How to Fix ‘Inaccessible hard drives – “Access is denied” Error and Recover Data

Manual Ways

For Windows 10

If you are running Windows 10 then follow below steps to access your inaccessible drive:

• Right-click on the inaccessible drive.
• Now go to the ‘Properties’ section.

• Select the ‘Security’ and click on the ‘Edit’ button.

• The “Permissions for New Volume (E:)” dialog box appears, as shown in the figure below. Click the ‘Add’ button to continue.

• Add a new user named ‘Authenticated User’ and Click ‘OK’.
• From the permission section, give ‘full control’ to newly added user and click ‘OK’.
• The dialog box will show two options: ‘Continue’ or ‘Cancel’.
• Press Continue… and Cancel at last.
• Now, you are done.