help needed to take ownership of hard drive access denied

ltrus

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Jan 10, 2015
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hi everyone

i am in need of help.the problem i am having is on my external drive i get a message saying drive is not accessible access is denied i deleted a user name in security settings i can view files in safe mode but cant access files is there any way i can get ownership of the drive as it won`t let me change permission and in security tab owner its saying unknown user i have tried sfc /scannow that came back with no errors would really appreciate if anyone can take time out to help with this problem

regards

ltrus
 
Solution
This has worked fantastic for me: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/add-take-ownership-to-explorer-right-click-menu-in-vista/
Is your account an administrator account?