Access denied to retrieved files

Hey there, PAL.

Sorry to hear about the issues you’re currently experiencing with the files on your drive. What’s the method you’re currently using to access those files? What version of Windows are you using?
You could try to take ownership of the drive and/or a specific folder/s, to see if that fixes things up.
Take a look at this thread as well: Access Denied on file retrieval, it has some suggestions which might prove useful in your case.

Hope that helps. Please let me know how everything goes.
CK_WD