Member Avatar for eid101

hello .
i'm in a serious trouble , all of my backup partiton is not accessable now .
i have windows 7 64bit and the problem has shown when i formated my pc today, all of my pics and files and everything is lost ! :(
please what can I do ?? it's NTFS and the name of the partition is (: D)
please help :S
thanksss ...

  • 2 Contributors
  • 3 Replies
  • 102 Views
  • 16 Hours Discussion Span
  • Latest Post Latest Post by colweb

Dani AI

Generated

Common causes for "Access Denied" on a data partition after reinstalling Windows are changed ownership/permissions, on-disk encryption (BitLocker or EFS), or file-system damage that leaves the volume as RAW. correctly pointed toward a permissions issue; that is a common and fixable cause. noted the Microsoft forum had the right solution — posting that exact fix here completes the thread for others.

Quick diagnostics (in order): confirm the partition and filesystem in Disk Management or with diskpart so you know whether the volume is still NTFS or has become RAW; if it shows RAW or the partition is missing, stop writing to the disk and use partition-recovery tools. For a healthy NTFS volume, metadata problems can be repaired with chkdsk but imaging the drive first is recommended when data is important. If the volume was encrypted with BitLocker or EFS, access depends on the recovery key or original encryption certificate; without those, files may be unrecoverable.

A safe, non-GUI fix for ownership/permission mismatches is to run an elevated command prompt and use takeown and icacls to reclaim the files, for example:

takeown /F D:\ /R /D Y
icacls D:\ /grant Administrators:F /T /C

See Microsoft documentation for details on TAKEOWN, ICACLS, and CHKDSK. For partition or deleted-file recovery, TestDisk/PhotoRec and tools like Recuva are useful; avoid writing to the affected disk until recovery attempts are planned.

If the data is critical and the above sounds risky, imaging the drive first or using a professional recovery lab is the safest path. Posting the exact steps or commands that resolved this thread on the Microsoft forum will make this thread far more useful for future readers.

Recommended Answers

All 3 Replies

Member Avatar for colweb

Your not alone. "windows 7 access denied" as search in Google gives 1,630,000 results.

But that doesn't help much. What you can try is:

  • start in safe moe
  • open the task manager (ctrl+alt+del)
  • click on New Task
  • click on Browse
  • right click on D and go to security

you can now add yourself and give you the admin right on the D drive.

If that doesn't work, found this trick and has worked for me: share the drive, by right clicking > Properties then sharing the drive like you would other drives. After reboot you should have access to your drive again and be able to use it as normal.

Member Avatar for eid101

thanx man , but i've already solved this problem . i have asked in the microsoft windows 7 forums and they guided me to the right solution .thnx a lot ;)

Member Avatar for colweb

thanx man , but i've already solved this problem . i have asked in the microsoft windows 7 forums and they guided me to the right solution .thnx a lot ;)

Maybe you could post the link to the solution here and mark this thread as solved.

Be a part of the DaniWeb community

We're a friendly, industry-focused community of developers, IT pros, digital marketers, and technology enthusiasts meeting, networking, learning, and sharing knowledge.