access denied on harddrive

Hi


I have installed Windows 8 on a fresh SSD drive and also connected my exsisting extra harddrive which I have previously used together with Windows 7. When I try to access that harddrive I get a "access denied" message even though I'm a administrator, what do I need to do to get access to my hard drive?

Your account is an administrator on your computer. Not the computer that the hard drive was originally used on. The permissions on the drive are set for your other computer, so you need to take ownership and change the permissions.

Following up on Mystere's suggestion, here is a tutorial on taking ownership. Note that the link refers to another related tutorial should you be interested: Take Ownership - Add to Context Menu in Windows 8.

I now tried the reg file that use the "take ownership option" and used that on d:, but it does not help, I still get the same error

The weird thing is that, when I deatach the ssd disk with win 8 and attach the ssd that hold the win 7 I still cannot access the drive, but If I open a command prompt with "run as administrator" I can copy the files from the drive to another external drive.

What could be wrong?

Thinking. Get back to you later if not solved by then.

Right now I've started a copy of all my files and folders from command prompt to another external usb HD so that I at least can access my files, otherwise I would be in huge trouble....

That is super. Looking around for possible solution. Home now.

Here's a starter on fixing.

After a fair amount of searching, I have not found anything that looks decent in terms of your problem.

magmo said:

Right now I've started a copy of all my files and folders from command prompt to another external usb HD so that I at least can access my files, otherwise I would be in huge trouble....

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Beyond what you have done, take a look at this tutorial. I suggest your try the step below from this tutorial--assuming the step applies to an external drive. Try giving full access (F) to everyone.

4. To Allow or Deny Permissions for a Folder or Drive in a Command Prompt
NOTE: This command will set permissions for the folder or drive, and all files and subfolders in the folder or drive.

A) In the elevated command prompt, type the command below and press Enter.

NOTE: Substitute full path of folder or drive with the full path of the folder or drive that you want to set permissons for within quotes.
Substitute user name or group with the name of the user account or group that you want to grant permission to within quotes.
Substitute switch with a switch letter in the table for what permission you would like to set.


icacls "full path of folder or drive" /grant "user name or group":switch /T

magmo said:

Hi


I have installed Windows 8 on a fresh SSD drive and also connected my exsisting extra harddrive which I have previously used together with Windows 7. When I try to access that harddrive I get a "access denied" message even though I'm a administrator, what do I need to do to get access to my hard drive?

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Have you tried this?

Does your new installation of win8 have an account with the same user name and password as what was on the win7 OS?
If not, create one and log into it, then try accessing the files. If you have success, change the permissions of the disk to "everyone" FULL CONTROL.

I have has major issues with that kind of thing when using an account with no password set.

Hi, I have EXACTLY the same problem. I have tried all the methods to "take control" and I have not had any success yet. I too can access the drive using DOS, and I can copy files from it, but in Windows I always get the "Access Denied" message. This message is titled " Location is not available" which suggests to me that it's not about permissions but something else ?? Has anybody had any success or other ideas ??

If you can copy all of your files onto another drive, see if you can just reformat it after that. If that works, it will be a fairly quick fix at least!

Thanks Mike, that's what I plan to do. You're right about it being fairly quick, but it's not without a lot of pain !

Paul99 said:

Thanks Mike, that's what I plan to do. You're right about it being fairly quick, but it's not without a lot of pain !

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I know! Hard drive problems are no fun!! Weird problems like this can be very time consuming and frustrating. I just resolved a frustrating problem with a hard drive on a new HP Envy and all I was doing was trying to add a second drive. Sounds easy? Should have been! After two days I just bought a new drive. The original that came with it is not bad, it just would not work as a second drive. While I do not have the satisfaction of knowing exactly what the problem was, I am now enjoying my new laptop!!

Hey guys, I know I'm bumping a pretty old thread here but I wanted to add something because this is one of the first Google results when searching for "windows 8 + locked hard drive". So, just to help anyone else who Googles this issue, I guess it's relevant.

The Take Ownership option in this thread failed me but I found this article and I was able to access my locked drive that way. I had to add "Everyone", for some reason adding my currently logged in user wasn't doing it. Anyway that fixed it for me.

Sorry if it was wrong to bump this thread :-x

see post #2

"Your account is an administrator on your computer. Not the computer that the hard drive was originally used on. The permissions on the drive are set for your other computer, so you need to take ownership and change the permissions."