Windows 10: Locked D drive

Alright. Here's the problem ladies and gentlemen:

-My computer crashed and I did a full restore. During the full restore, windows failed to load.

-During the process, I accidentally wiped my back up from the command prompt (which I'm doing a recovery on right now)

-After finally getting windows installed (a different version. Insider vs regular) so that I can further fix the problem, my other backup on the D drive is inaccessible due to permissions.

Steps taken:

-Tried changing permissions in properties, access denied

-Tried changing permissions from admin control prompt, access denied.



I don't know what else to do besides possibly reformatting and recovering (1tb)

I wiped the external (because I wasn't paying enough attention) from the command prompt and it won't even recognize the external by its name, just drive X.

This has been a headache and I'm no computer expert. Just trying to fix my laptop so I can recover some extremely important files and get back to school work.

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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.

 

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?

 

Cannot access D drive since upgrading to Windows 10.

Hello Judy,



Thank you for replying quickly with the status of the issue.



Please reply to few more questions:

• 
  Is the D: drive located on the same hard disk or on different hard disk?
  
• 
  Did you have any important data saved on the
  D: drive?
  

If the D: is saved on another hard disk and you are unable to access it, I suggest you to format the drive completely and check if the issue is resolved.



To format the hard disk, follow the steps below:

• 
  Press Windows logo + X keys on the keyboard and select
  Disk management option.
  
• 
  Right click on the D: drive and select
  Format option.
  
• 
  Wait for the formatting to complete and check if the changes are effective.
  

Write to us with the status of the issue for further assistance. Your reply is most important for us to ensure we assist you accordingly.



Thank you.