a total of 3 hard drives. Drive 1 is loaded with Win XP. Drive 2 is loaded as a slave and is storing all saved data (i.e. music, important files, etc). I use this drive as the "My Documents" folder. Drive 3 has a new clean installation of Win XP. Drive 2 is mounted in my tower permanently, while drive 1 and 3 are removable. Only 2 drives are useable at one time (because I also have 2 ROM's).
When I log into windows using drive 1 and 2, Windows recognizes both drives, and the folders on drive 2 are within my login profile, "Andre" (I confirm this because the built in features that come with XP names the folders there, "My Documents" "My Pictures" etc...).
When I log into windows with the new install on drive 3 with drive 2, both drives are recognized, but drive 2 is NOT in my profile (because the folders are now called "Andre's Documents" "Andre's Pictures" etc). It seems to me the folders on drive 2 are being treated with ownership when booting with drive 1, but only as shared when booting with drive 3.
Here's another example of the problem. Drive 2 is labeled "Data". When I boot with drive 3, I would like to rename the drive to "Media" but I get an error saying that I don't have permission rights to change the drive properties. My rights are set to Administrator.
How can I take full access control of drive 2 using the new XP install on Drive 3?