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Error when trying to access external hard drive.
Every time I try to access it, it says "G:\ is not accessible. Access is denied." I tried looking this up, and I couldn't find a solution that has worked for me. I have tried the right clicking --> Properties --> Advanced --> Owner --> Edit --> Change Owner, but it just gave me this error next:
"Unable to set new owner to LaCie (G: ). Access is denied."
I tried the elevated command prompt takeown as well and it gave me access denied as well. Is there any way I can fix this? Or, if I have to format it, is there a free program I can use to get the files off of it after? Most of it is things I can get again (like shows that I can rerip from my dvds), but there are some things that I can't get again and absolutely need to save (old, personal videos, images, and documents for one). But I can't afford to buy another hard drive or buy an expensive program to get the files off either...