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SofaKng
Asked: 2011-04-29 03:03:29 +0800 CST

Best way to reset all security/ownership for NTFS?

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How can I completely reset the security and ownership for a drive (ie. all subdirectories and files)?

I'm recreating a large RAID array and I'd like to "start fresh" with the absolute default security and permissions for everything.

I believe I need to run:

icacls . /reset /T /Q

EDIT: Also, what other files should I cleanup? (ie. thumbs.db, the system .ntfs folder, etc?)

windows security permissions ntfs

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Format the drive. That guarantees default security descriptors and cleans up everything else, too.

    Update after comment from SofaKng:

    Once you have created a fresh new volume copy everything back from your backup. Remember that permissions are not copied across volumes.

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