Locked out of disk. Access denied. Unable to set new owner!

[Amonym0us]

Hello i have a 6TB Western Digital Red (WD60EFRX-68L).
Somehow i lost access to the disk and it's full of data i absolutely need.
It won't let me enter the disk or take ownership, i am admin. I've tried solutions online with no luck, this is last chance before contacting WD. I'm afraid they'll send a replace but i want the data!

PICTURES HERE: http://imgur.com/a/5D7tB

Please help to regain access i don't think the disk is physically damaged. I'll try to boot a "HDD regenerator" but on 6TB it might take hours.

 

[D_Know_WD]

Hi there Amonym0us,

Sorry that you are facing some issues with your WD drive. 🙁

First, you need to take ownership and then grant permissions. You can follow this tutorial: http://www.preyerplanning.com/take-ownership-of-entire-hard-drive-in-windows-7.pdf

If this does not work, you can boot up Ubuntu from a CD or a flash drive and try to access the drive under another OS. Just back the data up and reformat the drive. Thread on that: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/267999-32-recover-data-mode

Let me know how this goes,
D_Know_WD

 

[Amonym0us]

Hi there Amonym0us,

Sorry that you are facing some issues with your WD drive. 🙁

First, you need to take ownership and then grant permissions. You can follow this tutorial: http://www.preyerplanning.com/take-ownership-of-entire-hard-drive-in-windows-7.pdf

If this does not work, you can boot up Ubuntu from a CD or a flash drive and try to access the drive under another OS. Just back the data up and reformat the drive. Thread on that: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/267999-32-recover-data-mode

Let me know how this goes,
D_Know_WD

Thanks...
Uff i tried doing the ownership thing..no dice. access denied.
So i downloaded ubuntu i created a usb stick but after rebooting and selecting the usb stick it said there was no operating system on it. So i booted back on windows to try to do it again maybe with a different software and guess what? D:\ is there working fully operational.. i tested the files on it, all working.
I don't know what the hell happened but i'm glad it fixed itself.

If it happens again i'll copy everything to the other disc. and format it.

Thanks for help!

 

[D_Know_WD]

It's great you've sorted this out. 😀

Though, it is strange that Ubuntu wouldn't boot.

I believe it will not hurt to check the drive's health status out with WD's DLG tool(both short and extended tests): http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=mZyziz

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

 

[Amonym0us]

It's great you've sorted this out. 😀

Though, it is strange that Ubuntu wouldn't boot.

I believe it will not hurt to check the drive's health status out with WD's DLG tool(both short and extended tests): http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=mZyziz

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

Good idea i'll do this later.