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M2RTY
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i had a 1TB drive with vista 64x on in my dell

I bought a 500gb drive and installed vista 64x on it and then used the 1TB drive as a D: drive for user files only

but I forgot to format the 1TB drive so have a few GB of unusable files in folders on there such as Program Files, Windows etc

Vista wont let me delete these folders even though they are not in use

any way around it? I have Winternals but it blue screens on boot up from cd

cheers
moka
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drag all files from the 1TB to the 500GB assuming there will be enough space.... Format the 1TB = happy days
moka
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Or try taking ownership of the folders? IIRC ... Right click > Security > Advanced > & work it out from there
Daveskater
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I was going to say the same as Moka Latte

Numberwang!

Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men

Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle

Look at my pictures
M2RTY
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cant move them as there 800gb of files. i do have a back up copy of them on 2 external drives but thought this was the long way around

cheers
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changed ownership to me and i could delete them

many many thanks
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Numberwang!

Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men

Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle

Look at my pictures
moka
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quote:
Originally posted by M2RTY
changed ownership to me and i could delete them

many many thanks


No probs
M2RTY
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any ways to get rid of the stupid security warnings when deleting or changing files? i have to press ok about 3 times just to do stupid things
moka
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hold shift > hit ok
M2RTY
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any long term fixes? im an admin but can i make myself super admin lol?
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oh sorry mate i misread what you meant. You can turn UAC (user account control)... Ill link you bare with me...
moka
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http://www.mydigitallife.info/2006/12/19/turn-off-or-disable-user-account-control-uac-in-windows-vista/

that what you mean?

 
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