To anyone with the knowledge,
A two part question

Part 1: Is it possible to make one of my HDD inaccessible to other users on
the same system? The User accounts will be "limited" accounts and I want to
protect the slave drive from being accessed by other users.

Part 2: If the slave drive is configured as an extra storage device (Not
containing the OS) is it possible to create "My folders" and user profile
folders that would not be able to be opened or seen from other limited
accounts?

Thanks for any help that anyone can provide.

You don't say if you are using Home or Pro but if you are using ntfs file
system you can configure ntfs permission so that the regular users that you
do not want to have access have no access via lack of permissions. A user
would need at least read permission to open and read files. Having said that
keep in mind that an administrator or anyone who can become an administrator
[legitimately or otherwise which is easy to do] can always access files on
the computer that are not encrypted properly. A user who can access your
hard drive from outside of the operating system could also access the data
if the data is not properly encrypted which could be as simple as booting
from a cdrom with something like Bart's PE which is a mini version of
Windows XP burned on a cdrom. --- Steve

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;308418 --- XP ntfs
permissions.

"TheWakingOne" <TheWakingOne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:520AD235-2145-4AFD-AAED-0C004DFAF50F@microsoft.com...
> To anyone with the knowledge,
> A two part question
>
> Part 1: Is it possible to make one of my HDD inaccessible to other users
> on
> the same system? The User accounts will be "limited" accounts and I want
> to
> protect the slave drive from being accessed by other users.
>
> Part 2: If the slave drive is configured as an extra storage device (Not
> containing the OS) is it possible to create "My folders" and user profile
> folders that would not be able to be opened or seen from other limited
> accounts?
>
> Thanks for any help that anyone can provide.

Steve,

I'm running Home. After I posted yesterday I did a little more digging and
found Microsoft shared computer toolkit. Downloaded it and it is doing
everything I need it to. Thanks for helping out the uninformed.

"Steven L Umbach" wrote:

> You don't say if you are using Home or Pro but if you are using ntfs file
> system you can configure ntfs permission so that the regular users that you
> do not want to have access have no access via lack of permissions. A user
> would need at least read permission to open and read files. Having said that
> keep in mind that an administrator or anyone who can become an administrator
> [legitimately or otherwise which is easy to do] can always access files on
> the computer that are not encrypted properly. A user who can access your
> hard drive from outside of the operating system could also access the data
> if the data is not properly encrypted which could be as simple as booting
> from a cdrom with something like Bart's PE which is a mini version of
> Windows XP burned on a cdrom. --- Steve
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;308418 --- XP ntfs
> permissions.
>
> "TheWakingOne" <TheWakingOne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:520AD235-2145-4AFD-AAED-0C004DFAF50F@microsoft.com...
> > To anyone with the knowledge,
> > A two part question
> >
> > Part 1: Is it possible to make one of my HDD inaccessible to other users
> > on
> > the same system? The User accounts will be "limited" accounts and I want
> > to
> > protect the slave drive from being accessed by other users.
> >
> > Part 2: If the slave drive is configured as an extra storage device (Not
> > containing the OS) is it possible to create "My folders" and user profile
> > folders that would not be able to be opened or seen from other limited
> > accounts?
> >
> > Thanks for any help that anyone can provide.
>
>
>

Sounds good. The Shared Computer Toolkit is a huge plus for XP Home
computers for those that have needs to restrict users using technologies
that are normally found in XP Pro. --- Steve


"TheWakingOne" <TheWakingOne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6449067B-8196-4FDD-AFDF-65F5C46DFF39@microsoft.com...
> Steve,
>
> I'm running Home. After I posted yesterday I did a little more digging
> and
> found Microsoft shared computer toolkit. Downloaded it and it is doing
> everything I need it to. Thanks for helping out the uninformed.
>
> "Steven L Umbach" wrote:
>
>> You don't say if you are using Home or Pro but if you are using ntfs file
>> system you can configure ntfs permission so that the regular users that
>> you
>> do not want to have access have no access via lack of permissions. A user
>> would need at least read permission to open and read files. Having said
>> that
>> keep in mind that an administrator or anyone who can become an
>> administrator
>> [legitimately or otherwise which is easy to do] can always access files
>> on
>> the computer that are not encrypted properly. A user who can access your
>> hard drive from outside of the operating system could also access the
>> data
>> if the data is not properly encrypted which could be as simple as booting
>> from a cdrom with something like Bart's PE which is a mini version of
>> Windows XP burned on a cdrom. --- Steve
>>
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;308418 --- XP
>> ntfs
>> permissions.
>>
>> "TheWakingOne" <TheWakingOne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:520AD235-2145-4AFD-AAED-0C004DFAF50F@microsoft.com...
>> > To anyone with the knowledge,
>> > A two part question
>> >
>> > Part 1: Is it possible to make one of my HDD inaccessible to other
>> > users
>> > on
>> > the same system? The User accounts will be "limited" accounts and I
>> > want
>> > to
>> > protect the slave drive from being accessed by other users.
>> >
>> > Part 2: If the slave drive is configured as an extra storage device
>> > (Not
>> > containing the OS) is it possible to create "My folders" and user
>> > profile
>> > folders that would not be able to be opened or seen from other limited
>> > accounts?
>> >
>> > Thanks for any help that anyone can provide.
>>
>>
>>