You plug in your external hard drive, or try to open an old internal drive, and suddenly you hit a wall: “Location is not available. Access Denied.”
Your heart sinks. You know the data is right there, but Windows is locking you out like a bouncer at an exclusive club. hard drive access denied
Start with Step 1 (Take Ownership). If that fails, move to Step 3 (Command Line). Nine times out of ten, you will be back in your folder within five minutes. You plug in your external hard drive, or