Written by Lucy John on April 19, 2023
“I just upgraded from Windows 7.1 to the latest Windows 10 release via the Upgrade link, and Windows Update. However, I cannot access the SATA HDD, on which I have backed up important files. The HDD shows up under Disk Management, however when trying to click on the HDD (Drive E), I will get a message stating that the Drive is not accessible.”
It is unfortunate that your SATA HDD which has important data is not accessible. Do not worry, we will assist you in getting your data back and make the drive accessible again. By looking at the case, you are unable to access the drive because of permission issue, driver issue or the HDD is corrupt. Troubleshooting these issue may give you access to the SATA HDD. Let us see the methods to troubleshoot the problem.
Manual Methods
Troubleshoot Hardware
Try running the Hardware Troubleshooter. It will check for common problems and ensures that any hardware or new device connected to the PC is installed properly.
Permission Issues
If you are still unable to access the drive, try below mentioned steps to access the inaccessible SATA HDD on Windows 10;
Automated Method
When the hard drive becomes inaccessible, formatting it will make the drive accessible but you will lose all the data stored in it. To avoid that, you can use hard drive data recovery tool which can recover data from inaccessible SATA HDD without altering the original file structure.
Hard drive recovery program can retrieve files from inaccessible SATA HDD and other storage drives. It supports recovery of all types data like photos, videos, documents, RAW images, compressed folders and files, emails etc. It even retrieves data from crashed hard drive, drive having bad sectors, RAW hard drive, failed and formatted drives. Download the program on your PC and follow the steps mentioned below:
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