Access to harddrive is denied

[krentzis]

Hello,

for some reason I am getting Access is denied when trying to access the hard drive (c.

can you please help.

thanks

 

[smarteyeball]

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.

 

[krentzis]

I get that message once I double click the C: drive.

 

[smarteyeball]

That's strange :huh:

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?

 

[krentzis]

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.

 

[smarteyeball]

I'm sorry mate, I really don't know what could be the issue :huh:

 

[krentzis]

thanks for the taking the time to help.

I reinstalled them and it works fine.

 

[Core7]

I had the same problem with mine, it was a virus by my pc

 

[rob8od]

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!!