My 8 year old HDD have folders that i can't open

[Ordan]

As i said i uncovered my old HDD to take a look what's in it and get some storage.
And i tried to open some folders and it said ''acces denied'' (i have different lang. on my windows, i hope i have it right)
What can i do with it?

 

[th3p00r]

right click the folder > properties > Security tab > Edit (add your user to it and check full a full control).
if that does not work:
right click the folder > properties > Security tab > Advanced > Owner > Edit > select your user and check replace owners....
Log off and log back on.

 

[t53186]

You can format it, maybe

 

[Ordan]

th3p00r it doesn't work, i dunno why but it seems it was set like that in the windows that are in drive (i have old windows in it) and i cannot boot it up because booting files for systems seems corrupted.

 

[th3p00r]

how about instead of the folder(s). Right click the drive itself and follow the previous steps.

 

[mrface]

Open an administrative command prompt. (right click command prompt and select run as administrator)
Go to the drive you would like to edit/change the attributes of. (Or consequently, got to the parent folder of the folders you cant get into)
Type attrib
See what attributes are on the folder/files.
Make sure you remove any read only or system attributes attributes with attrib -r -s X:\ (X:\ is the drive or directory you are trying to access.)
After read only and system attributes have been removed, Take ownership with in the command prompt by typing TAKEOWN /F X:\ /R /D Y
Now reset you access control lists (ACLs) for the drive with ICACLS "X:\" /reset /T