External Hard disk lost abilty to open files


  1. artinusa
    Posts : 229
    Windows 7 64 bit
       New #1

    External Hard disk lost abilty to open files


    I wonder if anyone can help I am not sure why but I am not able to delete or even open some files on my larger External drive.. I see them ok I tries (security) to give permissions to the whole drive and waited some time and thought I had given new permissions I am still not able to delete files and open some..any help please
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  3. bigmck
    Posts : 4,751
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32-Bit - Build 7600 SP1
       New #2

    What happens when you try to open them? What are the file extensions on these files?
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  4. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       New #3

    Can you post a picture of disk management and point to this drive.
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  6. CKWD
    Posts : 408
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
       New #4

    Hello artinusa!

    What kind of external hard drive do you have, brand, model, capacity?

    Has something happened last before this problem would occur? Like ejecting it unsafely, suddenly; power surge, virus, interrupted copy-paste process?

    Also, do please provide information about @bigmck and @whs's questions!

    CK_WD
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

 

  Related Discussions
Hi everyone I have a 60gb internal hard drive that had some bad sectors but i have used it for years, for several months it was unplugged from my pc, when i decided to use it again and plugged it to my pc unfortunately i found out that most of my files are lost. I can't see most files and...
Hello , External hard disk WD element is detected . but not able to open . The error massage displaced is H: is not accessible The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error.
inability to search via start also VBS script problem Solved: My last resort on the problem blow was to use a 250gb image of my system made a few months ago..but in frustration and by chance I found an old registry backup from ERUNT for the 30th Dec 2010..I thought oh well all or...
I have built a new pc. I have my OS on a SSD drive(C) and media files on a 500gb Seagate hard disk (D). I have mp3 files backed up on an external hard drive . I coonected this hard drive via USB to my new pc. Opened up the music folder and tried to drag and drop the fiels to drive D.Quite a few...
Something weird is going on..no malware or virus according to ESET and Malwarebytes. Windows 7- I have lost the ability to open 'vanilla' file folders with explorer I have also lost the ability to search in the start box..this was posted but was not resolved although thread show it was....anyone...
Our Sites
Site Links
About Us
Windows 7 Forums is an independent web site and has not been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Microsoft Corporation. "Windows 7" and related materials are trademarks of Microsoft Corp.

 © Designer Media Ltd
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 07:43.
Find Us