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Running Both Vista & XP On 1 Laptop

  • 16-11-2007 10:26am
    #1
    Luckycharms_74
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,657 ✭✭✭


    Hi ppl

    I have laptop with XP pre-installed, and have now just installed Vista, the hard drive is split in 2 (C:& D: Drives). XP is on the C: Drive, Vista on the D: Drive. I'm trying to copy files from C: Drive (XP) to D: Drive (Vista), but is keeps saying access denied. Do I have to log on to XP and allow acces of files from each folder individually or is there a way to allow all C: Drive to be accessed. Another problem might be that the username on XP is different to Vista, does anyone think that might be it?

    Thanks
    :confused:


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  • #2
    monkey tennis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 583 ✭✭✭monkey tennis


    NTFS permissions. You'll have to allow yourself from either OS to the other OS's drive.

    E.g. In XP, when you're trying to copy files to/from the Vista partition, you'll have to allow your XP user read/write access to whatever folder you're trying to read from / write to. And vice versa.

    What might be easier is to create a seperate partition to be shared between the two, so you won't have to keep mucking around with permissions.


  • #3
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,411 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    even if you have the same user names they will have different GUID's underneath so will be seen as different even though it would work on a network logon

    so from each os create a folder in the local drive and in it's security set the permissions to everyone full control

    to access a folder on the other OS you would need to right click and go into security and change there, possibly you would need to take ownership in advanced too

    more on the big number that you may see when looking at securit on the other os folder
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globally_Unique_Identifier


  • #4
    Luckycharms_74
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,657 ✭✭✭Luckycharms_74


    Thanks guys but i ment to say i'm not trying to copy files i should have said i'm just trying to access files on the C: Drive (XP) when im on Vista.
    Thanks


  • #5
    Inquitus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,762 ✭✭✭✭Inquitus


    If you are logged on as Admin it will give you one of the many Vista Authorisation popops, asking you to confirm you want to allow access to the C: Drive it will take a minute or two once you accept and thereafter you can access read / write as you see fit just as if it was any other HD Drive.

    Sry for the vagueness, but I configured my desktop for dual boot some time ago, and while I remember having to go through these steps and having to be logged on as admin to do it, I cannot remember exactly the specifics, it was however extremely easy to do and only took a couple of minutes.

    Inqui


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