Windows 10: Can't access files on old C: drive

Recently my old C: drive died on me. Computer randomly restarted during a game then wouldn't boot up. Happened to have a spare SSD and most of my files are stored on other drives so I went ahead and turned that into my new boot drive. I'd been meaning to update to an SSD for a while anyway. While many of the files are disposable, there's still come on my old drive I'd rather recover, namely vacation pictures, all of which were meticulously organized in name and date

The drive, as it happens, shows up on the computer as an H: drive. However, when I try to access it via H:/Users/Owner I get the message "you don't currently have permission to access this folder. Click continue to permanently get access to this folder". When clicked, it appears to be loading only for it to do nothing

Any attempt to go into security and set a new owner leads to the message "the media is write protected"

The data is all still there, I downloaded Disk Drill and it was able to find thousands of files. Whatever went wrong with the drive I believe that everything is still in there and accessible I just lack the knowledge to do so. Any help would be greatly appreciated

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Can use any administation tools or access c drive

Hello,

Are you able to login to Admin account?

If yes, I suggest you to try the above steps from Step 2 and check if you can access files from C drive.

Thank You.

 

c-drive not accessible, access denied

Hi,

To better understand the issue, we'd like to get the following information:

• How are you trying to access (C Drive?
• What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?
• If possible, kindly send us a screenshot of the complete error message you're getting.

Looking forward to your response.

 

Windows 10 c: drive not accessable

I was trying to solve a problem I had with accessing several folders, following the steps on a web site, and

I got a message that the owner of the C; drive was being erased!

Since then I have no access to the c: drive, I keep getting "access denied", "you don't have the proper permissions", "you don't have read permission", and when I finally got into Safe Mode and clicked on C:/properties/security, it said "Owner: Unable to
display current owner".

I've tried more methods than I want to list trying to get ownership of the C: drive and set permissions back where they belong.

Where is the c: drive owner entered? Would I need to RegEdit? If so, please provide step by step because all I know about RegEdit is that it's dangerous to mess with.....

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!

Dave Ahlberg