Denied — Hard Disk Access

This is not a "drive not formatted" error. Do not format your drive when you see "Access Denied."

Below is a complete breakdown of why this happens and how to fix it. hard disk access denied

If you see :

Technically, this is a . It rarely means the physical hard drive is broken (though that is possible). Instead, it means the link between the file system and the user account has been severed. This is not a "drive not formatted" error

If the above steps don't resolve the issue, try: try: In 90% of cases

In 90% of cases, takeown and icacls will solve the problem without data loss. Do not format. Do not re-partition. Just fix the permissions.