Fix Hard Drive Access Denied & Local Drive is not Accessible

If your external hard drive says "Access is Denied" and the drive is not accessible then please follow along carefully with these steps to fix this issue with hard disk.
I was plugin and unplugging my external hard drive from my smart TV and Windows 10 PC to watch movies when this happened. I just wanted to share this for those that are not computer savvy or able to troubleshoot problems that can occur while using external and local hard drives.
The hard disk was not showing up. I could not see the storage space available on the disk drive. Some type of connection issue on windows pc but isolated to a harddrive that does not show up on my computer.
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[@BleepingWorld]

If this video did not work for you please comment and I will help you. Edit: Look for "User Name" NOT "System Name". Sorry for any confusion. For those with missing security tab. See this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHykqnSshdJ4npI

[@SiaoMengDang]

Hi . i checked and found out my system manufacturer was asus. but i key in asus and check name. still cant . how can i do ? thanks

[@BleepingWorld]

@@SiaoMengDang Type in your "User Name" and then click Check Name.

[@savagevideos3699]

Security tap not exist ..

[@shadiapavin818]

I tried but not working please help me

[@TheAdmin93]

Hey bro thanks for the tip it worked, but I'm missing quite a large portion of the files that were stored on the drive is there a way to restore them?

[@ChrissyCoozer]

You are a life saver, thought I lost all my content I recorded over the past week due to this error. THANKS

[@supersaiyannerd]

Compared to stupid articles on internet, your video is a life saver, thank you so much friend

[@BleepingWorld]

You make me feel like a million bucks! Thank you for such a kind comment.

[@DeepakSharma-im2sv]

Same here my friend just open my most important data was about to do format it thanks so much

[@stevenjenga7171]

You are life saver. Initially I was skeptical but I am glad I was patient to watch the whole video. Thank you

[@BleepingWorld]

thanks. All part of the job.

[@EvangelinaI]

Thank you so much! Finally it works. This is supposed to be a standard procedure in windows but for some reason was not working for me. Then I found your video and realized I was skipping an important step. Best Regards!

[@BleepingWorld]

wow, delighted to hear that.

[@dilip-z7s]

I watched more than 20+ videos but not work. Your explanation good and it works thank you

[@BleepingWorld]

Very interesting. I had the same trouble when my harddrive wasn't working properly. Which is the exact reason I created the video.

[@BaitBate]

You're the absolute GOAT! I had an issue where when I searched my username, it didn't work, so I had to go into advanced and manually click on it for it to work? Managed it in the end regardless, but I have no idea why I had to do that! Thanks mate, absolute hero.

[@BleepingWorld]

Hi, yes, sometimes the search can be dysfunctional. In that case just do what you did or add the exact username. Thanks for the compliment!

[@woodenfigurines]

F'n hell. Thank you! I went through nearly exactly the same steps from a written tutorial but it wasn't enough. It really needed the extra step of adding the user manually again to the list. Now it works finally. Really, huge-huge thanks!

[@BleepingWorld]

Yea that is a pretty important step. Yw!

[@gram_gaming]

YOU MADE MY WHOLE DAY MAN. I was trying to figure this out without luck until I found your vid. I thought all my files were gone 😭

[@BleepingWorld]

That wonderful. Glad you had a great day!

[@bdabdurrahman1]

Thanks man❤ It's working, love from 🇧🇩

[@BleepingWorld]

Welcome 👍Thanks

[@alexismarie3088]

Thank you so much! Ive spent two hours dealing with this bs. Liked and subbed.

[@BleepingWorld]

Hello, I appreciate that and thank you for watching!

[@atpham4620]

Thank you so much. The steps are very well explained and easy to understand. I was able to access my drive again

[@BleepingWorld]

That's great! Glad this video was able to help you regain the hard drive access.

[@HOSAM.M.D]

Lifesaver indeed. Thank you mate, this worked perfectly, you are a genius. I had to bring a new ex hdd but still cloning old drive didn't fix the issue. Your video did the trick

[@BleepingWorld]

O yea, probably didnt even have access to clone. Glad to see you fixed it though.

[@BleepingWorld]

Great to hear! Yw

[@sharlenehopwood8664]

Life saver!!!! I thought i was going to lose all my data. Thank you so very much.

[@BleepingWorld]

O gosh, You are very welcome

[@DanteDarkKnight-Tbf]

Bro, thanks alot. your solution has been the best so far. Also, i'd appreciate it if you can answer a few of my questions ? 1. Why did this happen all of a sudden ? i never encrypted my hard disk or changed its rights/permissions 2. Is this a permanent solution ? or lets say if in the future i reinstall windows or use my hard disk on another pc, will the same happen ? 3. If yes for the above questions, do I need to format it ? or use that the 'clean' command in diskpart or something else altogether ?

[@FrenzyFardeen]

thank you so much. honestly i was not expecting much but after wasting almost 3 freakin hours on other videos your truly helped me out. thanks man god bless you.

[@BleepingWorld]

I'm built different. Thanks for watching!

[@laptech3767]

wow only your video worked after watching 300 of them. Thank u legend

[@BleepingWorld]

I know exactly how you feel. I watched so many videos too and got so aggravated with everyone's S**t tutorials that I made my own video at the same time as fixing my own hard drive issue.

[@emobxny]

Thank you very much. I crossed my fingers and followed your instructions step by step and thankfully it worked... 👍

[@BleepingWorld]

Bam! That's what I like to hear!

[@ONESIXTHCAVE]

Myf riend you just saved all my data with some simple tweaks. It was hard to begin with because my name was what was put into windows to begin with not manufacturers name but after that plain sailing! Thanks!

[@BleepingWorld]

I appreciate the comment and apologize for saying system name when I meant user name.

[@ankitdoshi90]

Worked for me like a charm! Thank you! :)

[@BleepingWorld]

Great, I'm very pleased to hear that it worked.

[@zachspower]

Thanks man, I thought I had to format it and would lose all my data but then I watched your video and it worked like clock work thanks again man.

[@BleepingWorld]

O yea, scary moment. Glad you did not reformat all your data. lol

[@elgrizo]

I Suggest Trying The "user name" Info From System Information. It's Further Down The List.

[@BleepingWorld]

Yes, that is correct. I also pinned that in the comments I think.

[@jeuzee]

YOU JUST SAVED ME, INDEED U ARE A LIFE SAVER COMPARED TO ARTICLES ON INTERNET❤

[@BleepingWorld]

O, You flatter me. Thanks!

[@davidmoses7776]

I was worried for my data, but you are excellent. Your video is really helpful to recover my drive. Thanks a lot❤. Subscribed for more informations.

[@BleepingWorld]

O wow! that's really great. I'm glad I would help. Thanks for the sub!

[@DanieiColla2]

Thank you so much it did work for me, I had to use the advance view to locate my computer name since it was not recognizing the name of my computer! But thank youuuuu you saved my HHD.

[@BleepingWorld]

You're welcome! So sorry about saying computer name, I meant User name.

[@notyboygifty]

Bro you are a life saver awesome bro after 4 years i can access my hdd again thanks a ton

[@BleepingWorld]

Wow! 4 years? And you just happened to get recommended this video by KZbin?

[@lucachessa617]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!! LIFE SAVER!

[@BleepingWorld]

Thanks! I appreciate your comment.

[@user-le1ny3qk1g]

Legend, thought I'd lost 4tb worth of photos over the last 10 years .......time to get another drive and make a copy

[@BleepingWorld]

Glad to hear you didn't lose your photos! You don't necessarily need a new hard drive. It is a good idea to have duplicates of your data but there is software you can download to tell you if your hard drive is at the end of its life. The issue in this video is not an indicator that your hard drive is bad.

[@user-le1ny3qk1g]

Yea I know, the drive is fine. I use hard disk sentinel to view the drive health. That's how I knew the data was still there. The drives connection has gone very dodgy lately and keeps randomly disconnecting. That's why I want to get a new one.....also, I need more than 4tb at this stage. Thank you

[@shreddRRR]

Thank you Sir. This worked. Could you elaborate how this error could occur, when I could access the drive the day before? What caused the error in the first place?

[@BleepingWorld]

for me, pluging in the HD into my TV did something. Probably remove access rights so that the TV could read the movies.

[@shreddRRR]

@@BleepingWorld Jackpot! That's what I did! Plug into the USB of my TV to watch on it. Problem now is, this work around of yours only works on the changes above on my computer. If I plug into my laptop, I've got to do the whole procedure for that laptop. Then plugging into my wife's laptop, same thing there, on her's.

[@Bobomulo]

Thanks so much. Thought I'd lost all my data and hard disk 🙌🙌

[@BleepingWorld]

I know what you mean. It's a scary feeling. Yw

[@okmaybejustonce]

Thank you so much, I suddenly had this error pop up today on one of my old HDDs containing years of old family photos and other memories. Was worried I'd lose them but this worked perfectly. You are a true lifesaver 🙏

[@BleepingWorld]

O man. That must have been a scary situation!

[@Solomodex]

ty so much, i thought my external hard drive got corrupt or something u saved me 🙏

[@BleepingWorld]

Yea, pretty scary when that happens

[@shaminidinuka9710]

Thank you so much and it was really helpful for me ❤❤

[@BleepingWorld]

Hi, I am happy to help you! Thank you for your kind words.

[@SCHNEIDER2862]

Under system manufacturer is said: HP. I typed in HP and it came back with an error

[@BleepingWorld]

Use Username not Manufacturer

[@amirrastegar4594]

Bro, You're Life Saver, Thank you so much❤

[@BleepingWorld]

Happy to help

[@bobsonrk]

I keep getting stuck on the ownership transfer part, my pc just isn't allowing it to go through :( This just happened out of the blue and now I can't use Steam or any of my programs on my D: drive

[@BleepingWorld]

Did you check the pinned comment?

[@bobsonrk]

@BleepingWorld I did mate, i managed to get permissions sorted for the drive but half of the folders still need me to manually go into them to gain access? and I can't update my drivers anymore despite having space on my main disk

[@bobsonrk]

Nevermind mate, I woke up this morning after leaving it, scanned my drive for errors and it seems to have worked fine! Thanks a bunch mate you've really helped me out :)

[@FaizanRaza-dm5jv]

Huge Thanks Bud, Worked like a charm!

[@BleepingWorld]

Great! Glad to hear it. You're very welcome

[@ssvikramrajan6955]

Excellent explanation... Thank you, sir.

[@BleepingWorld]

So nice of you!

[@gmtkkannan]

Super thanks, and i have one query, how fix this issue in cmd or powershell

[@BleepingWorld]

You sound like you are too advanced for this Hard drive fix tutorial. I mean to start you probably need to open as administrator. Are you trying to preserve data or reformat the HardDrive?

[@youtubegiuhotoinhe]

Thank you so much friend! You saved my data!

[@BleepingWorld]

Glad I could help!

[@martinfllaursen1832]

Fantastic! For a non tech guy like me this was really helpful - Thanks a lot mate :-D

[@BleepingWorld]

Haha, you're welcome!

[@shad3ious]

For me, when I try to click the "change" button within the "Advanced Security Settings List for Local Disk", the menu refreshes and says, "You do not have permission to view or edit this object"... :/

[@BleepingWorld]

Change the hard disk owner first.

[@radmilo7513]

Security tab doesnt exist

[@BleepingWorld]

Is this a work or school computer?

[@dex243]

THANK YOU FOR THIS TUTORIAL!!!! it really helped me! ^_^

[@BleepingWorld]

No problem. Love to help people! Thanks.

[@saivikramyt]

Bro is a life saver 🥺! +1 Sub

[@BleepingWorld]

Thanks for the sub!

[@ficsjazzpoporchestra4361]

Thank you! Very good tutorial!

[@BleepingWorld]

Thanks

[@joaobranco3397]

Wow ! Thanks a lot mate! It really helped

[@BleepingWorld]

Glad to hear it!

[@intolko]

Funcionó perfecto!!! muchas gracias, caballero

[@BleepingWorld]

Wonderful!

[@belalhossaindigitalmarkete422]

this video 100% useful. this method really working.

[@BleepingWorld]

Thank you! And thank you for confirming!

[@Iason4sNikolaou]

Awesome videio but when I right click on properties there is no security tab for me.... :(

[@BleepingWorld]

That's strange. Are you on a work computer?

[@Iason4sNikolaou]

No.@@BleepingWorld

[@BleepingWorld]

@@Iason4sNikolaou What version of windows are you using?

[@irhamir874]

Same with me window 10 pro

[@BleepingWorld]

See this video guys: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHykqnSshdJ4npI

[@layerstechnology]

THis really helps, Thank you!

[@BleepingWorld]

Very glad to hear that. Yw!

[@TsegtsegChow]

Thank you so much, this worked!

[@BleepingWorld]

Awesome sauce!

[@yudhithyaweerasekara6459]

Thanks... worked for me.

[@BleepingWorld]

Awesome! Glad I could help.

[@mileneortizsilva9333]

Thank you! Faith in humanity restored

[@BleepingWorld]

Lol. A bit dramatic. YW

[@2011vortex]

This was very helpful! thanks so much.

[@BleepingWorld]

You're so welcome!

[@muh.faiqriandani4424]

God bless you, this very helpful👍

[@BleepingWorld]

I'm so glad!

[@selamasfaha1904]

When I try to press change for current owner it tells me “can’t open access control editor. Access is denied.” What do I do?

[@BleepingWorld]

Are you on a work supplied computer or network? You need to have administrator rights on the computer.

[@abdussalam1330]

Thank you so much sir ! You are great.

[@BleepingWorld]

So nice of you! Thanks

[@hakankuru4672]

thank you so much m8 this is life saver

[@BleepingWorld]

Haha, saving lives! I like that!

[@dj6ixgreenblood]

Thank you so much the error is solved you are the best.How ever i did not get my data back . the drive is now accesible but it is empty. What should i do

[@BleepingWorld]

You can recover the data with software

[@LaithSalim]

thank you so much

[@BleepingWorld]

Hi. You're welcome!

[@herinachang]

Thanks a lot! It really helps!!

[@BleepingWorld]

You're welcome!

[@muzzaabdullah6051]

no security tab in my disk properties what to do

[@BleepingWorld]

I have a video for that. Please check out --> kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHykqnSshdJ4npI

[@kresienm9031]

Faild to enumerate object in the container. access denied. after trying the steps. Please help. My 2tb HDD was working fine on my windows 10 laptop. I removed and plugged it into my Samsung smart tv but after i removed it from the tv to connect it back to my laptop. it says access denied.

[@BleepingWorld]

Check harddrive health.

[@movieRFP]

hey this totally worked for me. Thank you soooo much! But i have some folders in the drive that are missing. It's a 3TB harddrive. Beforee i had 470GB free space on my drive, now i have about 745GB free. Any guesses as to what that might be all about?

[@BleepingWorld]

Have you tried checking the external drive recycling bin?

[@movieRFP]

@@BleepingWorld So, I had to show hidden files to reveal the rBin. The bin was empty but there was another folder also revealed labeled found.000. All my data or a good chunk was found in this folder. Wow, you sure know your way around computers. You certainly earned a thumb up yesterday and Sub today. Thank you sooo much for your help! 😀

[@BleepingWorld]

@@movieRFP Haha yw, I appreciate that. I would have helped your reveal the bin, but glad you were able to find it! If you ever have any questions on anything, feel free to ask. Thanks!

[@adrianodib]

Thank you very much! Greetings from Brazil

[@BleepingWorld]

Well, Hello Brazil! Glad I could fix your Hard drive access issue. Thanks for watching!

[@rotvarotva]

You are great! Thank you!

[@BleepingWorld]

Happy to help!

[@Yan19908]

Under”select user or group”, I put the computer name LENOVO, it shows the name can’t be found. What should I do?

[@BleepingWorld]

Sorry, I put it in the pinned comment. Start typing your username, not system name

[@thomashails6818]

I can’t get past the name part it says it’s not findable

[@BleepingWorld]

Please check the pinned comment

[@JozTheTiGer]

It worked .. thank you

[@BleepingWorld]

wonderful! glad to hear that!

[@nathanaelvincentius8496]

what if there's no security tab on properties?

[@BleepingWorld]

Are you using a school or work computer? Edit: Try this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHykqnSshdJ4npI

[@lukethis2924]

I still a problem. But first, thank you. My games drive became apparently 'corrupted and inaccessible', this was fixed via a CHKDSK. However, the drive access was denied. Written tutorials on this did not solve my problem but your video did. However, I have other issues: I can only see and access some of the contents on this drive, not all of it. There are games installed that I cannot see the folders to. However, when permissions were being added, it was showing me that it was 'applying' the changes to those directories, so they are definitely there, but I can't see them. Please help. How do I see and access the rest of the contents on this drive?

[@BleepingWorld]

You might need to do the recursive option on the folders with the missing files.

[@lukethis2924]

@@BleepingWorld How to do that?

[@BleepingWorld]

@@lukethis2924 select the drive and look for replace all permissions of subfolders and files

[@marokidstv7207]

thank you man 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@BleepingWorld]

Happy to help with any hard drive issues. Thanks.

[@pankeiknsyrup]

man, you're a lifesaver

[@BleepingWorld]

Great, thank you for the compliment.

[@zayeedirfan7033]

THANK YOU SO MUCH IT WORKED! 😭

[@BleepingWorld]

You're welcome!

[@dineshaurus]

hey man, the issue is resolved. but all the data is not showing on the drive... out of 250 GB, only 43 GB is present. However, in "This PC", the drive shows it has 250 GB data. what to do? please help

[@BleepingWorld]

It means that you are only using 43 GB out of 250 GB.

[@dineshaurus]

@@BleepingWorld no man... it's a 450 GB drive. 250 is used. i told you my files are missing. a lot of files.

[@BleepingWorld]

@@dineshaurus The data is there. They are probably just hidden. What did you plug your hard drive into that caused the issue in the first place?

[@finn5907]

Legend, thank you!

[@BleepingWorld]

Glad it helped!

[@mlw3984]

thank you. It worked for me!

[@BleepingWorld]

Good to hear. Glad I could help!

[@melodylladone7112]

hello, i have a big trouble i follow your steps but the "Security" bottom doesn't show in properties of my hard drive. please help me how to resolve this.

[@BleepingWorld]

Are you on a Work or School laptop?

[@jonadabwirekoampim6318]

@@BleepingWorldmy is personal but the security Tab is not showing

[@BleepingWorld]

See this video to fix it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHykqnSshdJ4npI

[@NmishNono]

Much love brother 🫡🫡

[@BleepingWorld]

Hi, Thanks bro!

[@invictusprat]

Hi, When I click on Properties using above steps, nothing opens up. What should I do in this case?

[@BleepingWorld]

Make sure you are logged into an admin account

[@invictusprat]

@@BleepingWorld Thank you for the response. Yes I'm logged into admin account and still nothing happens.

[@BleepingWorld]

Try this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHykqnSshdJ4npI

[@metroplex29]

dude, DUDE! ur the best!

[@BleepingWorld]

Haha, thanks!

[@tommyromeo1169]

after trying to change the owner to checkra1n (my local account) it said "Unable to set new owner on Removable Disk (F:) Access is denied." how do i fix it

[@BleepingWorld]

Did you check the user access of the account you are currently logged in with?

[@tommyromeo1169]

@@BleepingWorld i was already logged in to the account i was trying to change the owner to

[@BleepingWorld]

@@tommyromeo1169 Yes, only change owner access. Then go back and change permissions.

[@Emke_14]

just wanna say thanks....big respect

[@BleepingWorld]

Very much appreciated

[@Jfrisby]

So It doesn't say security on mine :(

[@BleepingWorld]

What does the hard-drive say? EDIT: please check pinned comment if still having issue.

[@Eskimoashan]

Thank you million times

[@BleepingWorld]

Hah! you are welcome a million and one times!

[@thelostforager]

When I go to change the owner of the drive it says I do not have permission, but I have confirmed on another computer the permissions are not restricted

[@BleepingWorld]

Yes you can!!

[@kataria_]

You are life saver

[@BleepingWorld]

Sweet and crunchy?

[@alext3582]

When I click "Change", It does not allow me to edit. this is what I am getting You do not have permission to view or to edit this object's permission settings. Please help

[@BleepingWorld]

Try changing owner first. Then go back in to the security tab and change the permissions

[@luckiestluckiest2815]

Thank you so much!

[@BleepingWorld]

You're welcome!

[@beetech-p2c]

YOU ARE THE CAPITAL GOAT BRO I LOVE U MAN I TOT I LOST ALL MY FILES

[@BleepingWorld]

I am very happy to hear that you did not!

[@dlrkk5960]

Thank you.

[@BleepingWorld]

You're welcome!

[@Mr_void-]

yo man when i hit change it says you do not have permissions to edit or change

[@BleepingWorld]

Change the owner to your username. Then confirm the change. Once you are the owner, then Change the permissions.

[@shahmajor]

I need help....owner part where it says change will not allow me to change anything

[@BleepingWorld]

Change ownership before permissions

[@androulinsteralalong8186]

Not working for me. It tells "you do not have permission to view or edit this objects permission settings

[@BleepingWorld]

Did you do the security part? I would double check.

[@kaisaleh4665]

Thank you!

[@BleepingWorld]

Hi, you're welcome!

[@SiaoMengDang]

hi . i unable search system manufacturer. how to do ? thanks

[@BleepingWorld]

I named my Login Account "ASUS" which is also my motherboard brand. In this video I tell you to look for your "System Name" which is wrong. Sorry, You are actually looking for "User Name" under that same system information list. You can also find your User Name by locking your computer with keys "Win + L". Then in security, search your Login name or User Name. When it is found add it to your harddrive.

[@emotional-cinnamon-roll-86]

Thanks this video is very helpful 💜

[@BleepingWorld]

I'm very pleased to hear it! I know how frustrating it can be thinking you've lost all your data!

[@darkloot]

i have a big problem, i cant change the current owner in any way T-T

[@BleepingWorld]

Maybe secret service can help you?

[@darkloot]

@@BleepingWorld i did at the end, i had to use command prompt tho haahahah

[@BleepingWorld]

@@darkloot Glad to hear it! Good Luck on your campaign sir.

[@kianabbasian6603]

Bro thank you so much❤

[@BleepingWorld]

Welcome 😊