Windows 10: How can I access my documents if my G Drive is unavailable?

Hi everyone,When I log in, I get this message:G:\ My Drive is unavailable. If the location is on this PC, make sure the device or drive is connected or the disk is inserted, then try again. I tried installing the G Drive again but to no avail. Any suggestions?

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no access to G drive in windows 10

Hi,

Thank you for posting on Microsoft Community. I understand the inconvenience you faced. I will certainly help you with this.

I appreciate if you could answer few questions to narrow down the issue and to provide you better assistance.

• What exact error message are you receiving when you try to access G drive?
• Is external G drive a SD card or external hard drive?

I suggest you to run the Hardware and Devices
troubleshooter and check if it helps.

• Type troubleshooting in the search bar.
• Select Troubleshooting.
• Select View all on the top left corner.
• Click on Hardware and Devices.
• Follow the on-screen instructions to run the troubleshooter.
• Check if issue persists.

Please post back with the results and the information asked, we will be glad to assist you further.

Thank you.

 

no access to G drive in windows 10

Nov 26, 2015

Hello Kiska,

When you asked about not being able to access your G Drive were your referring to the the path of "G Drive" or an actual external "G-Drive" made by G technology.


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Parth P Patel,

I just upgraded from Windows 7 Pro to Windows 10 pro today.

My external G-Drive (made by G Technology has always worked great with Windows 7 but no longer is accessible with Windows 10.

I plugged the G-Drive into my MS SP3 and it works fine so I know it's not the drive or the cord.

Any suggestions.

Please let me know, I am dead in the water without access to that drive.

Thank you,

Mark Brewster

 

G:\ is unavailable. If the location is on this PC, make sure the device or drive is connected

Hello,

Some context for my issue: I recently changed updated from my old HDD to a new SSD. Instead of cloning (due to size limitations of the SSD), I did a new install of Windows on the SSD. The PC is able to boot properly from the SSD. I want to continue using the HDD as an extra drive to store my files, so I connected it into another SATA port. PC is still able to boot just fine. However, when I try to access the "Users" > [my old user profile] > Documents/Downloads/Pictures/etc. on old HDD (now drive letter as G instead of default C), it gives the error message of G:\users\profile\Documents is unavailable. If the location is on this PC, make sure the device or drive is connected...

I've given access and even changed ownership of the "Users" folder to my new profile and I am pretty sure the drivers for the hard disk is updated. Oddly enough, I am able to access other folders/items in the user folder so it seems like the drive is properly connected. Checking the disk management window also shows that the drive is online with recognizable partitions. I just can't access my old Documents/Downloads/Desktop/Pictures folders.