Windows 10: Hard drive is locked under administrator mode

Hello

Today 18/08 I got a notification telling me that I must restart my computer to repair my hard drives. Trusting it, I restarted it and it started the process. I have one SSD and one HDD. It ended well, apparently nothing was wrong, but now my HDD is completely locked. It's telling me that it needs admin access for every main folder. I can access them, but nothing else can. Some shortcut on the desktop broke and it's also telling me that the trash bin is damaged. Nothing can be accessed by anything excepted me.

It seems like something in the security broke. For every apps I try to open, it asks me if I authorize them to be launched.


I don't really know what happened and how to fix it. I hope someone has solutions.

Thank you

:)

 

Hard drive/ OS issue

a guy suggested :

• shutdown
• unhooked HDD
• restarted
• yay !!
• reconnected HDD
• restarted
• yay !!

also , try method 3
How do I unlock the drive where Windows 10 is installed?

 

Locked hard drive

Hello,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

Please provide some additional information, so that we can assist you better.

1. What happens when you try to run your system in ‘Normal Mode’?
   
2. May I know if your hard disk is locked with ‘Bit Locker’ encryption?
   
3. What is the make and model number of your system?
   

If your system is booting to ‘Safe Mode’ on its own upon every restart, you can follow the steps below to start the system in ‘Normal Mode’.

Steps:

1. Press ‘Windows + R’ simultaneously on your keyboard.
   
2. Type MSCONFIG and then click on Enter button on your keyboard.
   
3. In MSCONFIG, click on the ‘Boot’ tab, uncheck ‘Safe boot’.
   
4. Click on ‘Apply’ and ‘Ok’.
   
5. Restart the computer.
   

Hope it helps.

Let us know if you got the help you needed by clicking ‘Yes or No’.

Harish

Microsoft Community – Moderator

 

Samsung M3 portable hard drive not getting recognised on Windows 10.

Hi,

Thank you for your response with the current status of the issue.

To assist you better, please provide us the below information

• Have you tried to uninstall and reinstall the external hard drive on the computer?
• Are you logged into the Administrator Account while assigning the driver letter to the external hard drive?

I recommend you to follow the steps below to update all the pending Windows updates and also try to reinstall the hard drive driver in the Device Manager. Check if it helps.

Step 1: I suggest you to update all the pending Windows updates in the computer and check if it helps.

1. Click on Start Menu.

2. Then select Settings.

3. Choose Update & security >
Windows Update >Check for updates. Install any available updates and restart your PC if required.

Step 2: I recommend you to uninstall and reinstall the Hard drive as suggested in the previous post. Also you can run Hardware and Device troubleshooter.

Step 3: Then try to boot the computer in safe mode and check if the hard drive is getting recgonized in it or not.

Start your PC in safe mode in Windows 10:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows-10/start-your-pc-in-safe-mode

Please get back to us with an update on issue in connecting External hard drive into Windows 10, we will be happy to help.

Thank you.