Windows 10: Suddenly unable to access USB Drive

I have had this USB drive for1 year, it has been formatted and I have been using it daily. Suddenly this morning, I plug it in, click on it to open and it says"

"F.:\is not accessible. Access is denied". I went through all of the processes to check the Security......


"You must have Read permissions to view the properties of this object" I click Advance and I see " F:\\ Unable to display Owner"

I continue the steps to change: Owner/Aministrator/ Owner/ Authenticated users I tried all of these individually,


A message pops up, I don't have "access to read files.....Do you want to change to have full access?"

I click "yes" it processes and says "F:\System Volume Information " " Failed to enumerate objects in the container. Access denied" ....


Not knowing what else to do I click "Ok" it says if I have just taken ownership, close out and reopen to take effect.

As I clocse out, I see that it has changed to F:\\ Owner....

I check the "Effective Access" tab everything is checked, I appear to have access. I close out totally, even reboot the computer.

Go to the USB DRIVE and "

F.:\is not accessible. Access is denied"


I am at a loss. I have other drives that I have checked, their access is open. The only difference I see is that the trouble drive is "F" and the other is "E". No matter where I port it, it is always up as "F".

One person suggested to change that, but I don't know how that is possible and doesn't explain what happened that I am now unable to access this particular drive.

Does anyone have ANY ideas as to what the problem could be? It makes no sense that there should so many steps to change something that was fine yesterday.

:)

 

Unable to access Drives

Hi Suneel,

One of the reasons why you're unable to access your hard disk or an external hard drive is that these drives have been corrupted. For us to provide an accurate resolution, kindly elaborate the issue by answering the questions listed below:

• Are you trying to access external hard drives or just partitioned drives on your PC?
• Were there any changes on your PC before this happened like software or updates installed?

Just to make sure, kindly verify if your hard drive is reflected in your Device Manager. Kindly follow the steps listed below to check it:

• Press the Start button.
• Type Device Manager.
• Under Disk drives, kindly check if there's an error on the hard drive listed.

We'll be waiting for your reply.

 

External Drive "not accessible"

Hi,

Corrupted USB controller is one of the possible reasons why you are unable to access your external hard drive. We suggest that you follow the troubleshooting steps provided in this

link to resolve the issue.

Should you need further assistance, don't hesitate to get back to us.

 

Unable to see info on USB drive

Check if the drive is assigned a drive letter.

Press Windows key + X

Click Disk Management

If you see your drive listed there, but no drive letter, right click it

Click Change Drive Letter and Paths

Click Add

Click Assign the following drive letter

Click in the Drive letter list box

Choose a drive letter - try choosing letters near the end of the alphabet

Click OK

Click OK again

If that does not work...

Press Windows key + X

Click Device Manager

Expand Disk drives

Right click the external drive

Click uninstall

Exit Device Manager, restart then check if its detected.

OR

Step 1. Press Windows key + R to open the Run dialog

Step 2. Type regedit and press Enter

Step 3. Navigate to the following path:

HKEY_LOCAL_Machine > SYSTEM > CurrentControlSet > Services > USB

Step 4. If the USB key does not exist into the list, then create a new key USB under Services. Now create a new DWORD value under the key that you’ve just created

Step 5. Keep the USB key selected and right-click on the blank space at the right pane

Step 6. Select New > DWORD value from the context menu

Step 7.Rename this newly created DWORD value as DisableSelectiveSuspend

Step 8. Right-click on DisableSelectiveSuspend and select Modify

Step 9. Put 1 in Value data field and then click OK

Step 10. Reboot your PC