usb hard drive access denied

[Nidal_]

From security tab, I have changed the "Permission for authenticated users" to "Deny" "Full control"
during processing I got error message. then I click "continue"
I restarted the pc after it finished
Now I cannot access my external hard drive. and the space is ZERO
What Can I do to open my USB drive. I includes important documents

 

[thejackal85]

You need to take ownership of the drive. In order to do that, open "My Computer", right click on the drive and go down to properties. Click the security tab, and click the "advanced" button. Click the "owner" tab in the next box and select yourself from that list. This should fix your problem.

 

[Nidal_]

You need to take ownership of the drive. In order to do that, open "My Computer", right click on the drive and go down to properties. Click the security tab, and click the "advanced" button. Click the "owner" tab in the next box and select yourself from that list. This should fix your problem.

Thank you
but I get an error message and this message "Failed to enumerate objects in the container. access denied"
!!!

 

[thejackal85]

I should have been more descriptive, I apologize. There are other things you have to do as well. Read the answer given here and it should fix ya up.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-security/permission-error-failed-to-enumerate-objects-in/93ea883f-853f-4981-a697-928bfbc71642?page=1&auth=1

 

[Nidal_]

I should have been more descriptive, I apologize. There are other things you have to do as well. Read the answer given here and it should fix ya up.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-security/permission-error-failed-to-enumerate-objects-in/93ea883f-853f-4981-a697-928bfbc71642?page=1&auth=1

THANKS