Access denied to drive after switching SATA ports

Steve06

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Hi,
I have 3 disks in my computer, of which 2 are SSDs.

I swapped the SATA ports between one SSD and the HDD so as to give the SSD a SATA port with maximum 6gb/s transfer speed, and now the access to the HDD is denied. The drive letters are correct, as they should be.

The user (myself, admin) did not change.

What can be done about it? I already tried to check the ownership of the drive and says STEVECOMPUTER/Administrators, which looks good, as my user account is an admin. Still, I have no access.

Would be thankful for any help on taking ownership back of the drive properly. I do not understand how it got lost in the first place.

Thanks
Steve
 

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Was the system set up with the drives arranged the other way? Try using a different SATA port for the HDD.

When the system was set up, it got used to having the drives the way they were. If you switch them back, do you get permission again? I would try that before anything else-Plug it back in the original way, and see if it gives you your permissions back.

Otherwise you may have to try an In-Place Install or totally re-install Windows.
 

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Thanks for joining in! I had hoped not having to resort to any of the solutions you mentioned. It is just a secondary hard drive. Can't we just take ownership back in a brute force way? I ws hoping for concrete suggestions along those lines.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom-built silent Mini-ITX workhorse
    CPU
    Intel Core i7-3770, 4x 3.40GHz
    Motherboard
    ASRock Z77E-ITX
    Memory
    2x8GB GeIL Black Dragon PC3-12800U
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD 4000 (integrated)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Eizo
    Hard Drives
    Intel SSD 530 240GB, Intel SSD 520 120GB, WD 1TB
    Mouse
    Lenovo Trackpoint Mouse
    Browser
    Firefox, Chrome
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
Well, I'd try to find out the reason why that happened. I add HDDs and SDD's to my system all the time and they always allow me to access whatever is on them. But this is simply a switch in positions, so it doesn't make sense. Was there any kind of Bitlocker active on the drive? That might account for it. If it contains Windows backup files, it may happen too. What kind of stuff do you have stored on your drive?

When you have bunches of nested folders, you have to apply the permissions to each folder, I've never been able to set the permission on the whole drive. Can you get access to the files at all? Start with the first file you can't access, right click on the folder in Explorer and go into Properties/Security and set the owner to "User" and add the permissions in Auditing, then add the Users to the list of allowed users or groups, and given Users full access. Then do the same thing for each Subfolder.

Just try it with one of the folders you can't get into and let me know what happens. You have to turn off the 'Sharing Wizard" in Folder->View options in order to get the Security properties to show up.

Honestly, I've taken drives from other systems and sometimes I have had some folders locked, but never on a system that the drive was already on in the first place. Your system is acting like the folders and files were moved in there under a different OS.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro with Media Center/Windows 7
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus M2N-MX SE Plus § DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2300 MHz (11.5 x 200) 4400+ § Corsair Value Select
    CPU
    AMD 4400+/4200+
    Motherboard
    Asus M2N-MX SE Plus/Asus A8M2N-LA (NodusM)
    Memory
    2 GB/3GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce 8400 GS/GeForce 210
    Sound Card
    nVIDIA GT218 - High Definition Audio Controller
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Hitachi 40" LCD HDTV
    Screen Resolution
    "1842 x 1036"
    Hard Drives
    WDC WD50 00AAKS-007AA SCSI Disk Device
    ST1000DL 002-9TT153 SCSI Disk Device
    WDC WD3200AAJB-00J3A0 ATA Device
    WDC WD32 WD-WCAPZ2942630 USB Device
    WD My Book 1140 USB Device
    PSU
    Works 550w
    Case
    MSI "M-Box"
    Cooling
    Water Cooled
    Keyboard
    Dell Keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Intellimouse
    Internet Speed
    Cable Medium Speed
    Browser
    Chrome/IE 10
    Antivirus
    Eset NOD32 6.x/Win Defend
    Other Info
    Recently lost my Windows 8 on my main PC, had to go back to Windows 7.
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