Drive/Folder Access Denied - External Hard Disk Folder Not Accessible FIX

Drive/Folder Access Denied - External Hard Disk Folder Not Accessible FIX.

Now, external hard drives are widely used by people to store personal data like text, pictures, audios, videos, etc. But sometimes, the disk shows a Location is not available window showing "Drive is not accessible. Access is denied" error message and prevent users from accessing any of their files. Users have reported this issue in many different situations as well as on different versions of operating systems like Windows 10/8/7.

Issues addressed in this tutorial:

hard drive not showing up
hard drive not working
hard drive not found
hard drive not spinning
hard drive not appearing
hard drive not accessible windows 10
hard drive not appearing in disk management
hard drive not accessible parameter incorrect
hard drive not accessible access denied

This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops,and tablets running the Windows 10, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 7 operating systems.Works for all major computer manufactures (Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, Samsung).