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Unable to access USB external Hard Drive

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trkdesigns Posts 2 Registration date Wednesday December 18, 2013 Status Member Last seen December 18, 2013 - Dec 18, 2013 at 06:28 PM
jack4rall Posts 6428 Registration date Sunday June 6, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen July 16, 2020 - Dec 18, 2013 at 09:04 PM
Windows 7 64Bit OS

I have two 1TB external SATA hard drives in a Thermaltake Docking station. Both drives show up computer folder with correct information. In computer management, it says both drives are healthy and working fine. However when I try to browse one of the drives it says it is not accessible, access denied. I ran chkdsk and it was running and then went away. I am currently running it again. Any other suggestions? the other drive works fine and is accessible.
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jack4rall Posts 6428 Registration date Sunday June 6, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen July 16, 2020
Dec 18, 2013 at 09:04 PM
Hello,

Try this 1

First make sure you have permissions to access that drive.

Click on Start --> In search box, type cmd. When the cmd appears in the

search list, right-click on it and select "Run as administrator".

"Command Prompt" will be opened.

Here I assume your external drive letter as G-Drive

takeown /f g: --> Press Enter.

icacls g: /grant username:f --> Press Enter.

Note : In the above icacls command, replace the word "username" with your

account username and don't forget to change the drive letter g with your external

drive letter.

Good Luck
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