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Hi,
I performed copy of all folders and files from hard disk A to hard disk B,
I had one shared folder on HDD A, this folder was also copied.
I removed HDD A from computer (disk is broken) and let there only HDD B.
Now, when I want to open this folder, I've got error " Location is not available" (see picture 1).
When I wanted to display Security settings of this folder in File Explorer, I've got message "The requested security information is either unavailable or can't be displayed" (picture 2)
Can you help me, please?
How can I open this folder, please?
Thank you in advance for your help.
Hi,
Do you mean you have copied that shared folder on HDD A to HDD B, and can't open it after copied?
Does the issue occur on other files that also copied from HDD A to HDD B?
Does the previous HDD A have a Windows system such as Windows 10 and others?
I noticed the capture shows as D:\Document is unavailable to access, please try to move it to other location in a new created folder.
If the issue occur on a specific folder and your previous system version is also Windows version, I am afraid the file would be corrupted can't available to access if it is unavailable to access in a new created folder.
If you have backup it with One Drive or other sync tool, you could restore your file from there. But if not, it would be unavailable to get it.
Bests,
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Do you mean you have copied that shared folder on HDD A to HDD B, and can't open it after copied?
Yes.
Does the issue occur on other files that also copied from HDD A to HDD B?
No. Only this one folder was set as shared.
Does the previous HDD A have a Windows system such as Windows 10 and others?
Yes. It is the same computer. I only add the new hard disk and copy all folders and files from old disk.
I noticed the capture shows as D:\Document is unavailable to access, please try to move it to other location in a new created folder.
I tried copy folder to another HDD, to another folder on the same HDD, and still the same Error - Copy: Could not access 1 folder D:\Downloads
Get-ChildItem 'D:\Downloads\'
Get-ChildItem : Cannot find path 'D:\Downloads\' because it does not exist.
Open an admin command prompt and run "dir /a d:\". Does Downloads show up labeled as a <DIR> like other directories?
Can you take ownership? "takeown /f d:\downloads"
Hi,
Thank you for your reply.
Did you tried MotoX80's suggestion to make sure you have read and write right for this folder.
"I tried copy folder to another HDD, to another folder on the same HDD, and still the same Error - Copy: Could not access 1 folder D:\Downloads"
Copy the Downloads folder contents out, and paste it to another subfolder in D disk. Such as you create a subfolder in D disk named as A, and coped contents to check.
Bests,