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I am aware, but that doesn't mean they need to be a dick about it. If their method didn't work, this is an alternative. That is no excuse for them to try piss someone off with a pointless meme.
Except my method does work. Gain an understanding of how the NTFS filesystem and even the NT kernel works. I was a dick because you had suggested the same damn thing that does not work that others have posted. I know exactly how the take ownership command works as well as standard NTFS permission properties. But again, like I've explained before, if permissions on a file belong to a non-existent user on the system, NTFS fucks up. It is the only filesystem that does this. This is what causes the error. When swapping around drives, especially external ones, permissions for users on one system are set but are not removed once the drive is connected to another system. Due to NTFS retaining these permissions, Windows goes "uh durr, the FS says this user exists so it exists" when it really doesn't. Even creating a user with the same name and assigning permissions to that user does not fix the issue since every NT system user has a UUID (which is displayed instead of the user's name on the permissions window when said user does not exist on the system). This is why take ownership does not work in this scenario.

Sorry for being a dick, but I get sick of people throwing up the same wrong information way after the solution has been posted.
 
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Except my method does work. Gain an understanding of how the NTFS filesystem and even the NT kernel works. I was a dick because you had suggested the same damn thing that does not work that others have posted. I know exactly how the take ownership command works as well as standard NTFS permission properties. But again, like I've explained before, if permissions on a file belong to a non-existent user on the system, NTFS fucks up. It is the only filesystem that does this. This is what causes the error. When swapping around drives, especially external ones, permissions for users on one system are set but are not removed once the drive is connected to another system. Due to NTFS retaining these permissions, Windows goes "uh durr, the FS says this user exists so it exists" when it really doesn't. Even creating a user with the same name and assigning permissions to that user does not fix the issue since every NT system user has a UUID (which is displayed instead of the user's name on the permissions window when said user does not exist on the system). This is why take ownership does not work in this scenario.

Sorry for being a dick, but I get sick of people throwing up the same wrong information way after the solution has been posted.
Okay then. At least I got an apology out of it. Sorry for my ignorance but I didn't read every reply that was made to this thread, I just "jumped to the gun" and gave what has worked best in my experience.

I hadn't encountered the problems that you've had before, but you're obviously more knowledgeable of the filesystem and how Windows manages its permissions.
 

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Guys, guys, relax. No need to fight. There's enough of me to go around. :blush:

The main issue I had was fixed but I just fell asleep and so I think there was some other issue that happened that I don't remember and I might comment on this to get help later but for now I have my HDD plugged into the router so we are good. ^_^
 

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Code:
icacls * /T /Q /C /RESET
Open a Command Prompt, cd to the drive containing your music, and run that (as an administrator). The problem with using NTFS on an external drive is that it stores file permissions for each user that touches it. So when you hook it up to a different computer, the permissions get fubar'd. Running take ownership won't fix this either.are.

Help me please :cry: I can't access my NAND.bin, because I don't have the permission to access it, not even as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM :sad:
 

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Code:
icacls NAND.bin /T /Q /C /RESET
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I mean, I don't really know the exact scenario, so...

I have tried running it as myself, as admin, even as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM, but it still gives me "Permission denied" on running the command :(

The NAND.bin to your computer? The NAND.bin to your 3DS? The NAND.bin to your My Little Pony "bedtime fun toy"? WE NEED DETAILS MAN. :mellow:

It's the virgin 6.3 NAND.bin of my 3DS that the 3DS came with :(
 

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Do you have access to a separate Windows installation or system? Also, which users are listed in the Permissions properties?

Lol, I totally forgot I had a Linux system :P At least it doesn't care about the NTFS permission jail, so I was able to copy the file to my external harddrive, and just executed the icacls command, and now everything works :D Thanks for pointing out the obvious :P
 
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