To use HBase make a HBase user and application data folder and then set permissions on the folders.
%HADOOP_HOME%\bin\hadoop.cmd dfs -mkdir -p /apps/hbase/data %HADOOP_HOME%\bin\hadoop.cmd dfs -chown hadoop:hadoop /apps/hbase/data %HADOOP_HOME%\bin\hadoop.cmd dfs -chown hadoop:hadoop /apps/hbase/data/.. %HADOOP_HOME%\bin\hadoop.cmd dfs -mkdir -p /user/hbase %HADOOP_HOME%\bin\hadoop.cmd dfs -chown hadoop:hadoop /user/hbase