How do I delete old cygwin directories on W2K?

[Alexey N. Solofnenko]

I think Linux will not honour Windows permissions, so you can try 
mounting the partition in Linux.

- Alexey.

Don V Black wrote:

> Hi Again -
>
> I have a couple of backup CYGWIN directories on my hard drive
> that I cannot remove even when I logon as "Administrator".
>
> I had a disk crash and was forced to restore the W2K system
> onto a new harddrive.  I used the old drive (120GB) as a data
> disk. The old drive contains the old CYGWIN directories which
> I now cannot delete.
>
> Windows Explorer displays the properties of these directories.
> I cannot change the READ-ONLY status of the "Shorcuts" in
> these directories.
> The 'security' allows read and or execute only, no write, modify
> or delete.  The owner is "S-1-5-21-184423 ... "
>
> I can take ownership of the directories, but not of the 'Shortcut's
> within the directories. I get the message
> "You only have permission to view the current security information on 
> <filename>"
>
> Note that I can only view, not change any security.  It seems that 
> "S-1-5-21-1844 ... "
> is the owner of the 'Shortcuts'.
>
> How do I delete these directories?
>
>  - Kind Regards,
>    Don
>
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