Updated Windows now external Hard drive are saying access denied.

[bonami2]

Anyone know a fix for this? Tried checking access right and all account are full access. And if i try Checking for error it says the same thing access denied.

Edited December 20, 2022 by bonami2

[ENTERPRISE]

Is this denial coming when trying to access the drive as a whole (root directory) or when trying to access data on the drives ?

[bonami2]

2 hours ago, ENTERPRISE said:

Is this denial coming when trying to access the drive as a whole (root directory) or when trying to access data on the drives ?

As a whole. Even error checking says windows acces denied.

 

I think it may be the enclosure it an orico

[J7SC_Orion]

Are you on Windows 11 (or possibly earlier version, depending on settings) ? ...not sure, but might be worth checking that vaunted TPM.

[ENTERPRISE]

3 hours ago, bonami2 said:

As a whole. Even error checking says windows acces denied.

 

I think it may be the enclosure it an orico

I assume the drive works just fine on another PC ? Just to be sure, it's not coming up with an I/O error is it ?

25 minutes ago, J7SC_Orion said:

Are you on Windows 11 (or possibly earlier version, depending on settings) ? ...not sure, but might be worth checking that vaunted TPM.

Worth a check, though I would be surprised as you have to enrol a drive in TPM.

[The Pook]

how are you checking/changing ownership? Windows is dumb, sometimes giving ownership to the drive doesn't give ownership to the partition. 

 

right click on the partition in disk management -> properties -> security -> advanced -> add yourself as the owner there. if you already are, remove yourself and then re-add. 

[bonami2]

Upgraded to windows 11 latest version so maybe i broken something with tpm.

 

I was formating the other drive stopped the formating and rebooted for the win 11 update and the drive was now access denied but the other just worked fine when i redid format.

 

 

Did not try it in another pc yet. Will soon.

 

Going to check for disk management acces right

 

Thank you all

And no worry i got another backup in case.

[bonami2]

Sorry all kinda busy with life will report back when i test those drive.  Removed them from the HDD dock and now need to test them on my desktop.

[schuck6566]

I've had USB's not show up in windows and had to reformat them using third party software.(They show up there for some reason) I use the free version of EaseUS partition manager to format them and rename them. Then I sometimes have to use Windows disk manager to activate them after it can see them.

[bonami2]

7 hours ago, schuck6566 said:

I've had USB's not show up in windows and had to reformat them using third party software.(They show up there for some reason) I use the free version of EaseUS partition manager to format them and rename them. Then I sometimes have to use Windows disk manager to activate them after it can see them.

I may have to do this. They are right next to my keyboard but havent tried to open them on another computer yet.

 

Night shift are killing me but i got 2 days this weekend. Will update on the issue.

[bonami2]

Update tried on another pc and same thing ACCESS DENIED. 

Booted an HIREN BOOT WINDOWS install. And for some reason i can access the hard drive. Most folder are empty for some reason. Got some file on like 20k file showing and working as usual.  No idea what wrong.

Lucky me other backup are fine. Am backing up again. And will try wiping it to see if it work again.

[J7SC_Orion]

8 hours ago, bonami2 said:

Update tried on another pc and same thing ACCESS DENIED. 

Booted an HIREN BOOT WINDOWS install. And for some reason i can access the hard drive. Most folder are empty for some reason. Got some file on like 20k file showing and working as usual.  No idea what wrong.

Lucky me other backup are fine. Am backing up again. And will try wiping it to see if it work again.

 

"Ubuntu" 

[bonami2]

26 minutes ago, J7SC_Orion said:

 

"Ubuntu" 

Got no install around but i could try to make one.  Tried running chdsk but it will take like 2 days

[LordXeb]

Sounds like the file system got damaged somehow. BTW, it likely was still recoverable. R-Studio is an awesome piece of software. 

[bonami2]

5 hours ago, LordXeb said:

Sounds like the file system got damaged somehow. BTW, it likely was still recoverable. R-Studio is an awesome piece of software. 

Will look into this in case it happen again.

Got 3 hdd for backup.

Lucky me i wiped the 8tb expecting to copy the 4tb to it and the 4tb got denied access right after for some reason.

[LordXeb]

12 hours ago, bonami2 said:

Will look into this in case it happen again.

Got 3 hdd for backup.

Lucky me i wiped the 8tb expecting to copy the 4tb to it and the 4tb got denied access right after for some reason.

That is good to hear. Also good on backups!