Windows 10: My main drive is locked, neither I or windows can access files in it. Help! [TL;DR at bottom]

Okay, I just woke up, booted my pc up, and it started with an error message saying it can't access some file, and said it may have something to do with my ISP. Wasn't very alarmed as I had Internet problems before, but that one was weird. It said that about a file that seemed to have something to do with the Xbox game services according to the name of it. I then ran a malwarebytes scan, and tried to open Minecraft to pass the time, and ofc Minecraft didn't launch. Malwarebytes said 0 threats, it was in the middle so I thought maybe rebooting would help. Cancelled the scan, and rebooted. Same thing. Tried to look through the Internet for a fix, and couldn't do anything as neither cmd launched (it launched when I tried without admin permissions, but didn't when I try with admin perms), disk management or the disk repair utility launched. I went to the specific drive (I have 3, and if it's really needed I can boot to bliss os (basically an android port for pc)) and right clicked and clicked the malwarebytes "scan folder" option. After that, it said that all (9) of my cracked music production files (a cracked fl studio and some plugins) are a threat, so I quarantined them, rebooted and nothing happened. What do I do?

[TL;DR] didn't do anything that could've affected that, but my main drive is locked and I can't access files (even ones like cmd, or diskpart) and I need help, malwarebytes doesn't seem to help too.

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Microsoft Edge TLS Security

After trying everything (not a lot of steps) listed in the Microsoft Edge support site, I did a wider search and found this very simple youtube video that fixed it immediately:

For those who prefer not to click links the steps are simple:

1. Click in the Cortana search bar next to the Win 10 Start button

2. Type internet options

3. Select internet options (control panel) from the list

4. Click on the advanced tab

5. Scroll down to the security section

6. Make sure the following are all clicked:
Use SSL 3.0
Use TLS 1.0
Use TLS 1.1
Use TLS 1.2

7. Click apply

8. Refresh the page that was giving the error and it should now connect.

Hope this helps, it was a 30 second fix after hours of pounding my head against the error with the Support site suggestions.

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

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?