External Hard Drive Not Accessible Windows 10

Access is denied error message it is because you don t have the privilege of accessing your disk.

External hard drive not accessible windows 10.

On the command prompt window type chkdsk f n where the n is the drive letter of the partition you can t access. Usually when your external or internal hard drive shows the drive is not accessible. Click the next button. When that has finished unplug the usb cable.

Access is denied error it suggests that you don t have the privilege of accessing to the disk partition. Solve hard drive inaccessibility issues by formatting. On the desktop click start type command prompt right click the command prompt at the list select run as administrator. Wait a minute then plug the usb cable back in.

To fix the issue you have to take ownership to get permission. Click on the top result to open disk management. If all above ways cannot solve the external hard drive is not accessible problem you should format it. Windows should see the.

Right click on your ehd and select uninstall device from the pop up menu. If the external drive doesn t have a partition right click the unallocated space and select the new simple volume option. Usually when your external hard drive shows the drive is not accessible. You have to fix the hard disk with chkdsk command.