can we partition a external laptop hard-disk?
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Well you first take ownership of the data, when doing so in a situation with sub-folders check the option to replace owner of the sub containers too, then apply. After that you can change the access permissions options depending on what type of account has what abilities, you should also check the inheritance from parent to child bit so that the sub folders too get same access level. Not all that hard when you know what is where. 
Vista is good in this way, all the important files and folders are restricted to even Admins, you have to take ownership before one gets access to them, so in a way most people will have to learn how exactly this works. 
Vista is good in this way, all the important files and folders are restricted to even Admins, you have to take ownership before one gets access to them, so in a way most people will have to learn how exactly this works. gregory house
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"EFS on NTFS" and "NTFS" are two completely different things.
Even if I only have privileges of a limited user, if I create a folder, set it to use EFS and put my files in it, there is no way ANYBODY (not even an administrator) can access the data if I am not logged on. The data is encrypted. Period.
NTFS permissions, on the other hand are very simple to remove.
1. Log in as administrator.
2. Right-click on folder/ file of interest. Open the Properties dialog.
3. Go to the Security tab and click on the Advanced button.
4. A new window opens. Go to the Owner tab.
5. Select the account that should take ownership of the object, check the "replace owner" check-box and click on the Apply button. Thats it.
Even if I only have privileges of a limited user, if I create a folder, set it to use EFS and put my files in it, there is no way ANYBODY (not even an administrator) can access the data if I am not logged on. The data is encrypted. Period.
NTFS permissions, on the other hand are very simple to remove.
1. Log in as administrator.
2. Right-click on folder/ file of interest. Open the Properties dialog.
3. Go to the Security tab and click on the Advanced button.
4. A new window opens. Go to the Owner tab.
5. Select the account that should take ownership of the object, check the "replace owner" check-box and click on the Apply button. Thats it.
