How to Fix ‘Inaccessible hard drives – “Access is denied” Error and Recover Data
The hard drive is one of the major storage components of a computer system. It stores various kinds of data like text, pictures, audios, videos, etc. Any problem arising in such hard drives could lead to inaccessibility of the data present in it. Such inaccessibility is often supported by various error messages. One of the most common error messages that make the hard drives inaccessible is “Hard Drive is not accessible. Access is denied“.
What is this error?
The error message indicates that there is some problem with the hard drive, which has made the hard drive inaccessible. In the worst case, it could also lead to data loss.
Why do we face it?
The issues mentioned above can be experienced in many different situations as well as different versions of operating systems. The error message indicates that the hard drive has gone corrupt. To get over from the situation, you can follow any of the two solutions mentioned below Automatic and Manual.
Automatically fix this Error
To solve hard drive inaccessibility issues, formatting will be the sure shot way. However, the stored data may be compromised, and you may permanently lose access to it. To avoid losing data, you can use data recovery programs that can recover data from the inaccessible hard drive without altering the file attributes.
Use Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery – Pro to recover files from the inaccessible hard drive or any other storage media with similar issues. You can free download this data recovery software on any latest Windows machine and begin scanning the formatted or erased hard drive for your data.
- In this particular case, you can select specific volume giving you access denied error. Once you select the volume, click on Scan button to initiate scanning process.Here is the video to recover the lost data-
Manual Ways
For Windows 10
If you are running Windows 10 then follow below steps to access your inaccessible drive:
- Right-click on the inaccessible drive.
- Now go to the ‘Properties’ section.
- Select the ‘Security’ and click on the ‘Edit’ button.
- The “Permissions for New Volume (E:)” dialog box appears, as shown in the figure below. Click the ‘Add’ button to continue.
- Add a new user named ‘Authenticated User’ and Click ‘OK’.
- From the permission section, give ‘full control’ to newly added user and click ‘OK’.
- The dialog box will show two options: ‘Continue’ or ‘Cancel’.
- Press Continue… and Cancel at last.
- Now, you are done.
For Windows 7
In the case of Windows 7, you might get that error if you are running HomeGroup and have shared a root drive E:\, and finally, you have left the HomeGroup. This situation would deny you any access to the drive that was shared and would give you the following error message.
F:\ is not accessible. Access is denied.
Resolution
To resolve this issue, go to the Windows Explorer and follow the below mentioned steps.
- Right-click on the inaccessible hard drive.
- Click Properties.
- Go to the Security tab, and then click Advanced.
- Click ‘Edit’ by going to the Owner tab.
- Modify the ownership of the desired account.
Alternatively, you can also try the following option if you are not able to access any file or folder on a Windows 7 drive.
- Right-click on the inaccessible file or folder.
- Click Properties.
- Select the Security tab.
- Click your name Under Group or username. This would show you the permissions you have to access the file and folder.
You can also try the following method
- Change the drive letter for an inaccessible hard drive.
- Run the following command: chkdsk /r I:
- Try to boot into the safe mode and access the HDD.
- Try accessing the HDD in Windows 7 Ultimate and Home Premium.
- You will be able to access the drive, as chkdsk command would have deleted the files that were causing the problem.
Windows Vista
You can also face a similar kind of situation while working with Windows Vista.
Resolution
Like Windows 7, you can also check the permissions of the file or folder in Windows Vista.
- Go to the Properties by right-clicking the file or folder.
- Click the Security tab.
- From usernames or Group, check the permissions you have by clicking your name.
You can also check if the problem is due to an encrypted file or not, by following the below mentioned steps.
- Right-click on the inaccessible hard drive.
- Click Properties.
- Click the General tab-> Advanced.
- See the checkbox encrypt is selected or not.
- If yes, then get the certificate used for encryption to open the file. The encryption certificate lies with the person who creates the file.
You need to have an encryption key or certificates for those Windows edition in which the Encrypting File System (EFS) is not fully supported. For example, Windows Vista Starter, Windows Vista Home Basic, and Windows Vista Home Premium do not support it so that you can follow the below mentioned steps.
- Open the Command Prompt.
- Type Cipher.exe /d on the command prompt to decrypt the file.
- Change the encrypted file.
- Copy the decrypted file on your computer’s hard disk.
- Import keys and EFS certificates.
- Open the Command Prompt.
- Type Cipher.exe /r to back up EFS certificates and keys.
Windows XP
In the case of Windows XP, you might face the “Access is denied” issue if you have used an earlier version of Windows to create a volume based on NTFS file system and then installed Windows XP. A change in the version of the operating system changes the security ID of the user. As the security ID of the person who created the folder was different on an earlier version of the Windows, in spite of the same username and password you do not have the permission to open the folder after you perform the following steps.
- The actual location of the ‘My Documents’ folder has been changed before installing Windows XP professional.
- Install Windows XP Professional, by formatting the primary partition.
Resolution
Turn off the Simple File Sharing option and take ownership of the folder.
- Open ‘My Computer’.
- Go to Tools->Folder->View.
- Go to Advanced Settings and clear the Use simple file sharing checkbox.
- Click OK.
- Right-click the desired folder for ownership and click Properties.
- Click the Security tab.
- Click OK on the Security message if any.
- Click Advanced->Owner tab.
- Click your username in the Name list.
- Click OK.
- In case you get an error message, click ‘Yes’.
- Click OK.
- Reapply the permissions and security settings.
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Thank you. I have resolved my access is denied error on one of my drive . By your method
Glad it helped Mujeeb. Do let me know if you strikes any more hard drive related problems in future.
Sir
i have the same problem but error is different “E is not accessible” “the parameters is incorrect”
pls help
Hello Rishabh,
‘The parameter is incorrect’ error usually happens due to file system corruption & disk errors, corruptions or bad sectors.
If you wish to recover your data, then I recommend to use data recovery software and reformat the hard drive/USB drive.
Please try the demo version of Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery – Professional from the below-mentioned link:
http://download.stellarinfo.com/StellarPhoenixWindowsDataRecovery-Professional.exe?_ga=2.57024425.2014661960.1503463847-914286365.1503463847
After installing the software, please follow the below-mentioned steps to create an image of the drive as your drive contains bad sectors:
1. Run Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery software.
2. From Select What to Recover screen, select the type of data i.e. Everything, Documents, Folders & Emails or Multimedia Files, you want to recover. Click on Next.
3. On Select Location screen, select Recover from Disk Images from Other Locations and click on Scan button.
4. Now select Create Image option and click Next.
5. From Create Image screen, select the drive or partition for which you wish to create an image.
6. To create an image of the entire drive or partition click on Start Imaging.
7. In ‘Create Media Image to Save’ dialog box, locate the destination where image file should be saved. In the File Name text box, type name. Click on Save.
8. Click on Scan to start the recovery process.
Thanks so much. Your explanations helped me to recover my data.
With wich method?
dear sir, i have resolved the problem after trying your methods, until i reboot and then my drives become inaccessible again. hope you can fix this. thank you before.
Dear Pondra,
Can you explain the exact problem you’re facing or what is the exact error message pops out after connecting the problem drive to your computer.
You can follow some pre-troubleshooting steps and see if that helps you out:
1. Try changing the drive letter name.
2. Try changing the USB ports you’re trying to connect. You can also seek another computer and see if the problem drive is accessible or not.
3. Make sure the drive is working i.e. Lights blinking after connecting it to the system, beep sound etc.
Do let me know if any way helps you out.
thanks for the response before, sorry for lacks of detail problem.
important to know that problem occured in internal HDD —with 8 partition (1 for system, page file, boot, active, crash, dump, primary partition, represented by letter C; 4 primary partition, represented by letter D,E,F,G; and 3 logical drive H,I,J)— is not accessible (except drive C: and external HDD) with pop up message exactly like your picture above . i’ve changed drive letter and they were work and recognize but the problem occurs again after booting and then i went to security tab in properties of inaccessible drives and i found there is no users or groups option just message “you don’t have permission to view or edit this object’s permission setting”. i hope these details can help you fix this problem.
Thank you very much.
What about switching ports. I’m afraid that the cable is damaged and would strongly recommend to try new or some other cables you’ve around.
Also, see if the drive is listed as ‘Healthy Partition’ under ‘Disk Management’.
Report your progress once you are done!!
Hi, I’ve got a problem with my hdd in my tower well I think it’s my hdd. I go to turn the power on and it crashes straight away before it even gets to the bios setup please help me
Hi Kieran,
I’m afraid that the drive is dead and couldn’t be accessed. The only chance to survive your data is using data recovery services but it’ll put a huge budget on your pockets. I’d recommend to go for service only if it’s too precious.
Good luck!!
Thanks.. i was facing this problem for a couple of days.. now finally got fix it..
Hi Ali,
Glad to hear that!! You’re also invited to read more helpful posts at our blog
hOW TO SOLVE THE ISSUE IF EXTERNAL HARD DISK IS INACCESSIBLE
Have you even followed the steps described in the article above. I’d request you to go through it and let me know if the problem still occurs.
Waiting for your reply!!
sir
i copied some files from chip to e drive..after sone time..my e drive showed that drive not accessible and need to format it..plz help me out….
Hi Sunny,
Go through the steps mentioned in the article like changing the drive letter, running chkdsk command to check and repair hard disk errors etc. If you cannot able to fix or resolve your issue even after following all the above steps, you can surely ask for more help.
Till then, good luck!!
Abhay Thanks..
Though the folder (not the drive) was locked in Win8.. Win Xp was more easier than Win 8..
I removed my primary HDD from my CPU … connected to a External USB SATA HDD casing.. Connected to my old xp laptop via USB… Followed your instruction…
Folder became accessable… It worked like a melting candy..
Thanks
..
Hi Parthiban,
Windows 8 is considered to be more secured than the predecessors. Have you tried following the same resolution steps in Windows 8 as you’ve did in XP?
I’m glad anyway that the suggestions helped you!!
security tab is not available in properties .. dnt know what to do now any suggestions
Dear Sandeep,
Which version of Windows you’re using. Also, make sure that you are logged in using admin privileges.
Good luck!!
Thanx man your this method was very helpfull
“”You can also try the following method
Change the drive letter for inaccessible hard drive.
Run the following command: chkdsk /r I:
Try to boot into the safe mode and access the HDD.””
Glad it helped Sahil!!
Future suggestions and comments are always welcome.
Thank u very much. The ownership thing worked. I owe u big time . Thanks again.
Dear sir,
i have windows xp in my system but i m not able to access my d drive partition its getting format the partition error. in this case how can i recover my data because data is very important as this is my childhood backup and office work data. please sujest the suitable and easy method to recover my data.
Thanks in Advance.
You can download data recovery software for completely automated recovery procedure. You can download the software from URL below and install on the PCs running any latest version of Windows:
https://www.stellarinfo.com/partition-recovery-software.php
Start scanning after selecting the problem partition. If you can see the desired inaccessible files, only then you’d be able to recover data. Keep in mind that software would cost you around $99 to actually recover files. In free download, you can only see the list of recoverable files and folders.
Good luck!!
Hi my drive atomatically made a root_drive in it how can i acess my files from it or how can i recover my files plzz help
Hi Nitesh,
Please go through the solutions mentioned on above replies and see if that helps.
Don’t hesitate to reply back if your problem still persists.
Good luck!!
Hello, I have faced a problem recently. I use Maxtor 80 GB ATA HDD. Recently I am hearing a tik tik sound every after few minutes from my HDD. when I hear the sound my computer gets hang for five to ten seconds. Than I’m tryied to install Windows 7 64bit onto my pc, but I am having problems. In the setup windows can’t locate my hdd, but the bios is able to see my hard drive. What is the possible solution you suggest?
Thanks in advance
I’d suggest you to take out the problem drive and connect it externally to another working PC. Start copying/moving all your valuable files and purchase a new drive as your old drive have already started failing and keep using the drive will only make the situation worst.
Hope it helps!!
Just installed Windows 10 and my personal drive was inaccessible ¬¬ not sure what happened there.
I was finally able to add my Administrator as the owner and regain access to the drive.
HUGE Thanks for putting this together.
The steps that save me where these:
1. Right-click on the inaccessible file or folder.
2. Click Properties.
3. Select the Security tab.
4. Click your name Under Group or user name. This would show you the permissions you have to access the file and folder.
Hi i went through your blogs regarding the IT support, I have Samsung laptop and for last one week it is given me problem, my laptop hard drive has 2 partition by the name of C and D, whatever iam doing on C drive like to open my computer or documents it is taking too long and the main reason to message you is that it is showing a D drive partition in ‘MY COMPUTER’ but it is not opening, and all my data is saved in D drive, I even tried to installed new windows 7 but still is same, I tried to use option of disk defragmenter but it’s say ‘invalid parameters’ I tried to used bitlocker option but same message I got invalid parameters, I don’t want to lose my data, iam confused that if the problem is with hard drive then why C drive partition is working and D is not, when I right click on D drive for properties it Is taking too long, I will highly appreciate you if you can help me I don’t want to lose my data thanks
Hi Muhammad,
Try cloning or imaging the complete hard drive or partition (D:\ drive in your case) and format the partition from ‘Disk Management’. Perhaps, the partition has damaged or corrupt file system structure and would be not able to function normal anymore.
You can also make use of automatic ways (mentioned at the top of this post) to fix partition inaccessibility errors and recover your important files and folders.
Good luck!!
i am not able to access my hard disk.
it is showing message access is denied
i am using the above mentioned method of security tab but not able to solve the problem
kindly help me out
Hi Mukesh,
Which version of Windows you are using? Did the drive is visible under Disk management and you’ve tried changing the drive letter? I’d advise you to seek automatic way of recovering your files that itself is mentioned on the product page. Once you’ve recovered the desired files and folders, you can go with formatting the drive option.
Hello. I have a WD my passport 0740 external hard drive that is giving me trouble. My hard drive works fine on a 32 bit windows 7 system, but when I plug it into my 64 bit windows 7 system it is recognized, but I get “not accessible access is denied” message. I have tried everything I can think of. I have changed the sharing and ownership tabs, and still no dice. While my new system recognizes the drive, it shows it as empty in the properties, while on the 32 bit windows 7 machine, I have access to everything on the drive. I am hoping you might have some other ideas for me, because it is driving me crazy.
Hi Todd,
Visit to the article below and find your corresponding problem as well as find relevant solution: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2654149
Feel free to share your progress!!
My hard disc is 1tb transcend company when I was using bit locker to lock it had become 50 to 70 perc there was power cut when I restarted my computer it showed some error I neglected after 10 days it is showing not accessible access denied it contain all files of my brothers job please help me
Hi Shreenivas,
Have you tried following steps mentioned in the article? I’d suggest you to try data recovery program after connecting the drive externally to your computer and see if the software detects it as well as allows you to recover data from it.
Good luck!!
my hard disc got corrupted and its not getting recovered as my computer person told me that its media is not responding. pl let me know how can i get my data recovered
Download and install our software, see if the software detecting the problem media. If yes, you’d be able to scan and recover all your valuable files. You can scan and see preview of recoverable files and folders for free, saving is disabled in demo version.
Good luck!!
I really thanks for the advice. It really works!
Hi Sir. Im getting an error after scanning my inaccessible partitioned drive. It says:
Can you please help? I really need the files in that HDD. The IT people I know cannot resolve the problem as well and they had already lost hope in recovering my files
Hi Homer,
Can you please share the error message without modification? In the meantime, you can try the steps mentioned in the article.
Thank you very muck for Resolution step.
My problem solved.
Hi there, I enjoy reading all of your article. I wanted to write a little comment to support you.
Thanks triumph!
Hi, I have 4 GB memory card which holds my memorable videos and pictures but now it is not showing up in my phone. I tried to remove and insert it again in my phone but it shows SD card is damaged then I insert it in my computer but still I am unable to view it. I want my video and pictures back, can you please help me out.
Hi Mark,
Sure I will help you in this. First I would suggest you to check your card reader through which you are inserting your memory card in system. If the card reader is healthy but still SD card is not detected by system then you should go to device manger and click on hidden device.
If still facing problem then download mentioned recovery software and use search lost volume option to discover your invisible drive. Software will detect your memory card and also gives option for data recovery. Just give it shot I am sure your problem will be solved. Thanks!!
Hi, I am Windows 7 user using Seagate Sata 500 GB Desktop Internal Hard Drive and have three partitions in it C, D and E. Drive is in healthy state, I can access all the partition except E. I have tried the above mentioned solutions to make E drive accessible but it didn’t work for me. Now what should I do to make it accessible. Please help!!
Hi Jaison, if the above solutions didn’t helped you then using data recovery software is the only option left for you. Just give it shot, hope it will work for you.
Hello sir,
I have 320 GB hard disk and it is divided in four parts C, D,E,F,G. All of sudden I am not able to access E drive. Please tell me the solution of this problem. I shall be highly obliged to you.
Hello Asif,
Are you getting any specific error message? If yes then please share.
Hi, i don’t know what is reason behind this but I am facing access denied problem while try to access my c drive. I have checked the access permission setting and everything is fine. If anyone knows other methods to solve this issue then please tell me. Thanks in advance!!
Hi Andrw,
If the drive access permission settings are fine then might be the hard drive is affected by virus. I would suggest you to read chkdsk command resolution mentioned above and try it to fix the issue.
tnx
You are welcome!
I had few drives on my hard disk and Windows 7 was installed in C: drive.
After it got corrupted I installed ubuntu for a while but in the process I guess it changed the format of the disk.
As of now my whole hard drive is inaccessible except for few memory know as system memory.
Is there any way to recover the data on other partitions of the drive, what kind of access is required to access the files as in of ext3 or types like in ubuntu or ntfs or fat32 like in Windows.
Thanking you in anticipation,
Hi Vivek,
First of all I would suggest you to not use that hard drive because it will be overwritten, if you use it further. Although might be it is already overwritten because you have installed Ubuntu after hard drive corruption. Nevertheless don’t lose hope and remove that hard drive and connect it as the external one into windows PC and download our free data recovery software. If your data still present in hard drive then our software will definitely recovery it for you. Here find the download link.
Hope it will help you!!
Hello,
sorry for my english 🙂
I purchased the program and i recovered with stellar all JPG files from my HD Samsung SSD 250GB, but I can not open them 🙂
Stellar also works for HD SSD
What can I do?
Thanks for your help
Hi Claudio,
Thanks for choosing our software to recover your lost file!
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery – professional has designed to recover lost or deleted partitions, data, documents, photos. It does not repair any corrupt files, it just recovers all the lost files without any modification from the drive. As you are unable to open jpeg files, you need to buy Stellar Phoenix JPEG repair software that repair corrupt or damaged jpeg/jpg photos.
Hi..am using windows 8 ….offenly am getting access denied error while using D drive. .how can I recover my drive…
SIR I WAS INSTALLED WINDOW 7 IN MY LAPPY…BUT IT CAUSES AN ERROR…BOOTMGR IS MISSING…AGAIN I INSTALLED WINDOW THROUGH PENDRIVE…IT SOLVE THIS ERROR….BHUT I CANT OPEN MY D DRIVE..IT CAUSES AN ERROR “D IS NOT ACCESSED NEED TO FORMAT” EVEN I HAVE NO BACKUP OF D DRIVE..PLS HELP ME SIR TO RESOLVE MY PROBLEM
This is the same issue that i have, i am just told to format my drive by error messages.
Hello, I read your blog daily. Your humoristic style is
awesome, keep up the good work!
Hello Sir,
I have an issue with my hard drive D partition, whenever I try to open the D drive it shows the error message that “do you want to format the drive”. I don’t understand what to do now, have tried check disk command also but no luck. Please help me I don’t want to format my drive.
Hello Kevin,
As per the details you have provided, it seems that your hard drive partition file system got damaged. I suggest you to use the data recovery software tool (http://bit.ly/1Zs7XKn) to recover your lost data . After this, you can easily format that inaccessible partition for reuse.
Sir my hard drive is nt getting opened it comes that the hard drive is externaly alternated bt it’s only on my pc on other pc it works I guess….. And inside my hard drive there is another hard drive wch is shortcut of that
I am a regular reader of your blogs. Few days back, I had faced the same issue mentioned above. Then I remember this post and had easily recovered from the problem…Thanks for the post…
Few days back, when I was using my system, I found the notification – “D:\ is not accessible. Access is denied.” I have lost all my data. I discussed this problem with my friend and he suggest me to use your software and I used it. The software’s astounding features really help me in retrieving my lost data back.
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hello,i am also facing this problem but the error message is little different.i m using windows 10 and tried formatting which didn’t worked as well as the check disk option.
this error message is still showing up.please tell me a remedy of the problem.
.error meesage is
location not available
H:\ not accessible
the disk structure is corrupted and unreadable
The error ‘the disk structure is corrupted and unreadable’ indicates that the file system is corrupted and you are not able to access the data on that particular drive. This is the common warning sign of Imminent failure. You can use the above recommended hard drive recovery software to resolve your issue.
I have this problem with my hard disc partition C.
Can any one help me..?
Problem is same.i.e acess is denied
Hello Bilal,
Well, to resolve this issue, you can try formatting of your system. If doesn’t work for you then try our software to retrieve your data from your inaccessible partition.
As we all know, that hard drives are perplexing. They show different errors, can be failed due to several reasons and blah blah… You have very well explained the concept about the inaccessible hard drive which makes your reader more knowledgeable. Thanks for sharing the post with us…
I have seen various forums and blogs where people are facing an issue of “Hard Drive is not accessible. Access is denied”. So, I recommended them this blog so that they can efficiently resolve their problems related to their hard drive. I am a great fan of your blogs. Thanks for sharing such a useful blog with us.
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Dear sir,
I have loose D, E,F and G drives while using windows 10 on my laptop.It was totally hidden and and there is my resrach related data in that drives.could u plz help me in this regard?
First of all, let me know what exactly happens? What was the last step you have performed before the partitions got deleted? Kindly answers the question, so that, we’ll proceed further towards the solution.
The ‘Access is denied’ issue is one of the major problem which can be faced by any of the Windows User. I have gone through your blog and found that it is quite an informative blog which helps us in resolving the issue of ‘Access is denied’. Thanks for sharing it with us…
Hi,
I have WD 1TB External HDD. It says HDD is not accesible – I tried in command prompt – chkdsk/ f f: ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRNwuoYOEfA ) which apparently worked for many people, but not for me ( xxx segment is unreadable and time left 999:99:00). I also tried to connect my HDD in another computer or switch the USB port. Nothing helped.
Could it be broken cable? Is there any other way to restore the data? I have really important data on my HDD including necessary documents for work etc..
Thanks for any help 🙂
David
Hi David,
Sorry to hear about this. Have you tried our Partition Recovery Software? If not, then try it once and share your feedback. Good Luck!!!
Very Helpful. Thank you
Thanks a lot ,Your Solution worked for me.
I have seen various articles such as Forums, Blogs, etc. where this software has been discussed and recommended. Being a technical guy, I want to explore this data recovery software to test it. I found that this software is not sugar-coated and is quite efficient to retrieve data at its best. Thanks for sharing the software and the blog with us…
My WD External for Mac is inaccessible and not showing up in the Disk Utility. The drive is formatted with HFS+ file system and have over 400 GBs of pictures, videos, music and word documents. With no response I am afraid if the hard drive can be fully recovered. How do I fix my Mac drive which is inaccessible and unresponsive?
Hi Amanda,
Thanks for writing to us!!!
I recommend you scan WD External for Mac with Stellar Phoenix Mac Data Recovery program. The software has RAW Recovery feature that supports data recovery on severely corrupt, inaccessible external hard drives and internal storage devices. With this feature you can recover Photos, Videos, Music, Archives, Documents, Applications, Text, Emails etc. To get technical help on this application, please call our Tech Support department @ 877-778-6087.
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My hard disk works perfectly on every other computer except mine. What do I do?
Hi Samiksha,
May I know that what kind of problem you are facing while connecting it to your system? Is it detecting on your system?
It was really a fantastic blog. The manual ways are very neatly informed in the above post. With the help of these steps, I recovered my data. The quality of the content is appreciated. Thanks!!!
All the data of C drive i have moved in E drive, after that i want format C drive. I have tried many times to format it, but it is not format. I used windows 8.
Give me a solution about that…..
HELPP! My C:\ Drive isnt aloowed me to create new folder or even install stuff in, Ive set my account to owner and my account is an Administrator but no avail, HELPPPPP!
Hi,
Have your tried alternate method; change the drive letter of the inaccessible drive. Hope it will work for you.
Does anyone know the manual fix for Windows 10? I have the same problem “f drive is not accessible. Access is Denied”, and I think it’s a home network configuration problem. I tried to follow Windows 7 directions, but some of the options are different. Please Help!
First of all please check the drive status in disk management. It might be possible the drive has lost his file system and turned into RAW format
Hi, Are This Step Safe???? Did I lose My Data Or not????
1.Right-click on the inaccessible hard drive.
2.Click Properties.
3.Go to the Security tab, and then click Advanced.
4.Click ‘Edit’ by going to the Owner tab.
5.Modify the ownership of the desired account.
Hello Haylee
Yes, all the steps are safe to get/modify the drive ownership
Hi,
Recently I installed new Window and facing problem of Hard Drive Access denied. In my previous window I had on the security for this hard drive just to admin but after installing window hard drive is inaccessible. Please help me..
Hello Usman,
Can you please share which Windows OS you installed?
The manual ways of data recovery from an older version of Windows OS are really helpful. I recovered most of my school times images which were pending since long. Thanks for informative blog
We are regularly working on the common problems of our users and comes up with the smartest and brightest solution.
Hi
Just wanted to say thanks. The section under “Manual Ways – For Windows 10” worked perfectly for me.
Hello John,
Thanks for your encouraging words. Please read other posts also, they are equally beneficial.
Thank you thank you thank you!
I spent hours trawling forums before getting here.
Adding a new user and giving full permissions solved it and gave me access to my HD.
What i do not understand is that that both the System and the Administrator users had full permission already but i wasn’t able to read the drive?
Very odd but this helped me so thank you.
Hello Lee,
Good to know that you are able to access your HD. Sometimes this happens due to OS.
thank you so much, i was toiling over this very issue in windows 10 as i had installed a ssd as my system drive and some how managed to screw up the permissions for my now secondary and tertiary drives and wasn’t finding the right info and was about to give up and resign to the fact that perhaps those drives were corrupt and not recoverable. this worked like a charm!
Hi David,
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if i format my external hard disk,will it fix any error occurred?(i/o error)
Hello,
It is not compulsory, that I/O error is only due to external hard drive issues. Sometimes it was seen due to faulty cables also. Please check all cables are connected correctly.
Hi Sir,
I am using Windows 7 and I followed the steps mentioned previously, until I reached the last step of “Modify the ownership of the desired account.”
I couldn’t understand what should I do and what is required from me, can you please explain this in details for me?
Hello Rawan,
Thanks for reading the post and following it. The last step i.e Modify the ownership of the desired account, is meant to give particular drive access to any user. You can right click on the drive, click security, add permissions to anyone to edit, read or remove the info from the drive.
My Sata-2 800gb WD hd cannot be detected by windows. It has a clicking sound every 3 seconds when power up. Can solve this and retrieve the data?
Hello Kev,
The clicking sound is usually associated with mechanical failures of a hard drive. The best solution is to contact any reliable data recovery expert nearby your location.
During the data recovery process, my drive partition name is changed. Please help. Do I need to worry about my data?
Hello Hannah,
You don’t need to worry. The change in partition name is due to deep scan performed by you. You may found volumes names as std Vol 1, std Vol 2 or similar. Please recover them from these volumes and then later rename to previous name or your desired name.
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Hello Laura,
Thanks for your feedback.
Thank you very much for providing this guide. I managed to recover my files from my external harddisk when it suddenly denied access when I was saving my word doc using your method for Windows 10.
Dear Betty,
We are glad that our software helps you in file recovery.
Please share the software with your friends and colleagues.
Regards
Team Stellar Data Recovery
thankyou so much,this information works on my device.
Hello Rinkesh,
Thanks for sharing the information.
how to access the inaccessable hdd drive in windows8.1
Dear Hemakumar,
We recommend you to try the demo version of Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery – Professional.
Kindly install the software from the below-mentioned link:
http://download.stellarinfo.com/StellarPhoenixWindowsDataRecovery-Professional.exe
After installing the software, please follow the below-mentioned steps to perform the scan on your drive:
1. Run Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery.
2. From Select What to Recover screen, select the type of data i.e. Everything, Documents, Folders & Emails or Multimedia Files, you want to recover.
3. Click Next.
4. On Select Location screen, select Can’t Find Drive from Other Locations
5. Now click on ‘Scan’ button.
6. In the Select Drive section all the hard drives connected to the system are listed with their details. From this section, choose a hard drive you want to scan for lost partitions and click Search. A scan for lost or deleted partitions will be performed in the selected disk or drive.
7. Any ‘lost partition’ detected, will be listed in the Partition Found section.
8. From the list of partitions found, select any desired partition and click Scan to continue with the recovery process.
Note: If you can’t find your desired partition in the Partition Found section, you can choose Deep Scan option to perform a comprehensive scan of the selected drive for deleted or lost partition.
If you found all your old data in the preview section and wish to recover it back, then please purchase the software from the official website.
Regards
Team Stellar Data Recovery
Thank you so much, I’ve fixed my wd external hard with the manual method in windows 10 and it took about 3 minutes to fix 1TB data.
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Hi,
Just need your help ..i got an problem with giving permission before and now i am not accessing a drive E. and in advance button in security .. didnt display the current owner and cannot manage a permission .. i think this is not a hard drive problem ..can you suggest me what can be the solutions ? really need to access the data from E drive as there are my important files ….
Hello,
I would advise you to go to the properties of the E Drive and Click on Security Option. After that please check the ownership rights to access the drive is allowed or not. If not then click on edit and check mark the Full Control Option in “Permission For Authenticated Users”.
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previously, I have used win7 home basic and after it I have installed win xp and stored all my important data in Local Disk drive G/
All drives are accessible now.
But after that I have installed win 7 ultimate. But after installation ofwin7 ultimate when I tried to open drive G/ it shows ‘Access is denied’ as it is mentioned as NTFS.
KINDLY HELP ME TO ACCESS MY ALL DATA IN DRIVE G/
Hello Pal,
The error message indicates that there is some problem with the hard drive, which can be experienced in many different situations as well as different versions of operating systems.
Please try to download the professional stellar phoenix data recovery software on some other working PC. Below are the steps.
Download and install this program and start it from the desktop.
In this particular case, you can select specific volume giving you access denied error. Once you select the volume, click on Scan button to initiate scanning process.
You can see the list of recoverable files and folders once the scanning is finished. Click on the checkbox to select files for recovery.
You can choose a location to save the recovered data.
The selected files will save in just a matter of time to the desired location.
Good day sir, Please i shared my C:drive and when i was done with the purpose of sharing, which was for the clients to access files and folders which i kept in my C:drive on my system which is the server; i tried to “unshare” my C: and denied access on the “SYSTEM” that is usually displayed under the security tab below authenticated users in security tab. Everything happened so fast and since then i cant open my local disk C again. I can’t view group or usernames in security tab. I can’t paste after copying files from my external hard drive, i can’t use my installed scanner on the system. I DOWNLOADED your recovery software using another Laptop PC, after which i tried installing on the affected system but pops up access denied window. Please help me out. I can’t afford to lose my files and folders.
Hello Braim,
Thank you for contacting Stellar Data Recovery.
Kindly download Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Professional from the below-mentioned link:
http://download.stellarinfo.com/StellarPhoenixWindowsDataRecovery-Professional.exe
Please follow the below mentioned steps to perform the scan on the drive:
1. Run Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery.
2. From Select What to Recover screen, select the type of data i.e. Everything, Documents, Folders & Emails or Multimedia Files, you want to recover.
3. Click on Next.
4. On Select Location screen, select Can’t Find Drive from Other Locations.
5. Click on ‘Scan’ button.
6. In the Select Drive section all the hard drives connected to the system are listed with their details. From this section, choose a hard drive you want to scan for lost partitions and click Search. A scan for lost or deleted partitions will be performed in the selected disk or drive.
7. Any ‘lost partition’ detected, will be listed in the Partition Found section
8. From the list of partitions found, select any desired partition and click Scan to continue with the recovery process.
Note: If you can’t find your desired partition in the Partition Found section, you can choose Deep Scan option to perform a comprehensive scan of the selected drive for deleted or lost partition.
Thank you so much for this article. I thought I lost all my files forever. Keep publishing help articles for us non techies! God Bless
Hello RV Mallorca,
Thank you for the feedback.
Hey, I have a hard drive I formatted on accident a while ago. I have, for all intensive purpose, lost all the data on it. A side from plugging it in every once in a while to try a new recovery technique on it, I do not use it and have not placed or deleted any more files from the disk since I formatted it. It is a one TB drive that is about 95% full with maybe 90% of that being video since I am a video production company. As I understand it, the files may still be on the drive, just not readable to an average software. What are the chances for me to recover that with your software?
Hello Mark,
Feel very sorry for your hard drive. But, you don’t need to worry, our wizard software named as Stellar Phoenix photo recovery software capable to recover all your data with its powerful algorithm, I’m very much sure about it. I suggest you to please download the demo version of stellar phoenix photo recovery software (https://www.stellarinfo.com/digital-media-recovery.php) and try to preview the videos.
Hello. I don’t see the security tab under the properties window of my inaccessible drive. But the other drives have the tab. Please help. I’m stuck.
Hello Vic,
Thank you for trusting Stellar Data Recovery.
In order to assist for the query please provide us the below details:
1. Is there any encryption applied in the drive?
2. Is the drive connected to the system via USB cable?
3. Reason for data loss?
4. Screenshot of Disk Management
I have a similar but different mystery. The system is Win7 on a Compaq CQ57. Trying to format a purchased, used Fujitsu MHT2080AH. The denial says Q:\ is not available. Access is Denied. So far all problems are the same.
Unable to set new owner on Local disk (Q:) Access denied.
Tried all three methods without success.
Tried formatting: warning says; You do not have sufficient rights to perform this operation.
I’d like to format and partition this HDD to be boot-able by choice from any of the partitions and have more than one or two operating systems resident
Hello RV,
Thanks for contacting Stellar Data Recovery!
Please take the backup of your data on 258 GB flash drive then you may try to reformat it in FAT32 using command prompt.
If you wish to recover the deleted or lost data then we have data recovery software to recover the files.
Please feel free to get back to us for any further query.
Really this information is very helpful I solved my problem with above method
Hello DD,
Thanks for the feedback
i tried to install windows 10 to my laptop but earlier it was not successful due to mbr file type.then i had to change it in to gpt. i did that by diskpart commands finally ended up with windows 10 and lost all data of laptop.
could you please tell me whether i can recover that data
if so what is the software or method????
Hello Charith,
Thank you for your email.
You may use Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Professional in this case. Please use the “Can’t Find Drive” option to find the previous partition and then can select it to perform the scan.
If you find the files in the partition after scanning it & if the preview is available for the files then the recovery is possible.
Please feel free to reply to this email for any further assistance.
Hi,Facing similar issue with my Transcend Storejet external hard drive, when i connect immediately the message pop up”E;/ access is denied” but surprisingly when i connect to my macbook i can access the drive. Can you please share the solution. I have tried all the above methods.
Hi Ranjith,
Thank you for trusting Stellar Data Recovery.
Kindly let us know the file system of the drive and also confirm whether you are able to access the files from External Hard Drive in Mac OSX or not.
You may email to our Support Team directly on their below email address with the details for the quick solution:
support[@]stellarinfo.com
Your reply is awaited
I like this blog because of so much useful stuff here
Hello Owen,
Many Thanks for the feedback.
I am going to use this software in couple of weeks. I’ll share my feedback later on.
Hello Akrabor,
We are waiting for your feedback.
I really like the software interface. “Select What to Recover” on the main screen is really helpful.
Hello Armonei,
Glad you like the interface.
hi, i have this problem with my external hard drive. it is unaccessible. i tried following the steps but when i got in the security tab there is no edit button like the one shown in the image, only the ‘advanced’ button. what should i do?
Hello Lars,
We would like to inform you that the user account in which you are logged in, does not contain full admin rights. We request you to log in administrator account then you will be able to see the option.
Please reply to us for any further assistance.
Hey there
May I get help with a little pre- action before I got the work..when i recover my disk.. will it just expand every file and folder randomly…or does it put the file in the correct path of folders
Ex..if I had File E :\Setup.exe in game folder Will put it in the right order like this (folder\setup.exe…or all file and folders at random)
I hope I made it clear
Tnx very much hop u reply soon
Hello David,
We would like to inform you that our application can recover the same folder structure. However, you may try the demo version of the application and scan the drive. Once it will complete the scan then it will list the folder structure in the left panel of the application. You may check the folder structure then purchase the application to recover it.
Download Link – http://download.stellarinfo.com/StellarPhoenixWindowsDataRecovery-Professional-B.exe
i did a format to my local disk d . but when i restart my pc my local disk d shows the same error again i.e access denied and location not available
Hi Ajmal,
If any volume or partition show an error of ‘Access denied or location not available’ this could be a case of corruption of the volume. This issue could be rectified using Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery- Professional version software. You need to perform ‘Can’t find drive’ scan in the Stellar software. This scanning option lists out the lost volumes from the internal hard drive. Once the lost volumes are found then you need to individually select a particular volume and start the data recovery scanning over the same.
i had gone in properties ,security tab,advanced and then to owner and then when i press continue it shows can’t acess control please help me…………
Hello Umang,
In cases where the drive is not accessible, we recommend using the Stellar Phoenix Recovery software to create drive images. This happens due to the corruption in the hard drive. Creating an image of the drive and then scanning the image is the most feasible option to check the possibility of data recovery
thank you soooooooooooooo much. it works!
Hi Milad,
Thanks for your kind words.