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hard drive access denied
Name: Mark Date: April 13, 2000 at 01:29:26 Pacific
Comment:
Every time I try to write to the root directory of my d: drive I get a message saying access denied?
Name: The Pirate Date: April 13, 2000 at 02:31:15 Pacific
Reply:
HAHAHAHAHA
How many files yar got in the root directery matey? Max is 255/256. Stop saving them there and sort yar filing system out!
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Response Number 2
Name: john westerman Date: April 13, 2000 at 05:09:37 Pacific
Reply:
There is another answer. If you have the ANti-virus software set to prevent writing to the system files, this effectively disables you putting files on the root. Your motherboard also may have antivirus functions. These need to be turned OFF in BIOS.
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