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How to read the data in external drive

I have plug a external SSD via USB to a windows 10 , now I can not read the data in the path such as user/administrator , Documents , I am wonder if it is because the current account do not have the permission to access this path .

If yes , I have the administrator right of this external drive , how can I login with administrator to access the path ?

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CandyLuo-MSFT answered

Hi,

Based on my understanding, you cannot open the folder in external hard drive. Is that right? Please feel free to let me know if I have anything unclear.

When you cannot open the folders, what's the exact error message? Please post the exact error message for us to do troubleshooting.

Please first make sure the folders have all the proper permissions. We can also implement permission using command line, take administrative ownership using “takeown /f” command then grant administrators full access using “icacls” command to Documents folder.

For example:

takeown /f Path_And_File_Name
icacls Path_And_File_Name /GRANT ADMINISTRATORS:F

For your reference:

Folder doesn’t open on external hard drive? Try this

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Best Regards,
Candy


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