inaccessible drive

About this tag
The inaccessible drive tag on WindowsForum.com covers user discussions about hard drives or partitions that become inaccessible due to errors, updates, or corruption. Common issues include the 'inaccessible boot drive' BSOD after Windows updates, drives showing 'not formatted' errors, and OS drives becoming inaccessible after system changes. Users seek help recovering data from inaccessible drives, troubleshooting boot failures, and resolving drive access errors without formatting. Recurring themes involve Windows 10 updates causing boot loops, Seagate drives with partition errors, and Windows 7 systems where drives become inaccessible after restarts. Solutions often include system restore, recovery options, and data recovery methods.

  1. Windows 10 Inaccessible boot drive after latest update fails

    (Windows 10 pro)I started getting the BSOD inaccessible boot drive, so I googled it and most of the answers talked about an update a few years ago that caused it, but nothing recent. I tried a bunch of recovery options and using system restore to go back before the latest feature update worked...
    • Joeysmom08
    • Thread
    • backup blue screen boot issues bsod drivers error message feature updates flash drive inaccessible drive performance issues recovery options reset pc system restore tech help troubleshooting update issues usb user experience windows 10
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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    Windows 7 Seagate hard disk shows not formatted error, how to recover data

    I have a Seagate hard disk drive which has been divided into 2 sections (C drive, D drive) on my PC. Now, the D drive is inaccessible and it says the drive is not formatted. Should I format it? But will I lose everything on the drive after formatting?
    • Betterday
    • Thread
    • c drive d drive data loss data recovery formatting hard drive inaccessible drive not formatted seagate storage issues
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Windows Software
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    Windows 7 OS disc drives inaccessible

    OS disc drives inaccessible (not solved, but fixed) i have been running windows 7, build 7100, just fine for quite a while on my desktop. i recently restarted my system. upon boot both drives on the disc the os is installed on became completely inaccessible. the os boots fine. the system...
    • kimashi
    • Thread
    • administrator aero boot chkdsk control panel desktop access elevated prompt error file management hard drive homegroup inaccessible drive ntfs permissions reinstall safe mode security tab startup windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 HELP!!!! C drive not accessiable

    Last night I was surfing, when I lost my internet connection, so I opened my network folder and my homegroup had changed from home to work. So I was attempting to find the place to change it back, (which I never did). Anyway all of a sudden everything I tried to open stopped responding. So I...
    • wt.pm
    • Thread
    • access issues antivirus avenquest boot issues c drive control panel error message file system homegroup inaccessible drive internet access network folder repair disk service error system crash system restore troubleshooter virus scan windows 7
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support