F: Drive "Access Denied"

[stevenraj]

Hi, When i pluck in my usb Storage drive, It auto detects and the F: drive pops up. When click the F: drive, it says "Access Denied". Can't even access to any folder. Confirm Storage drive and USB is working fine. Help pls
Pc config
Acer veriton 5900
Win Xp Sp2

 

[gavinseabrook]

Do you have a Lock switch on your jump drive?

 

[Po`Girl]

You need to Take ownership

 

[stevenraj]

Thks for ur reply guys
firstly i do not hav any lock switch

secondly for ownwership when i right click
F:\ It shows General, Autoplay, Tools, Hardware
Where to find the properties and security tabs
Still trying

 

[BlameCanada]

What options does right clicking the drive give you ?

Try accessing it in safe mode.

 

[stevenraj]

Fyi, i just boot my system in safe mode and to my surprise i can access the drive. But when i boot it in normal mode i couldn't access. Wat does that mean? When in safe mode it also give "General ", "Autoplay", "Toolos", "Hardware"
options. Seems like i am closing in

 

[stevenraj]

Oh i forgot to tell u guys that initially when i got this PC i did not hav any of this problems. It is just that recently i dun know wat i did that this things happened

 

[mikescorpio81]

Disable Simple file sharing and (as suggested above) Take ownership of the files.
By disabling Simple File Sharing, you will see a Security tab when you right-click the drive.

 

[stevenraj]

I did as wat mike says Disable Simple file sharing and take ownership of the files. But i can only access to the security tab in C: drive only. Others
unable to. I did start in safe mode. wat else should i do?

 

[BlameCanada]

when i right click F:\ It shows General, Autoplay, Tools, Hardware

What are the options in the whole menu.Not just the properties menu.
Is there an "open" or "open as" ?

 

[stevenraj]

The options in the whole menu are, Open, Explore, Search, Autoplay. Clicking
the Open , Explore shows Access Denied.

 

[rexal]

try right-click F: drive (F is your flash drive or USB drive) then choose open or explore

 

[lipe123]

Same thing

I have the same problem that when i doubleclick a usb storage drive letter i get an "access denied" message.

Now to recap, cant take ownership because 90% of usb drives are FAT/FAT32 which does not support NTFS security.

Rightclick and explore does work.

This all started 2 days ago after installing Autopatcher 07 June ed. (autopatcher.com, its a util that installs a lot of windows hotfixes like ms auto updates)

I've tried looking again and again and can't find anything that could cause this, any help would be much appreciated.

 

[lipe123]

Same thing

Ugh browser got stuck sorries, delte this please