I have a removable hard disk that has very important information on it. There are 2 partitions on it: one FAT32 (which works fine), and one NTFS.
The XP-based computer I had it attached to needed to be wiped and reloaded. After the reload, I discovered that, no matter what computer I attached it to XP or Vista, I could see the partition (it has a drive letter and everything), but was denied access to it.
Having read other posts about related situations, it seems I need to take ownership of the partition, but, when I bring up the drive/partitions properties, there’s no Security tab. I’ve tried forcing the Security tab’s appearance through the registry. I’ve tried using the right-click Take Ownership utility. All to no avail.
Please help me get access to this drive. I currently have the drive connected to a Vista 64-bit notebook, but could easily attach it to a 32-bit XP machine.
