Windows 10: Unable to access windows folder post crash

My windows crashed just in between of a regular session. I am unable to boot after that. Neither repair, nor restore nor reset keeping files, nothing is working. I removed the harddisk and put it in a case to take backup as an external harddisk but its not letting me access the Users or Windows folder. Can someone expert please guide how can I take a backup post which I can do a complete formatting and restart afresh! Thanks in advance.

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Quick Access not searching Pictures folder

Summary, that last suggestion didn't work.

• I moved the pictures to another folder temporarily.

• Then I tried to remove the Pictures folder with option one at Add or Remove Folders from This PC in Windows 10 | Windows 10 Tutorials. Even after rebooting, the Pictures folder remained.
• So I tried using option two. Same thing: reboot >> Pictures folder still there.

• Since there were no troubleshooting steps for this scenario, just for the heck of it, I ran through the restore steps. Copied some pictures into the Pictures folder, ran a Quick Access search and initial problem remains: Searching all of QA doesn't find any files in Pictures folder, running search on just the Pictures folder does. I want to run a global search and find matching files in any/all of the Documents, Music, Videos, and Pictures folders.

That article dates from 2015 and I'm guessing is out of date. I hope it didn't create potential future problems in my registry.

Bottom line: I'm still looking for a fix.

 

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.

 

Windows 10 Folder/Disk security Access Crashes

Hi,

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

I apologize for the inconvenience caused to you with providing access to the file and folders as the system crashes, we will help you to resolve this issue.

First I suggest you to update the drivers for USB ports on your device.

Step 1: Uninstall and reinstall the USB driver for the computer and check if the issue persists.

Follow the steps:

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  Press Windows and X together and select
  Device Manager.
  
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  Locate the Universal Serial Bus Controller and expand the driver icon.
  
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  Right Click on all the USB driver icon and select
  Uninstall.
  
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  Restart the computer. After restarting the computer, USB driver will automatically be installed.
  

Step 2: As you are connecting external hard drive to your computer, drive has to be detected by computer. Hence I suggest you to update the BIOS drivers from the manufacturer's website.

Refer:
http://support.toshiba.com/drivers

Now, try to connect the external disc to your computer and check if it is recognized.

Later, try to change the access settings and note the time if the system crashes.

If the issue persists, please make a record of this issue from the Event Viewer and send us the report of this issue, we will help you to resolve this.

Hope it helps. Kindly get back to us with required information, we will be happy to help you.