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i have 2 hard disks in one hard disk i have windows xp and in other i have 2 drives D: and E: In my E: drive one of my folder which ic upto 100GB is not Detected Please give me the solution Soon....

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Brief recap: reports a ~100GB folder on E: that is visible but inaccessible and shows 0 KB. was right to flag permissions as one possibility — however, a folder that reports 0 KB and won’t open can also mean NTFS directory/MFT corruption, hidden/system attributes, or EFS encryption problems. The following diagnostic sequence moves from non‑destructive checks to repair and recovery.

First, look for simple attribute/encryption issues. From a command prompt you can list attributes and clear Hidden/System flags (this only inspects/changes attributes; it does not repair file-system damage):

attrib "E:\FolderName" /s /d
attrib -h -s "E:\FolderName" /s /d

Also check Properties → General → Advanced to see if “Encrypt contents to secure data” is set (encrypted folders without the key will appear unusable).

If attributes and encryption aren’t the cause, create a sector image or copy whatever you can off the drive before trying repairs. Running repairs can make recovery harder if the disk is failing. If you cannot image easily, avoid further writes and try the read-only approaches below.

To detect and fix NTFS directory records or bad sectors, run chkdsk (will attempt fixes):

chkdsk E: /f /r

See Microsoft’s chkdsk reference for details: chkdsk documentation. If chkdsk reports many errors or cannot recover files, try a file-recovery tool such as TestDisk/PhotoRec to list and extract files before destructive fixes: TestDisk / PhotoRec.

If the problem is ownership/ACLs (permission-denied errors), take ownership and reset ACLs. On Windows XP use the folder Properties → Security → Advanced → Owner (or turn off Simple File Sharing to access the Security tab). On Vista+ you can use:

takeown /f "E:\FolderName" /r /d y
icacls "E:\FolderName" /grant "%USERNAME%":F /t

(See Microsoft’s takeown/icacls docs for syntax.)

If these steps don’t restore data, avoid further repairs and consider professional recovery — especially if the drive makes unusual noises or SMART reports errors.

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So you mean you have one hard drive with various partitions. On the partition that holds this folder that you cannot see, are other folders accessible? Did you delete the folder and just need to restore it? What error message do you see when trying to access this folder?

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Thanx for reply.. but I have not deleted the folder the folder is visible but it is not accessible and it shows the size of 0KB.

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Ok, it is also possible that you may not have the correct permissions set on that folder. You may want to access the properties of the parent folder, Security tab, Make sure that the security permissions as correct or modify them, then propogate the permissions to all child folders.

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