How to set ownership on drives

In Category: Windows 2000

1. Open Computer Management (Local). 2. In the console tree, click Logical Drives. Computer Management (Local) Storage Logical Drives 3. mso-list:l11 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt\">Right-click the drive for which you want to set ownership, click Properties, and then click the Security tab. 4. mso-list:l11 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt\">Click Advanced, and then click the Owners tab. 5. mso-list:l11 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt\">Click the new owner, and then click OK. * You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group in order to complete this procedure. If your computer is connected to a network, network policy settings may also prevent you from completing this procedure. * To open Computer Management, click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. Double-click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Computer Management. * You can only change ownership on drives formatted to use NTFS. * You can change ownership settings on a remote computer or a local computer. To access a remote computer, right-click Computer Management (Local), click Connect to another computer, and then select the computer you want to connect to. * Logical Drives only changes ownership of the drive, not the folders and files on the drive.