Windows 10: Cannot access both C: and D: Drives.

Title says it all ladies and gents. Access is denied on both drives. Just upgraded about an hour ago and I've been looking for solutions but cant seem to find any that works for me. I'm only using one account and its a Local(Administrator) account. It would be nice if someone knows how to give full free unhindered access to everything. Since this is my laptop and no one is going to ever use it except for me.

Upgraded from Windows 7 Ultimate.


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Cannot access both C: and D: Drives.

Title says it all. Just upgraded from Win 7 and I've been trying to fix this for 3 hours now. I'm using only one account and its a Local(Administrator) Account. I activated the Main Administrator account and it had access to everything. That's what I want
for my Local account. I've tried everything I can.

In Summary,

-I can't access both C: and D: Drives even though my account has Admin rights.

For the question, How do I grant full access to everything to my local account?

 

Cannot access both C: and D: Drives.

Hello,

Thank you for posting you query on Microsoft Community Forums.

Give permissions to the C and D drive and check.

a. Right click on C: or D: drive and select Properties.

b. Go to the Security tab.

c. Click on Advanced and in Permissions tab, click on
Add.

d. Click on Select a principal and type Everyone
in the box and press Enter.

e. Click on Full control and then press on OK.

f. Then in the C: drive properties, click on Edit.

g. Click on Add and then type Everyone and click on
Full Control.

h. Press okay and close the C drive properties window.

Check if you are able to access C drive.

You may also refer to
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-security/c-is-not-accessible-access-is-denied/2514966c-c4f5-4619-a422-4ebeda5fcb36

Also, refer to this article: "Access Denied" error message when accessing or working with files and folders”
in this link, this would help you to take ownership of the drive.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2623670

(Also holds good for Windows 10)

Let us know if it helps. If the issue persists, please reply, we will be glad to assist you further.

 

Try setting up a new user account with administrative privileges.