Well, I have two external drives on this machine, and the first in particular was ported from my old XP machine. I did get a prompt for that drive when I tried to move or delete data. But it was just the standard "continue with administrator rights" prompt, which a mere press of the enter key would alleviate. I do not have any of the problems you are describing, and the "cannot open volume" message you are getting from chkdsk is not normal. SO there may be more to it than that.
-----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: December 8, 2017 1:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Administrative rights on External Hard Drive I was talking with a friend of mine who said that this is something that has been happening with Windows 10 for some time. Whenever I or anyone would save a file on an external harddrive, it would be saved in read only mode for protection of the document. All of my other documents on the drive are accessible for methat were created in previous versions of Windows, so ... Thanks to all who have chimed in on this. -----Original Message----- From: JM Casey Sent: Friday, December 8, 2017 12:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Administrative rights on External Hard Drive Ah. It's starting to sound as though you might have a corrupted disk partition. When did this start happening? As an experiment, to see if something else is causing it, can you go back to a system restore point from before the error started happening? If you can still read data from the drive, it means you can still can copy it. So I'd back up everything important from that drive. You might need more help than people on this list can provide. The good news would seem to be that the data is still actually there and accessible by the drive, so it's not a total hard disk failure that'd cost you hundreds of dollars to salvage. -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: December 8, 2017 9:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Administrative rights on External Hard Drive Thanks. I got a message "Cannot open volume for direct access. This is starting to really irritate me. -----Original Message----- From: Hareth Sent: Friday, December 8, 2017 8:35 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Administrative rights on External Hard Drive you need to type cmd in the run box and hit inter the coming command line box interface has a problim with jaws2018 if you on windows10, its going to say "text area" nothing else but it still works , if you have NVDA it works fine with it. if not still do as above with my instructions, press insert plus B, to hear the feed back, its going to be really chatty. If you find it hard to do, try to find someone to help you that know how to do it via tandem. just give him the command I've posted. On 12/8/17, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > I noticed something else. After opening the run command (Windows R), > and I press enter, there is no place to insert the chkdsk /f H:. Is > there supposed > > to be an edit box for this? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hareth > Sent: Friday, December 8, 2017 7:39 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Administrative rights on External Hard Drive > > Ok, do as below: > copy the next line to notepad: > > chkdsk /f X: > replace the "X" in the line, with the external drive letter, do not > delete the colon mark at end of line, make sure no spaces after the > colon mark. > select and copy the line again > open the CMD command again from the run box, with the CMD terminal > interface press alt+spacebar, and arrow up to "edit submenu" > open it and find the "paste" and hit inter, hit inter again. > it should work this time, as long as you've put in the right drive letter. > > On 12/8/17, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: >> I tried your suggestions, putting the information as you have it with >> the spaces. I got an invalid path. Any other suggestions? Thanks. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Hareth >> Sent: Thursday, December 7, 2017 7:10 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Administrative rights on External Hard >> Drive >> >> Its the microsoft Check Disk from the Command Line to Find and Fix >> Errors more info: >> https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd637756.aspx >> make sure your drive to be fixed is not in use. >> BTW its not rude to ask any tech related question. >> TC >> >> On 12/8/17, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: >>> So exactly what does this do, and I apologize if this sounds rude. >>> That is not my intention. Thanks. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Hareth >>> Sent: Thursday, December 7, 2017 6:53 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Administrative rights on External Hard >>> Drive >>> >>> Try this fix: >>> press windows+R, and type cmd, then hit inter type the following >>> command, replace the letter "X" with your actual external drive >>> letter: >>> >>> chkdsk /f X: >>> >>> hit the inter key, and wait untell the process ends and close the >>> window >>> >>> hope it works for you. >>> TC >>> >>> On 12/8/17, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> The wholeproblem comes in as two problems. When I save a document, >>>> I get the >>>> >>>> message of not having rights to save a document directly on the >>>> external. >>>> But when I copy and paste a already created document onto it, it >>>> comes up >>>> >>>> as >>>> >>>> a read only file. It really is crazy; but if it weren't, then it >>>> would not be my pc. Thanks. >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: JM Casey >>>> Sent: Thursday, December 7, 2017 6:02 PM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Administrative rights on External Hard >>>> Drive >>>> >>>> Ah. If your username is on it, then you are the owner. So ... I am >>>> also at a loss. Can you post the exact message you are getting when >>>> you try to save? >>>> Have you tried copying a document from your C drive to the external? >>>> What >>>> message do you get then? Is this only an MS office thing? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: JAWS-Users-List >>>> [mailto:[email protected]] >>>> On >>>> Behalf Of [email protected] >>>> Sent: December 7, 2017 6:16 PM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Administrative rights on External Hard >>>> Drive >>>> >>>> JM: >>>> I followed your instructions, and my name is on the owner section. >>>> When you say user name, what exactly do you mean; as I have never >>>> set up any of this stuff previously. So, I am at a loss for >>>> clarity. Thanks. >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: JM Casey >>>> Sent: Thursday, December 7, 2017 12:13 PM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Administrative rights on External Hard >>>> Drive >>>> >>>> HI. >>>> Is this a prompt? As in, do you have the option to continue? >>>> >>>> If not, you should try changing the "owner" of the drive. >>>> >>>> Go to "this pc" and find your external hit. >>>> Hit alt-enter to bring up the properties of the drive. >>>> Select the "security" tab, by hitting right arrow from "general" >>>> until you hear "security". >>>> Click the "advanced" button. >>>> Check the owner of the drive. >>>> To change it, hit the "change" link Enter your username in the >>>> appropriate box. >>>> >>>> You should be allowed full access. There are a lot of settings you >>>> can adjust here, but I don't think you should need to mess with any >>>> of them. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: JAWS-Users-List >>>> [mailto:[email protected]] >>>> On >>>> Behalf Of [email protected] >>>> Sent: December 7, 2017 12:38 PM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: [JAWS-Users] Administrative rights on External Hard Drive >>>> >>>> Morning all. >>>> >>>> I have an external hard drive that I have been trying to save a >>>> document onto. However, when I go through the save as features and >>>> identify my external, I get a message stating that I do not have >>>> administrative rights to this. Can anyone tell me how to correct >>>> this problem? I am using Word 13, Windows 10 and JAWS 2018 on a >>>> Dell laptop. 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