Windows 10: unable to access files on ssd

Alright so here's my problem: My pc has a SSD and HDD. Windows was running on the SSD for over 2 years until 2 days ago when I suddenly got a blue screen with a hard disk 3F1 error. I attempted to repair and windows was unable to repair. I disconnected the SSD and loaded windows onto the HDD with an iso file which is what I am using and running windows on at the moment. I now have the SSD reconnected and I would like to retrieve files from it but I am unable to due to "a device which does not exist was specified" errors. I attempted to give myself permission to the drive only to run into the s

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Unable to access Zip folder created by "Steps Recorder" in Windows 10

Thank you for the reply.

I already have "hidden files" checked.

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To clarify :
1) Attempting to open file by clicking on it in the "Recent files" list I get the following:



2) Unable to find file where it is supposed to be located based on the "File location" path:



3) What I get when attempting to look at "Security" tab:

 

Unable to access files, folders and other drivers, error: Working on it

Hi Paul,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community, we appreciate your interest in Windows 10.

As you are unable to access files and folders in Windows Explorer, this issue might be due to corrupted or missing System files.

I suggest you to Run SFC scan and check if you are able to access Files and folders.

System File Checker is a utility in Windows that allows users to scan for corruptions in Windows system files and restore corrupted files.

Follow the below steps:

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  Right click on the Start button, click on
  Command Prompt (Admin).
  
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  Type “sfc /scannow” without the quotes and hit
  Enter.
  
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  After the scan, restart the computer and check for the issue.
  

Hope it helps. Kindly update the status of this issue, we will be happy to help you.

 

Unable to access Zip folder created by "Steps Recorder" in Windows 10

I had concluded as well, the file must not have existed (based on screen-shots below) - so I tried doing a restart of the "File Explorer" - with the goal to get the phantom file to disappear from the "Recent files" list - but it still remained so I used the right-click context menu option "Remove from Quick access" for the phantom file that did the trick. *Wink (I was reluctant to use the "Remove from Quick access" until I assured myself that the file must apparently not exist (regardless of it being listed in the "Recent files" list - which is a bit confusing why this was the case. *Confused )

What led me to conclude the file must not exist was the following:



Doing the above and ignoring the dialog produced the results below



- so since I never moved the file one would have to conclude the file listed in "Recent files" must be a phantom file. I would have assumed that a restart of "File Explorer" would have cleared the file but obviously not.

Many thanks for all the help provided - I'll flag topic as resolved. *Party

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P.S.

Btw, I had tried (while still assuming the file may had existed) enabling this setting (wondered if this might help) - but didn't make any difference....