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Ask - 19 Nov 2004 23:38 GMT

Window 2000.
I have created a normal user and a restricted user on my PC. When I
login in either account, I can read very file even the files in the
administrator account.
Whay else do I have to do in order the force the access right per
user?
Thanks

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xe77 - 20 Nov 2004 02:31 GMT

File restrictions require that the volume be formatted with NTFS.
Type "convert c: /fs:ntfs" at a Command-Prompt to convert your volume from
FAT/FAT32 to NTFS.

> Window 2000.
> I have created a normal user and a restricted user on my PC. When I
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> user?
> Thanks

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Ask - 22 Nov 2004 14:49 GMT

> File restrictions require that the volume be formatted with NTFS.
> Type "convert c: /fs:ntfs" at a Command-Prompt to convert your volume from
> FAT/FAT32 to NTFS.

Hi THank you very much for the advice.
Is there any side effect expected about the conversion?

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Jetro - 24 Nov 2004 01:38 GMT

The side effect is that you cannot get an access to NTFS from DOS easily :)

Real side effect is the converted NTFS cluster size - it's 512 B only, and
degraded disk subsystem performance. You'd need 3rd-party software to return
back to default cluster size as of 4 KB.

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xe77 - 24 Nov 2004 05:05 GMT

There is also a slight performance disadvantage between a FAT32 converted to
NTFS volume, vs. a volume formatted with NTFS initially: the placement of the
MFT may not be as optimal in converted volumes and reduce performance
slightly when compared directly.

> The side effect is that you cannot get an access to NTFS from DOS easily :)
>
> Real side effect is the converted NTFS cluster size - it's 512 B only, and
> degraded disk subsystem performance. You'd need 3rd-party software to return
> back to default cluster size as of 4 KB.

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