Why can't I browse my D: drive, even if I'm in the Administrators group?
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Published on 2009-10-18T18:59:43Z
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My fileserver running Windows Server 2008 has two logical drives; the C: drive contains all of the system and application data, and the D: drive contains all of the business data. There are several shares on the top level of the D: drive that are working fine. However...
When logged into the fileserver interactively via Remote Desktop, only the Domain Administrator and local Administrator accounts can browse the D: drive. I set up an account called "Maintenance" and added it to the local Administrators group, but when logged in with this user, I can't browse into the D: drive. The D: drive has the following permissions ACL:
Full Access - SYSTEM
Full Access - MACHINE\Administrators
It won't even let me view the ACL for the E: drive. So I tried taking ownership of the E: drive, then I can read the ACL, and "Effective Permissions" says that I have full access. But I still get this error message.
Location is not available
D:\ is not accessible.
Access is denied.
Here's a screenshot proving that I get access denied even when I have Full Access.
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