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.