gawguy Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 I'm finding a few strange problems while setting up my "new" used computer. I used PM 8.0 to add a 2nd partition to the drive, which now has C:\ D:\ E:\ (D:\ is the DVD drive) (E:\ is designated as My Documents.) I also created two user accounts, both are administrators. "A" is the original administrator account and "B" (also Administrator) is the one I created via the control panel while logged on as "A" I logged in as "B", installed PalmOne Desktop and under Options I chose E:\ as my data directory and got the error: 'E:' cannot be used to store your data because it is a read-only directory. Where does it get that information?? I saved a notepad file to it just to test it. No problem. I did the exact same thing on another computer that has a 3 partitions with no errors. Help! Thanks, Gaw Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shygye Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 ... maybe select a folder. E:\MyData Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlton68 Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Hi, you not just created a 'My Documents' folder on e:\ but rather changed the location of the 'My Documents' folder? Not bad. That way your documents won't get deleted when reinstalling the OS on C:\, it has advantages for backups. Good. I guess you changed the folders location when logged in as user A and now can't save to it while logged in as user B. Even if you changed the folder location for both users you can't use the same folder for both. Only guessing of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gawguy Posted February 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 ... maybe select a folder. E:\MyData Okay. Thank you. This is for a Palm Pilot and I created a folder "Palm Data" on E:\ and that worked. It's a mystery why things seem to work one way on one machine and not the same way on another machine.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gawguy Posted February 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 Hi, you not just created a 'My Documents' folder on e:\ but rather changed the location of the 'My Documents' folder? Not bad. That way your documents won't get deleted when reinstalling the OS on C:\, it has advantages for backups. Good. Carlton...You and I go way, way back to when you...uhh..."facilitated" my use of Acronis True Image, which has been the core of computer operations ever since. I do exactly as you described above. First thing when setting up a computer is to make a second and third partition for data files. Then whenever I have I have a problem with C:\ I restore it from an image. Images may be stored on one of the partitions, but they are also ALWAYS backed up on an external hard drive out of harms way. I'm always delighted to have your input. Thank you. You have been an enormous help many times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlton68 Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 Well thanks. I use partitioned drives myself, important data backed up on a second drive and the backups copied to an external drive. Guess I'm a bit anal about backups. Any success with the My documents folder on D:\? I think you have to set up a folder pr user to make it work. Like d:\\My documents and d:\\My documents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamokhamok Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 Good to hear from you Carlton. Nice to know you are still available for technical issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlton68 Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 Hi, yes I still hope someone will send me a ticket so I can fly to LOS and fix his computer problem You're happy with your Seagate Free agent pro? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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