How do I connect to my external hard drive after reinstalling OSX?

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How do I connect to my external hard drive after reinstalling OSX?

I just reinstalled OSX 10.5, then upgraded to 10.5.8 on my Powerbook. Both my external hard drive and iDisk are locked, and won't let me open them. I went to information for each disk, authenticated, but it won't let me change permissions for either disk. Help!

- ®aymond

PB G4 Aluminum 15" 1.25, Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Posted on Oct 30, 2011 7:01 AM

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Oct 30, 2011 7:59 AM in response to Rayinthecity

In the Get Info window for each drive, try checking Ignore Ownership.

 Cheers, Tom 😉

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Oct 30, 2011 8:48 AM in response to Texas Mac Man

Tom,

Thank you for your advice. I did that for the external hard drive, but it still won't let me open the drive. I'm stuck because my iTunes and iPhoto libraries as well as Time Machine all are on the external. It also won't let me open my iDisk.

Tks!

®aymond

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