external harddrive access denied by windows

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sagilireddy

Oct 27, 2009, 11:46 PM

I have oneTouch4 external harddrive and is ok untill now. But all of sudden it shows access denied. and in properties it shows 0 bytes. But is accessifor scanning. I don't know how it is open to explore. All imp personal data and my system backup is located in that.
can any one help how to access it. I am using vista ultimate.

Network_Admin

Oct 31, 2009, 08:49 PM

Try looking at this and see if it helps ....

Seagate Knowledge Base (http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=203795)

seahwk83

Oct 31, 2009, 10:00 PM

See if drive is recognized in properties for the drive.

Right click on the drive in windows explorer and click properties.

What is listed there for used space/free space and
File System