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Old 11th Dec 2008, 02:09
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Hi there,

I've made a big error and set the permissions on c drive wrongly - with the result that the computer will not boot because the SYSTEM account cannot access C drive :(

System is running Windows XP SP2.

Is there any way I can reset the permissions without formatting C drive?

Maybe by using software off a CD that will boot the system, or using Recovery Console?

If I will have to format C drive, can you advise the way I should go about doing this and reinstalling.

Many thanks in advance,

Matthew
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Old 11th Dec 2008, 03:43
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Not 100% but if you do a repair on the drive using the XP CD that will probably sort it.

No data or personal settings are lost.
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Old 11th Dec 2008, 11:38
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How exactly did you set the permissions on the C:\ drive wrongly?
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