Ext drive restriction

[Guest]

how do I restrict external drive access to admin in xp pro?

[TBoneit]

Google: restrict drive access XP Pro, brings up plenty of methods. For example take ownership of the drive or folder on the drive, I believe that will limit access to one user. Passworded account of course, Not totally secure of course but beyond many to got to the data.

I am sure the Feds and law enforcement can get to it easy enough, heck I could too, but that's another story.

[Guest]

My check box for "make this folder private" is greyed out no matter what folder or drive.

[jimmalenko]

Right-click on the drive in My Computer and go to Properties, then Security tab.



Click on Administrators in the top section then tick all the boxes in the bottom section. Click on Everyone in the top section then untick all the boxes in the bottom section. Now anyone who is not a part of the administrators group won't even be able to view the root of the drive without getting a permissions error.

[thevoelk]

You can also just remove the drive letter listing through Disk Management. It won't show up except through Disk Management so you can give it a letter when you need to.

[Guest]

These are the 2 property windows I get(XP Pro).Left is my computer ,right is c drive(oops ,not the ext drive but i get the exact same thing--greyed out make this private box. I'm using win media connect but am not sharing anything on the ext drive

[offline]

You must be logged on as Administrator or have those rights assigned to your user.

[Guest]

I am the admin

[jimmalenko]

I've got my C: shared to the rest of my LAN. I *think* you have to do this to get the "security" tab.

[offline]

Nope. Try pressing CTRL, right-click the drive icon, and then click Properties. Does the security tab now appear?