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Access to harddrive is denied
Hello,
for some reason I am getting Access is denied when trying to access the hard drive (c:).
can you please help.
thanks
Hello,
for some reason I am getting Access is denied when trying to access the hard drive (c:).
can you please help.
thanks
It depends on where you are trying to access and what you're trying to do. What exactly are you trying to access?
For example, copying/deleting/modifying files in C:\Windows, program Files etc will usually give you a UAC prompt. Deleting/modifying protected system files will give you "acces is Denied"
You could always try taking ownership or giving yourself "permission" to that file/folder.
I get that message once I double click the C: drive.
That's strange
So the entire c:\ drive is inaccessible?
Is this the drive that you have Seven installed to or is Seven on another drive?
Is your account the administrator account?
it is the main and only drive that I have on this PC.
and I login with the only account that created since the beginning of the installation and it is shown as administrator.
thanks for the taking the time to help.
I reinstalled them and it works fine.
I had the same problem with mine, it was a virus by my pc
I have this same problem, and I kind of know what the problem is, however, I still cannot access my D: drive. It is the hard drive where Windows 7 beta is installed. I can dual boot to Windows 7 beta still, and I told it to share my drive, but when I load up Windows 7 Ultimate, I try to double click on the hard drive, and it keeps saying Access Denied. I tried to go to the security tab and allow access, and it says it did it, but I still cannot access it! This happened before when I installed Windows 7 beta and still had XP on dual boot, but this time I can't access the hard drive!!