Unavailable Reference to Logical Drive
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Hi experts I used some software to lock my drive, i by mistake lost that software. i am not able access the drive now. It is giving me a error msg: "G:\ refers to a location that is unavailable. It could be on a Hard drive in this computer, or on a network. check to make sure the disk is properly inserted, or that your connected to internet or your network, and then try again. if it is still not located, the information might have been moved to a different location." G:\ drive is my local logical drive. can anyone tell me the methodolgy, that can make this error message appear. or any method to come out of this problem. Please help asap. as i am having some important data present in it. Kind regards Sandy:( Kind Regards Sandy
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Hi experts I used some software to lock my drive, i by mistake lost that software. i am not able access the drive now. It is giving me a error msg: "G:\ refers to a location that is unavailable. It could be on a Hard drive in this computer, or on a network. check to make sure the disk is properly inserted, or that your connected to internet or your network, and then try again. if it is still not located, the information might have been moved to a different location." G:\ drive is my local logical drive. can anyone tell me the methodolgy, that can make this error message appear. or any method to come out of this problem. Please help asap. as i am having some important data present in it. Kind regards Sandy:( Kind Regards Sandy
ksandy45 wrote:
I used some software to lock my drive, i by mistake lost that software. i am not able access the drive now. It is giving me a error msg:
What is the name of the software that you use to lock your drive?
ksandy45 wrote:
G:\ drive is my local logical drive. can anyone tell me the methodolgy, that can make this error message appear. or any method to come out of this problem. Please help asap. as i am having some important data present in it.
Go to Start -> Run and type gpedit.msc and navigate to User Configuration -> Administrative Templat -> Windows components -> Windows explorer and try to check the key "Hide these specific drive in my computer" and "Prevent access to drives in my computer".
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ksandy45 wrote:
I used some software to lock my drive, i by mistake lost that software. i am not able access the drive now. It is giving me a error msg:
What is the name of the software that you use to lock your drive?
ksandy45 wrote:
G:\ drive is my local logical drive. can anyone tell me the methodolgy, that can make this error message appear. or any method to come out of this problem. Please help asap. as i am having some important data present in it.
Go to Start -> Run and type gpedit.msc and navigate to User Configuration -> Administrative Templat -> Windows components -> Windows explorer and try to check the key "Hide these specific drive in my computer" and "Prevent access to drives in my computer".
Roath Kanel wrote:
Go to Start -> Run and type gpedit.msc and navigate to User Configuration -> Administrative Templat -> Windows components -> Windows explorer and try to check the key "Hide these specific drive in my computer" and "Prevent access to drives in my computer".
It says its not configured. Kind Regards Sandy
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Roath Kanel wrote:
Go to Start -> Run and type gpedit.msc and navigate to User Configuration -> Administrative Templat -> Windows components -> Windows explorer and try to check the key "Hide these specific drive in my computer" and "Prevent access to drives in my computer".
It says its not configured. Kind Regards Sandy
THen what's the software you lost? Without it, there is no interface between Windows and the "filesystem" of your logical drive, and heance, no way to get at that data. WIthout the software that created the logical volume, you're SOL. Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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THen what's the software you lost? Without it, there is no interface between Windows and the "filesystem" of your logical drive, and heance, no way to get at that data. WIthout the software that created the logical volume, you're SOL. Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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i used folder lock kind of stuff to do that. i am really shocked to here that. can we programmatically access the file system. i am sure they would have done the same regards sandeep Kind Regards Sandy
You're not getting it. This software created a "virtual" filesystem that only it knows how to access. Without it, you're screwed. It's like storing a bunch of stuff in NTFS under Windows, then removing the NTFS portion of Windows. No NTFS means no access to that data. In your case, no software to interpret this virtual filesystem, means no access to that data. Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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i used folder lock kind of stuff to do that. i am really shocked to here that. can we programmatically access the file system. i am sure they would have done the same regards sandeep Kind Regards Sandy
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You're not getting it. This software created a "virtual" filesystem that only it knows how to access. Without it, you're screwed. It's like storing a bunch of stuff in NTFS under Windows, then removing the NTFS portion of Windows. No NTFS means no access to that data. In your case, no software to interpret this virtual filesystem, means no access to that data. Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
Dave Kreskowiak wrote:
You're not getting it. This software created a "virtual" filesystem that only it knows how to access. Without it, you're screwed. It's like storing a bunch of stuff in NTFS under Windows, then removing the NTFS portion of Windows. No NTFS means no access to that data. In your case, no software to interpret this virtual filesystem, means no access to that data.
oh ok this is really very enlighting kind of stuff. you mean to say the software will make my drive's file system inactive. hence i will not be able to view it. Is it done with the help of registry or disk management? Kind Regards Sandy
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Where did you get this software? Try to get it and install it again. I think this is the best solution.
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Roath Kanel wrote:
Where did you get this software? Try to get it and install it again. I think this is the best solution.
It was a folder lock i will just download it and try. thanks for the suggestion Kind Regards Sandy