After Reformat Cannot Read Some Storage HDD Data

[goobernoodles]

I actually seemed to have this same problem from a previous reformat/reinstall, however, this time it actually mattered..

I just reformatted the other day, and transferred over music/pictures/videos/documents I was saving over to my 80gig backup drive. (I need to get a bigger drive... lol) After the reformat, the only thing I could read was the folder that I had put all of the new files I had just copied over.

EVERYTHING on the drive previously, the files visible and file sizes confimable, were unable to be read. I'm out of town right now, but I believe the error was that access was denied.

Any ideas how to get my data to be readable again?

 

[MegaVovaN]

What file system?
NTFS? Did you agree to copy NTFS file permissions?

Could be a bad disk too.

 

[goobernoodles]

NTFS...

And no?

 

[MegaVovaN]

Then it's probably not related to permissions...I don't know, maybe disk is bad?
Check hard drive cable maybe it's bad?

 

[RebateMonger]

Microsoft: How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP

This is the usual problem when people redo their operating system. You can access some folders, but not private folders.