Hdd Not allowing my to view certain files.

[Smokey The Bear]

So I just recently bout myself a 500gig hdd so I could back up all my media and then reformat my primary drive. Well I back everything up, reformat my drive, install windows, everything goes smoothly. I turn my computer off, hook up my backup drive back to my mobo and boot it up. Well When I try and look at some of the pictures, listen to some of the music, or watch some of the videos, its as if the information isn't there. When i click a picture the default windows view says "No Preview Available". Some of the Pictures I can look at while most of them I can not.

Both hdd are sata


Thanks ahead of time!

 

[Smokey The Bear]

I also tried giving myself rights, and If I did it correctly, it didn't work either...

 

[cprince]

It sounds like the pictures got corrupted some how. Check to see how big the files are that you are trying to view. If you don't have permission to view the files, Windows will say so.

 

[Smokey The Bear]

well, i know a 1280x1024 wallpaper picture is at 457 KB. When I try and copy them to my C drive I get

"Cannot Copy (filenamehere):Access is denied. Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use."

 

[Smokey The Bear]

One thing I forgot to mention. Was when I restarted the computer with the backup drive attached. It renamed it drive "e", so I renamed it back to "x" which is what I had it on before I did the reformat.

 

[cprince]

Does it still give you the error when you don't reassign the drive letter? Does this happen on any other computer or just yours?

 

[Smokey The Bear]

I'm not sure about the reassigning the drive letter. I put it back to 'E' and it still doesn't work.

 

[cprince]

Originally posted by: Smokey The Bear
I'm not sure about the reassigning the drive letter. I put it back to 'E' and it still doesn't work.

Try restart your computer, then plug the external drive in. Now see if you can access the files(don't change the drive letter).

Second thought: What operating system are you using? Did you buy the external hard drive as a whole or you bought the enclosure then put a hard drive in? This is because some operating system and/or drive enclosure might not support 500GB.

 

[Fardringle]

* In Windows Explorer, right-click on the storage drive and select Properties.
* In the Disk Properties window, click on the Security tab.
* On the Security tab, click on the Advanced button.
* In the Advanced Security Settings window, click on the Owner tab.
* Click on your login name in the Change owner to: list.
* Check the box next to "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects" and click OK.
* Click OK to any prompts that you get asking for confirmation.

The process may take a while depending on how many files are on the drive. When it finishes, your login ID will be marked as the owner of all files on the drive and you should be able to open and copy everything stored there.

 

[Smokey The Bear]

Originally posted by: cprince

Originally posted by: Smokey The Bear
I'm not sure about the reassigning the drive letter. I put it back to 'E' and it still doesn't work.

Try restart your computer, then plug the external drive in. Now see if you can access the files(don't change the drive letter).

Second thought: What operating system are you using? Did you buy the external hard drive as a whole or you bought the enclosure then put a hard drive in? This is because some operating system and/or drive enclosure might not support 500GB.

It isn't an external its an internal hard drive. And I am currently running XP professional.

 

[Smokey The Bear]

Originally posted by: Fardringle
* In Windows Explorer, right-click on the storage drive and select Properties.
* In the Disk Properties window, click on the Security tab.
* On the Security tab, click on the Advanced button.
* In the Advanced Security Settings window, click on the Owner tab.
* Click on your login name in the Change owner to: list.
* Check the box next to "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects" and click OK.
* Click OK to any prompts that you get asking for confirmation.

The process may take a while depending on how many files are on the drive. When it finishes, your login ID will be marked as the owner of all files on the drive and you should be able to open and copy everything stored there.

I'm getting the same Error

Originally posted by: Smokey The Bear
"Cannot Copy (filenamehere):Access is denied. Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use."

 

[Smokey The Bear]

Also, I tried sending the files via Xfire to my friend to see if he could view them. But I was unable to, the error reads

"Failed to open file '(name)'.

Check to make sure file is not open by another application"

why does it keep saying another application is using it... Is that because It still thinks there is the "old" computer?

 

[Smokey The Bear]

bump

 

[Fardringle]

Can you remove the drive from the external enclosure and attach it to the PC's internal SATA controller? If so, do you still get the same error? As cprince said, it's possible that there is something wrong with the enclosure itself.

 

[Smokey The Bear]

It isn't external, Its always been internal lol, I don't know where you guys got that idea?

 

[cprince]

the only other thing that I can think of is that the driver for the SATA controller got messed up somehow. Check to see if you have updated drivers from the manufacturer. Did you try the drive on another computer?

 

[Smokey The Bear]

I'm trying to see if I can hook it up to my friends computer, see what happens then. I'll keep you guys updated.

Edit, I think i'ma also try and reformt and install windows again, Some other programs installed on my c drive are not working properly, so maybe it is a bad install?

 

[RebateMonger]

Originally posted by: Smokey The Bear
I'm trying to see if I can hook it up to my friends computer, see what happens then. I'll keep you guys updated.

If it's a Permission problem (and it sounds like it is), hooking the drive to a different computer will give the same result. When you re-installed the operating system, you created a "new" computer. All the accounts from the "old" computer are invalid. That's why taking Ownership of certain folders (the "Documents and Settings" folder of XP is a prime example) is required before you can read the files on the new PC.

 

[mechBgon]

The files weren't encrypted, were they? If so, you would need to get the necessary encryption key from the old Windows installation in order to decrypt them.

 

[Smokey The Bear]

I never encrypted them, I know that I never did that, unless it it was encrypted without me knowing...


I'm also thinking it does have to do with permissions too, But no matter how many times I set permissions for these admin accounts, that still doesn't fix it.

 

[siskel77]

If you are currently running XP, you will need to log in as the Administrator in Safe Mode. Once logged into safemode you should be able to successfully change permissions. This was the only way I could successfully transfer files that had permission problems other than using BartPE or such. Fardingle had the appropriate instructions if I remember correctly once in safemode to get access to the files. You will need to add your primary account to the user list if logged in as the administrator. You may also just try booting safemode with your primary account as well.

 

[Smokey The Bear]

Well, today I ran a couple programs and it came back as the drive was ok, with no bad sectors. I tried the safe mode permissions thing with ownership. Still no luck, says the same thing as before... I just don't know.

 

[RebateMonger]

What happens when you examine a problem folder using the "Effective Permissions" tab in the Advanced Security Settings? Does the account you are trying to use have at least Read permission for the folder?

And did you ever say what OS you are running? XP Home? XP Professional? Simple File Sharing or not? Vista? Or ??

 

[Smokey The Bear]

Xp Professional. And it has full control clicked on my user name which has admin rights.