SD card says "F:/ is not accessible." "Access is denied."

Hi Malik,

Generally Access Denied error message is related to permissions. If you do not have sufficient permissions to view the file/folder/drive you get this error message. I suggest you to try to take the ownership of this drive and check if it helps.

a.    Press Windows key + X and click on Command Prompt(Admin).

b.     Type in the command  takeown /f <drive_name> \ /R /D Y

You can replace the <  drive_name(F)> with the target drive name.

If the issue persists you can refer to the following Microsoft article and check if it helps.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2623670

Hope this helps.

I dont understand what your saying

C:\WINDOWS\system32> takeown /f (F) \ /R /D Y
ERROR: Invalid argument/option - '\'.
Type "TAKEOWN /?" for usage.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>takeown /f (F)  /R /D Y
ERROR: The system cannot find the file specified.

how do i write this correctly the drive is called F?

Hi,

Right Click Start or Windows Key + X

from a Command Prompt (Admin)

To see takeown help use  takeown /?

takeown /f F:\  /R /D Y

That command gives ownership to drive F: to the current user.

If you specify /A it gives ownership to the entire Admin group which I recommend.

takeown /f F:\  /A /R /D Y

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BTW does the disk work in any other computers?

Hope this helps.
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Hi, I tried this on the administrator account (after my microsoft account "doesn't have administrator priviledges") and was given an "Access denied" message. I tried the same in my AIO PC and it still didn't work.