New Win 7 Computer, won't let me see files on external drive

[OldeGuy]

Hello, I just got a new laptop with Win 7. The computer sees the Iomega external drive, and tells me how big it is, how much space I have on it, but won't let me see the files.

 

[ksiemb]

Hello, I just got a new laptop with Win 7. The computer sees the Iomega external drive, and tells me how big it is, how much space I have on it, but won't let me see the files.

You most likely will have to take ownership of the folders/files under your new OS / user

 

[OldeGuy]

I did that, thanks. I also when I changed the drive letter to what it had previously been, I was able to access the files, but not see them. Still confused, I did a little more digging and found that the file settings had them hidden. When I changed that, the folder and files names appeared. Thanks for your suggestion.