Secure Access to Removable Drives (Windows NT/2000/XP)

This setting determines whether the ability to access removable drives is available to other users.

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Open your registry and find the key below.

Create a new string value, or modify the existing value, called "AllocateDASD" and set it according to the table below.

• 0 - Administrators only
• 1 - Administrators and power users
• 2 - Administrators and the interactive user

		(Default)	REG_SZ	(value not set)
		AllocateDASD	REG_SZ	1

	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVers...

Related Tweaks

• Secure Access to CD-ROM Drives (Windows NT/2000/XP)
• Secure Access to Floppy Drives (Windows NT/2000/XP)

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Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.