How to fix “The location is not available” and software to recover deleted files

Many people have encountered such case that when you try to open a file or file folder, it pops up a window says that “Location is not available”. In the box, it contains more information to prompts the errors. Such as E:\ is not accessible, access is denied, volume does not contain a recognized file system, etc. For this error exists, you cannot open your partition or access the files. But you can try the following way to try to fix this error.

Methods to fix “The location is not available”

1. Check the permission of file

If you cannot open a file or file folder, you should check the permission of this file or file folder. Right-click the file to choose Properties, in the properties window, click the security tab>advanced button.

Click Edit button in the security tab to change the permissions. If you want to add new users, click the Add button. Click Advanced>Find now to find the users you want to set. Click OK.

You should make sure that in the Permissions for Authenticated Users, you should check all the options, click Apply and OK.

2. De-encrypt the files

If you have ever encrypt your files, you cannot access to the files. You can de-crypt the files so that you can open them.

Right-click the files and choose properties, click General tan> Advanced. Uncheck the option that Encrypt contents to secure data.

3. Run Command Prompt

Type cmd in the search box, click cmd.exe and run it as Administrator.

Execute the command chkdsk /r /x to check the errors on hard disk.

Press Y to reboot your computer and let it to check the disk.

After chkdsk finish ,execute the command of gpudate /force.

4. Recover files with data recovery software

How to fix the “Location is not available” error and recover files?

Whenever you encounter a “Location is not available “ error when you try to open a file folder or partition, you should be calm. Do not directly format the partition, or you will lost all your data. You should first check the permission for files, then try to restore them. The easy way is to use a data recovery software to restore the inaccessible files.

Steps to use software to recover deleted files

Launch Hdata recovery software and then select the recovery mode.

After you choosing the recovery mode, it will stay to scan files automatically.

After files scanning ends, then you can preview the files.

Check the files you need to recover. Uncheck the files you do not need will greatly save your time.

Choose a recovery path to store the recovered files.

After you have get back the files, you can format the partition inaccessible to fix it. To reduce the data loss from unexpected situations, you should always back up your files for more than one copies. No data recovery software can recover files in any situation can a full recovery.