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Chris Panny
Windows 10 64 bit Version 1803 build 17134.407
I have two Western Digital external USB drives attached to my main computer. One has drive letter E: and the other is M:. They are identical in content and directory structure and I use them to store the majority of my files. (The C: is used for the OS). I rebuilt the machine about 2 mos ago. Then about 3 weeks back, I tried to play some mp3 music via Windows media player. The Music Library settings are pointed to a folder that resides on E:, although I have the same files backed up on the M:.
WMP reported that it could not access the mp3 file because the file might be in use, I might not have access to the computer where the is stored or my proxy settings might be incorrect. Then I opened the folder up via Windows Explorer and tried to delete one of the many album art files in the same folder. I right-clicked on the file and am getting the pop-up menu shown on the left screenshot below. Notice it requires Admin privileges. Once I click on Delete, I'm getting File Access Denied alert. (This doesn't happen if I try on the M: drive - it just says Delete without the shield).
Another problem that has started within the past few days with this drive is I'm seeing instances where I can't save files that I've opened in a particular app. Earlier I opened up an Adobe Illustrator file, did some editing and then tried to save the file. It wouldn't let me save the file. (see 3rd screenshot). I had to close without saving. I looked at it in Explorer and it's now at 0 bytes. I can't even copy a file to this particular folder where this Illustrator file was. The whole directory is corrupt now. I've run Error Checking to check for errors but no errors are being reported.
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I have two Western Digital external USB drives attached to my main computer. One has drive letter E: and the other is M:. They are identical in content and directory structure and I use them to store the majority of my files. (The C: is used for the OS). I rebuilt the machine about 2 mos ago. Then about 3 weeks back, I tried to play some mp3 music via Windows media player. The Music Library settings are pointed to a folder that resides on E:, although I have the same files backed up on the M:.
WMP reported that it could not access the mp3 file because the file might be in use, I might not have access to the computer where the is stored or my proxy settings might be incorrect. Then I opened the folder up via Windows Explorer and tried to delete one of the many album art files in the same folder. I right-clicked on the file and am getting the pop-up menu shown on the left screenshot below. Notice it requires Admin privileges. Once I click on Delete, I'm getting File Access Denied alert. (This doesn't happen if I try on the M: drive - it just says Delete without the shield).
Another problem that has started within the past few days with this drive is I'm seeing instances where I can't save files that I've opened in a particular app. Earlier I opened up an Adobe Illustrator file, did some editing and then tried to save the file. It wouldn't let me save the file. (see 3rd screenshot). I had to close without saving. I looked at it in Explorer and it's now at 0 bytes. I can't even copy a file to this particular folder where this Illustrator file was. The whole directory is corrupt now. I've run Error Checking to check for errors but no errors are being reported.
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