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Main Forum => Tweaking.com Support & Help => Topic started by: jlseed on September 15, 2018, 02:53:46 pm

Title: Restoring Permission for Files Located on an External Hard drive
Post by: jlseed on September 15, 2018, 02:53:46 pm

How can I get this to scan an external hard drive, instead of my computer.  I don't see any options to choose other drives.
Thanks!

Title: Re: Restoring Permission for Files Located on an External Hard drive
Post by: Boggin on September 15, 2018, 03:18:26 pm

The program is designed to work on and within Windows only.

The Permissions only relate to the registry settings.

What have you done to the files on the external disk ?

Is it because you can no longer access them ?

This article may help with that - https://qualapps.blogspot.com/2010/09/fixing-permissions-on-external-hard.html

Title: Re: Restoring Permission for Files Located on an External Hard drive
Post by: jlseed on September 15, 2018, 04:15:59 pm

Thanks, I ended up moving them into a new folder on my computer, scanned them and then put them back on the external drive.  Seems to have did the trick.

Title: Re: Restoring Permission for Files Located on an External Hard drive
Post by: Boggin on September 16, 2018, 12:53:51 am

I was going to suggest that but as not knowing how many files were involved, it could have been a lengthy process, but glad you were able to sort it.