SOLVED URGENT - Upgrading from RC1 to Ultimate - fucked up majorly

domlebo · 27th February 2010, 10:11 PM

So i was upgrading from RC1 to ultimate, and the power went out at step 3 (think it's called Gathering User information). I was installing from an extracted disk image (yeah I know) on drive E:\ - installing to drive C:\. Anyway, restarted, and low and behold drive E:\ is no longer accessible. It errors with:

E:\ is not acccessible.

Access is denied.

Now I never actually specified which drive to install to, assuming Windows installer would figure it out, this I'm fairly sure drive E:\ is simply put into a locked state by the installer, so people aren't changing installation files around accidentally or something.

Any ideas?

domlebo · 27th February 2010, 10:22 PM

Andd.... solved. Permissions issue. Apparently I was right, and Windows Installer temporarily denies permission to all users besides SYSTEM.

Thanks for your help guys, much appreciated.

MR CHILLED · 27th February 2010, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by domlebo

Andd.... solved. Permissions issue. Apparently I was right, and Windows Installer temporarily denies permission to all users besides SYSTEM.

Thanks for your help guys, much appreciated.

lol.....you only gave people 11 minutes to reply!

chainbolt · 27th February 2010, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by domlebo

Andd.... solved. Permissions issue. Apparently I was right, and Windows Installer temporarily denies permission to all users besides SYSTEM.

Thanks for your help guys, much appreciated.

There wasn't much help necessary it seems

domlebo · 27th February 2010, 11:39 PM

Yeah I was a bit freaked out at the prospect of having lost 1.9TB worth of tv, movies, music and uni work :P I have it backed up, but the most recent was like 2 months ago.

Deltoid · 27th February 2010, 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by domlebo

Yeah I was a bit freaked out at the prospect of having lost 1.9TB worth of tv, movies, music and uni work :P I have it backed up, but the most recent was like 2 months ago.

So you were doing a windows reinstallation but didn't think backing up your data was a smart idea?

domlebo · 27th February 2010, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Deltoid

So you were doing a windows reinstallation but didn't think backing up your data was a smart idea?

Given I wasn't doing it on that drive, and assumed it would be left untouched, yeah, it wasn't too far fetched an idea. There is nothing on the C:\ drive besides Windows. I was just using my E:\ drive as an installation disk.

Deltoid · 27th February 2010, 11:48 PM

If experience has taught me anything, at minimum backup your uni / work stuff (and anything else you can't replace) before doing a reinstallation. It is easy to accidently select the wrong drive / have other issues.

27th February 2010, 10:11 PM	#1
domlebo Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Brisbane Posts: 7,804	URGENT - Upgrading from RC1 to Ultimate - fucked up majorly So i was upgrading from RC1 to ultimate, and the power went out at step 3 (think it's called Gathering User information). I was installing from an extracted disk image (yeah I know) on drive E:\ - installing to drive C:\. Anyway, restarted, and low and behold drive E:\ is no longer accessible. It errors with: E:\ is not acccessible. Access is denied. Now I never actually specified which drive to install to, assuming Windows installer would figure it out, this I'm fairly sure drive E:\ is simply put into a locked state by the installer, so people aren't changing installation files around accidentally or something. Any ideas? __________________ 2004 Clio 182 1991 205 GTI Last edited by domlebo; 27th February 2010 at 10:22 PM.

27th February 2010, 10:22 PM	#2
domlebo Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Brisbane Posts: 7,804	Andd.... solved. Permissions issue. Apparently I was right, and Windows Installer temporarily denies permission to all users besides SYSTEM. Thanks for your help guys, much appreciated. __________________ 2004 Clio 182 1991 205 GTI

27th February 2010, 11:39 PM	#5
domlebo Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Brisbane Posts: 7,804	Yeah I was a bit freaked out at the prospect of having lost 1.9TB worth of tv, movies, music and uni work :P I have it backed up, but the most recent was like 2 months ago. __________________ 2004 Clio 182 1991 205 GTI

27th February 2010, 11:48 PM	#8
Deltoid Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Brisbane Posts: 9,459	If experience has taught me anything, at minimum backup your uni / work stuff (and anything else you can't replace) before doing a reinstallation. It is easy to accidently select the wrong drive / have other issues. __________________ PSN:Deltoid-