Windows 2000 question

[Mark]

I use Win2k with 2 FAT32 partitions(1 partition for the OS, the other for data). I am an administrator and was wondering if there was anyway to hide the second partition from Guests? Sometimes stuff gets deleted and accsess frim Guests and I really don't like that. I have been trying to use the Win2k help inside the OS but with no help. Will I have to convert the partition to NTFS? I really don't want to have to do that.




Thanks

 

[FMJGomerPyle]

goto explorer, right click on the second partition and goto security. deny write access to guests on that partition

 

[Mark]

Umm, I can't do that because as I said, the second partition is FAT32.

 

[potz]

you can only set security on fat32 drives. you'll need to convert to ntfs to do that. if u want to convert, then just go to the command prompt and type:

convert /fs:ntfs d: (or the drive u want to convert)

and it will be converted at the next boot. you can then set security. otherwise i don't think there's a way to set security on fat32 drives.

 

[Bozo]

Two things to look at. Go into Disk administrator and see if you can hide the partition. Also, Partition Magic will let you hide a partition.

Bozo 😀