Can't Remove Read-Only in XP

[antcar13]

hi, i recently purchased a new computer because my old one died and went to heaven, i removed the two hard drives from it because they contained alot of my pictures and music and i put one of them into my new one, it will let me access it but i can't view anything on them because its saying i don't have permission and i can't remove the read-only. Any suggestions.

P.S. both computers are windows xp 32bit

 

[DMHolt57]

1. right click on the drive that you want to take ownership of (in my computer) and choose properties
2. click on the 'security' tab
3. click the 'advanced' button
4. click the 'Owner' tab
5. under 'change owner to:' select your username
6. check the 'replace owner on subcontainers and objects'
7. click Apply (may take some time)
8. click on the 'Permissions' tab
9. click the 'add' button
10. type 'everyone' for all users to be able to access the drive. Type your user name just for yourself. OK it.
11. click the 'full control' checkbox under 'allow.' OK it.
12. check the 'replace permission entries on all child objects...' checkbox
13. OK it (result may take some time)
14. OK the last window

 

[antcar13]

don't have a security tab when i click on properties, the tabs i have are general, tools, hardware, sharing, and quota