[SOLVED] No access to external drives?

[seang123]

I have recently started having this issue where I am unable to do anything with external drives other than create volumes and format it through Disk Partition. I only noticed that I started having this issue after using the "shred" command on an external drive in Kali Linux, but I do not know if there is a correlation. After that, any external drive I plug in does not allow me to move, add, or delete files from it. At first, it was marking the drives as read-only and I tried using the disk part command line to disable that, but it continued to be read-only. I had to go into Registry Editor to disable the write-protection key for USBs. If I try to do anything with the drive in Windows, it says "Destination Folder Access Denied: You need to confirm this operation." When I click Continue on the pop-up, it then says "You need permission to perform this action" and then I can only click "Try again" or "Cancel." When I go to Kali Linux, I have full control over the drive, allowing me to create a file in it and then open it in Windows and that file shows up. Any ideas on how to fix this?

SOLVED: I just fixed it somehow by plugging the drive into another computer, then taking it back to the computer I use and plugged it in and now I have full access to it again. I have no idea why that would fix it but I'm not complaining.

 

[seang123]

Now it says "You require permission from Everyone to make changes to this file" when I try to do anything with the drive. Trying to change the drive name in File Explorer says "You do not have sufficient rights to perform this operation."

 

[USAFRet]

I have recently started having this issue where I am unable to do anything with external drives other than create volumes and format it through Disk Partition. I only noticed that I started having this issue after using the "shred" command on an external drive in Kali Linux, but I do not know if there is a correlation.

Well, yeah.

After the "shred", you must reformat it.


Why were you using Kali?

 

[seang123]

Well, yeah.

After the "shred", you must reformat it.


Why were you using Kali?

I know I had to reformat it. I did that and made sure there was a volume on it and it was giving me that error. I was using Kali for my senior project to prove that data can be wiped using the "shred" command and that's when I started having issues. I just fixed it somehow by plugging the drive into another computer, then taking it back to the computer I use and plugged it in and now I have full access to it again. I have no idea why that would fix it but I'm not complaining.

 

[USAFRet]

I know I had to reformat it. I did that and mad sure there was a volume on it and it was giving me that error. I was using Kali for my senior project to prove that data can be wiped using the "shred" command and that's when I started having issues. I just fixed it somehow by plugging the drive into another computer, and then taking it back to the computer I use and now I have full access to it again. I have no idea why that would fix it but I'm not complaining.

Under appreciated fact: Data can be "wiped" via the standard Full Format in Windows...😉

Wiped, as in unless you're the NSA/FBI, you're not getting it back.

 

[seang123]

Under appreciated fact: Data can be "wiped" via the standard Full Format in Windows...😉

Wiped, as in unless you're the NSA/FBI, you're not getting it back.

Oh I know all the strategies to data wiping. I just have to "use multiple techniques" to compare and contrast which one works the best and is the most efficient. I was actually planning on using the full format feature in the Disk Partition program and showing why the full format is the safer option compared to the quick format. Thank you for the info!

 

[USAFRet]

Oh I know all the strategies to data wiping. I just have to "use multiple techniques" to compare and contrast which one works the best and is the most efficient. I was actually planning on using the full format feature in the Disk Partition program and showing why the full format is the safer option compared to the quick format. Thank you for the info!

As of several years ago, (Win XP?) the Full Format writes 0's to the entire drive.
Quick Format just rewrites the File Allocation Table.