My portable disk shows ExFAT but cannot access it

My portable WD of 1tb shows up but I cannot access it. “Access denied” message pops up. Disk shows as ExFAT. How do I resolve?

You can check after changing the file format of drive into OS supported file system format, such as NTFS in Windows OS or HFS+ in MacOS. You may refer this KBA to reformat drive which allows to change the file format.

https://support.wdc.com/knowledgebase/answer.aspx?ID=1021#win8

Thanks for your response. I could access my portable disc without any loss of data by running Check for errors option on the ‘Properties’. The System did take quite a some time to scan and ‘re-fix’ issues but, at the completion of the scan process, I could see my entire data without any loss. :-:grinning::grinning:

Just remember to do a safe removal before you unplug the drive from the system.

My drive is reading NTFS but its still staying windows cannot access my drive