D: not accessible but shows up in device manager???

brookes18 · 19 Nov 2012 at 20:22

Ello everyone!

I'm having a bit of trouble after installing windows 8.

My back up drive isn't accessible.

I've taken some screenshots so you can see everything

From My Computer:

brookes18 · 19 Nov 2012 at 20:22

Continued...

From Device Manager:

It shows that there is data on the HDD in device manager but its saying there is nothing when looking in properties from My Computer.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Tom

rpstewart · 19 Nov 2012 at 20:39

Looks like a permissions issue. If you go into the Security tab on the properties window shown in the bottom screenshot you should be able to take ownership of the drive contents.

brookes18 · 19 Nov 2012 at 20:49

rpstewart said:
Looks like a permissions issue. If you go into the Security tab on the properties window shown in the bottom screenshot you should be able to take ownership of the drive contents.

Thanks for the reply!

I have ownership of the drive.

Also looking in Computer Management its showing the drive as healthy.

wazza300 · 19 Nov 2012 at 21:14

Create another user account and see if you can access that drive then,you can always delete the user account afterwards

brookes18 · 19 Nov 2012 at 21:39

wazza300 said:
Create another user account and see if you can access that drive then,you can always delete the user account afterwards

Cannot access it in another account.

Thanks for the reply as well

d_brennen · 19 Nov 2012 at 21:51

Could try adding "Everyone" to the list of permissions with read privilege. Looks like an issue with the drive itself though

wazza300 · 19 Nov 2012 at 22:24

Tried it on a different SATA port? Could be driver issue with win8?

brookes18 · 20 Nov 2012 at 23:25

d_brennen said:
Could try adding "Everyone" to the list of permissions with read privilege. Looks like an issue with the drive itself though

IT WORKED!

Thank you everyone for your input.