File Security on External Drive Help!!

[justindwatkins]

I have an External USB 2.0 Hard Drive. I created several folders on this drive. I created those folders on my old Windows XP laptop and set the permissions to that of the local users on that machine. Now when I try and access those folders on my new laptop it says access denied. Is there anyway to break the security on those folders so that I can get into them? I don't have the old laptop anymore so that is not an option. If you have a solution please help! Thanks!

 

[mrtoledo]

Have you tried chaning the file ownership first, then resetting the permissions?

 

[justindwatkins]

I am unable to reset the ownership. I don't have permission to do that. That is the problem.

 

[mrtoledo]

If you are using the Administrator account you should be able to change ownership. (apply that), and then change the permissions.

The Admin account should always be able to take ownership.