Windows 10: Since upgrade to 11 I can no longer access the internal disc drive nor an external one. Why...

As per the question. Why not?

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external disc drive

I have an external disc drive which my laptop recognizes once plugged in. However upon selecting the external disc drive (D) and inserting a cd nothing happens and I cannot name the cd in the drive, open it or upload it. It's obvious that I'm missing
something and require technical help. Anyone with a solution or suggestion? Thank you.

 

No longer able to access files on external drive from other devices

Since the recent update I can no longer see folders/files on external drives from other devices on my homegroup.

Specifically, I have two external drives containing movie/video files which I can no longer access.

I can access files on my hard drive.

Any suggestions?

 

Storage devices not accessible (internal, external)

The accessibility of internal and external (usb) storage devices has become blocked in Windows 11 (complete with all latest updates). This concerns an internal Samsung SSD 859 EVO 500GB Drive (SSD) and an internal TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-224DB drive (DVD) and any external usb storage device. Both drives, including external usb storage devices, have always worked properly until now.

In my computer I have five internal storage drives: C: (Samsung SSD 500G, system drive), D: (Harddisk, 2T), E: (Samsung SSD 500G) and F: DVD Drive.

E: and F: have problems. Access to any external usb device is also blocked.

The problems occured after installing the following updates, but I’m not certain that the problems are caused by these updates.

2022-09 .NET 6.0.9 Security Update for x64 Client (KB5017915)

2022-09 Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 3.5, 4.8 and 4.8.1 for Windows 11 for x64 (KB5017497)

It is not certain that the problems are caused by these updates.

I use an account with administrator rights.

With the internal SSD drive and any external usb storage device I get the message:

x:\ is not accessible. Access is denied.

And with de DVD drive I have one of the following messages:

x:\ is not accessible. Access is denied.

Or

You do not have sufficients rights to perform this operation

Changing security settings using (right click)-Properties-Security-Advanced-Change etc. has no effect whatsoever.

However, when I use Device Manager and disable the SSD drive an uninstall the DVD device, the uninstalled DVD drive works properly after restart (and automatic reinstall). This trick only works this way and not the other way around.

Striking detail is that if the DVD drive is not accessible, Eplorer shows the drive as “CD drive” and if it is accessible, as “DVD RW drive”.