First, take ownership of the drive:
Nothing is more frustrating than clicking on your external hard drive, USB flash drive, or even an internal partition, only to be met with this dreaded popup:
, the drive may be physically failing. Check if the drive shows up in Disk Management (Right-click Start > Disk Management). If it says "No Media" or "Unallocated," the hardware is likely dead, and you need data recovery software.
takeown /f E:\ /r /d y Second, grant your admin account full control:
First, take ownership of the drive:
Nothing is more frustrating than clicking on your external hard drive, USB flash drive, or even an internal partition, only to be met with this dreaded popup:
, the drive may be physically failing. Check if the drive shows up in Disk Management (Right-click Start > Disk Management). If it says "No Media" or "Unallocated," the hardware is likely dead, and you need data recovery software.
takeown /f E:\ /r /d y Second, grant your admin account full control: