Vista Administrator has "access denied" to 2nd hard drive?

Well trying to secure some files on a 2nd drive (D drive). I had set
it up to block access to everyone but me (the administrator). Now even
while logged on as the administrator I can't access the files on the
drive. I get a message " D:\ is not accessible", "Access is
denied"?????? What is up with that? So I tried to do a system restore
but without getting into pointless details on that, it didn't work. So
Trying to change the D drive security settings back to default I go
into Properties, Security, advanced, everything appears to look good
as the administrator is set to have "full control" of the drive. I
tried a few other logical options on there but nothing has
changed.Administrator is still denied access. So now that logic
doesn't work, what now?

On Feb 24, 3:46 pm, markymark7...@gmail.com wrote:
> Well trying to secure some files on a 2nd drive (D drive). I had set
> it up to block access to everyone but me (the administrator). Now even
> while logged on as the administrator I can't access the files on the
> drive. I get a message " D:\ is not accessible", "Access is
> denied"?????? What is up with that? So I tried to do a system restore
> but without getting into pointless details on that, it didn't work. So
> Trying to change the D drive security settings back to default I go
> into Properties, Security, advanced, everything appears to look good
> as the administrator is set to have "full control" of the drive. I
> tried a few other logical options on there but nothing has
> changed.Administrator is still denied access. So now that logic
> doesn't work, what now?

Update...I tried logging in as God but thats still doesn't give me the
authority to change anything.

I'm having the exact same problem. Did you find a solution???

"MC360" wrote:

> On Feb 24, 3:46 pm, markymark7...@gmail.com wrote:
> > Well trying to secure some files on a 2nd drive (D drive). I had set
> > it up to block access to everyone but me (the administrator). Now even
> > while logged on as the administrator I can't access the files on the
> > drive. I get a message " D:\ is not accessible", "Access is
> > denied"?????? What is up with that? So I tried to do a system restore
> > but without getting into pointless details on that, it didn't work. So
> > Trying to change the D drive security settings back to default I go
> > into Properties, Security, advanced, everything appears to look good
> > as the administrator is set to have "full control" of the drive. I
> > tried a few other logical options on there but nothing has
> > changed.Administrator is still denied access. So now that logic
> > doesn't work, what now?
>
> Update...I tried logging in as God but thats still doesn't give me the
> authority to change anything.
>

I have a similar problem with Windows/XP.

If I select 'My Computer' and double click the second hard drive I get
"Access Denied". I can't find the blocker. No problem with the first hard
drive.

However, if I select 'Start', 'Run' and 'Browse', I can browse the drive
easily. Also, no problem if I access from an application such as Word or if I
access from the network.

On Mar 5, 8:16 pm, TCT <T...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I'm having the exact same problem. Did you find a solution???
>
> "MC360" wrote:
> > On Feb 24, 3:46 pm, markymark7...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > Well trying to secure some files on a 2nd drive (D drive). I had set
> > > it up to block access to everyone but me (the administrator). Now even
> > > while logged on as the administrator I can't access the files on the
> > > drive. I get a message " D:\ is not accessible", "Access is
> > > denied"?????? What is up with that? So I tried to do a system restore
> > > but without getting into pointless details on that, it didn't work. So
> > > Trying to change the D drive security settings back to default I go
> > > into Properties, Security, advanced, everything appears to look good
> > > as the administrator is set to have "full control" of the drive. I
> > > tried a few other logical options on there but nothing has
> > > changed.Administrator is still denied access. So now that logic
> > > doesn't work, what now?
>
> > Update...I tried logging in as God but thats still doesn't give me the
> > authority to change anything.

Well......I have restored access to "D drive". The solution......no
clue. I haven't done anything I didn't try before. Actually I had
given up on it for a while but decided one day to see if more
repetitive tinkering would end in the same failure as before...this
time it WORKED!!!!! Why it worked this time and not the 20 previouse
attempts I can not say. For something that should be pretty straight
fwd & logical...my gut feeling is that its a Vista issue. Perhaps one
of the recent updates solved the problem? conclusion....No clue.

On Mar 10, 11:31 pm, MC360 <markymark7...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 5, 8:16 pm, TCT <T...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I'm having the exact same problem. Did you find a solution???
>
> > "MC360" wrote:
> > > On Feb 24, 3:46 pm, markymark7...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > > Well trying to secure some files on a 2nd drive (D drive). I had set
> > > > it up to block access to everyone but me (the administrator). Now even
> > > > while logged on as the administrator I can't access the files on the
> > > > drive. I get a message " D:\ is not accessible", "Access is
> > > > denied"?????? What is up with that? So I tried to do a system restore
> > > > but without getting into pointless details on that, it didn't work. So
> > > > Trying to change the D drive security settings back to default I go
> > > > into Properties, Security, advanced, everything appears to look good
> > > > as the administrator is set to have "full control" of the drive. I
> > > > tried a few other logical options on there but nothing has
> > > > changed.Administrator is still denied access. So now that logic
> > > > doesn't work, what now?
>
> > > Update...I tried logging in as God but thats still doesn't give me the
> > > authority to change anything.
>
> Well......I have restored access to "D drive". The solution......no
> clue. I haven't done anything I didn't try before. Actually I had
> given up on it for a while but decided one day to see if more
> repetitive tinkering would end in the same failure as before...this
> time it WORKED!!!!! Why it worked this time and not the 20 previouse
> attempts I can not say. For something that should be pretty straight
> fwd & logical...my gut feeling is that its a Vista issue. Perhaps one
> of the recent updates solved the problem? conclusion....No clue.

Oh...as I play this Vista game once more....I am now once again denied
access to drive D, which I had full access to for the last 4 days now,
including this morning. So back to more pointless tinkering and
waisting my time with Vista issues since they wont just fix
themselves...do they?

On Mar 5, 8:16 pm, TCT <T...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I'm having the exact same problem. Did you find a solution???
>
> "MC360" wrote:
> > On Feb 24, 3:46 pm, markymark7...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > Well trying to secure some files on a 2nddrive(Ddrive). I had set
> > > it up to blockaccessto everyone but me (the administrator). Now even
> > > while logged on as the administrator I can'taccessthe files on the
> > >drive. I get a message "D:\ is not accessible", "Accessis
> > > denied"?????? What is up with that? So I tried to do a system restore
> > > but without getting into pointless details on that, it didn't work. So
> > > Trying to change theDdrivesecurity settings back to default I go
> > > into Properties, Security, advanced, everything appears to look good
> > > as the administrator is set to have "full control" of thedrive. I
> > > tried a few other logical options on there but nothing has
> > > changed.Administrator is still deniedaccess. So now that logic
> > > doesn't work, what now?
>
> > Update...I tried logging in as God but thats still doesn't give me the
> > authority to change anything.


Well...I found a solution to the problem. Disable the User Account
Control (UAC) feature.See the attached link for details. Not the
perfect fix but its a start.
http://www.petri.co.il/disable_uac_in_windows_vista.htm

[help123]

Hey Man

I am not sure exactly what you did , but I went into properties of accounts and in security tab I make changes in the access to drive then when I logged back it said to me Access Denied on c drive even though I was administrator.

Now what I did was , I restarted my windows went into safe mode i.e by pressing F8 key before windows normal startup screen appears then I run (run command from start) on run I typed regedit then went to EDIT menu top next to File menu then in permissions I add one user (in my case I had guest user already on so I put that user and give all access to that user) after that I run win vista in normal mode and went to guest account and right click on C drive which said Access Denied then in properties , then security and then finally clicked on Authenticated Users and click edit to make changes and allow all the features then it said me access denied or can't do it I continue to press (continue comand) as many times it came then finally I logged into my original administrator account and got access to my drive and every thing was back to normal.

I hope it will work for u too I was too frustrated but thank to God it worked.

I finally just turned of UAC. I could not even delete my own favorite
folders I had made myself or organize them.

"help123" wrote:

>
> Hey Man
>
> I am not sure exactly what you did , but I went into properties of
> accounts and in security tab I make changes in the access to drive then
> when I logged back it said to me Access Denied on c drive even though I
> was administrator.
>
> Now what I did was , I restarted my windows went into safe mode i.e by
> pressing F8 key before windows normal startup screen appears then I run
> (run command from start) on run I typed regedit then went to EDIT menu
> top next to File menu then in permissions I add one user (in my case I
> had guest user already on so I put that user and give all access to that
> user) after that I run win vista in normal mode and went to guest
> account and right click on C drive which said Access Denied then in
> properties , then security and then finally clicked on Authenticated
> Users and click edit to make changes and allow all the features then it
> said me access denied or can't do it I continue to press (continue
> comand) as many times it came then finally I logged into my original
> administrator account and got access to my drive and every thing was
> back to normal.
>
> I hope it will work for u too I was too frustrated but thank to God it
> worked.
>
>
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[avares]

You have to give "yourself" permission to see the second hard drive, :)
Do the following, I just copied and pasted from the link
http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2204/...p_system_file/

First you will need to access an elevated command prompt, to do this:

1. Click the Start button.

2. Click All Programs.

3. Go into Accessories.

4. Right-click on Command Prompt.

5. Select Run as administrator.

6. When the UAC Prompt appears, click Continue.

Once you have your elevated command prompt, follow these steps:

For our example, we are going to use the Bubbles screensaver file (Bubbles.scr)

1. At the command prompt, input takeown /f filepath (takeown /f d:).

2. Press Enter on the keyboard.

3. A message will be displayed that this completed successfully.

4. Now input icacls filepath /grant yourusername:f (icacls d: /grant avares:f).

5. A message will be displayed that this completed successfully.

You will now be able to modify or replace the file. When you are done, simply remove the permissions to keep the file secure.