External Hardrive and Permissions

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  1. Posts : 7
    Windows 7
       #1

    External Hardrive and Permissions


    I am having a few issues with my external hard drive and being able to access the files on there. A wee while ago somehow I accidentally removed all the permissions from the external and I was unable to access any of the files. For the life of me I have no idea how to re-enable those permissions. Is someone able to please give me a walk through on how to do it?

    Oh I forgot to add some of the folders have a little padlock in the folder icon, what does that mean?
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  2. Posts : 10,200
    MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
       #2

    Matt,
    Welcome to SevenForums.

    First Take Ownership.

    Then as owner you can change permissions.

    Now let's see if I can find the tutorials. I always do this manual way, but most prefer the ways in the tutorials.

    Take Ownership Shortcut - Windows 7 Forums

    And here iis a video to help you:
    Accessing Local and Network Resources in Windows 7
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  3. Posts : 7
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Thanks, that seems to have done the trick! Cheers.

    Edit: Maybe not I am still getting the "You don't currently have permission to access this folder" dialog box when I try to access any folders.
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  4. Posts : 10,200
    MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
       #4

    That video will show you how to change permissions after taking ownership.
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  5. Posts : 1,127
    Win7U 64 RTM
       #5

    karlsnooks said:
    Matt,

    And here iis a video to help you:
    Accessing Local and Network Resources in Windows 7
    The screencasts page is a nice resource. Thanks for the link!

    James
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  6. Posts : 7
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #6

    That sort of helped but I think my problem is the Inherited From Permissions. I think I need to have the permissions inherited from C: but I dont know how to apply that. All the users are set up for permissions and I am still getting the same dialog box as before.
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  7. Posts : 10,200
    MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
       #7

    review the video
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  8. Posts : 845
    Windows 7 - Vista
       #8

    Is the external HDD formatted in NTFS or FAT32?
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  9. Posts : 7
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #9

    NTFS. I am going to watch that video again, there must have been something I missed.
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  10. Posts : 7
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #10

    Ok I do everything that is instructed in the video and I still get the same message popping up. What the hell is going on? It is doing my head in.
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