Windows 10: Accidental change of security settings on D drive

Hello. I accidentally kicked on Deny permissions for my C drive and now I can't access it. Can anyone help me undo my ridiculous mistakeplease?

:)

 

drive security settings in windows10

Hi Adnan,

For us to better assist you with this Drive D security settings issue, kindly answer the following questions:

• Do you get any error messages?
• When did you start experiencing this issue?
• Any troubleshooting steps you've tried so far?

Looking forward to your reply.

 

D drive

Hi,

Based on the details you have provided us, it appears that there might be some corrupted contents on the said partition. We can also consider that this is caused by a virus.

For us to check if a certain virus is hiding your files, kindly follow the steps below:

• Type Command prompt in the search bar.
• Type-in the following command:
  
  attrib -h -r -s /s /d D:\*.*
• Press Enter to execute the command.

If you think that there is nothing important stored in it, then we suggest that you reformat your D drive so that you can use the free space for important files.

You can follow the steps below to start with the process:

• Click on the File Explorer.
• Select This PC.
• Right-click on your D drive, then click on Format.
• Follow the on-screen process to finish formatting the partition.

Let us know how it goes so that we can further assist you.

 

windows 10 internal drive d how to take back ownership of the hardrive?

Hi Steve,

To help you with your concern regarding the internal hard drive, let me suggest you to follow the steps below:

• Open File Explorer
• Right-click on the Drive D:
• Select Properties
• Click Security tab then select Advanced
• Select Change after the Owner: line

Please let us know how it goes for us to assist you further.