Walter: Could you do a close up (Command-Shift-4) screen shot of the drive icons with the little locks in place and send it to me ??
Mike On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Walter Sheluk <wshe...@shaw.ca> wrote: > Both of my External FireWire Drives were powered on and their icon's were > on the desktop ( iMac/3.06GHz/Snow Leopard ) when i decided for some unknown > reason to eject ( Command + I ) both drives to do a apple software > update/installation. > > Upon restarting after the update was completed both external FireWired > drives came back on the desktop BUT both had a small lock in the lower left > hand corner of the drives icons. > > Those two drives can not be opened because the message is that i don't have > permission to see the contents. > > Command+I shows that i have "Custom access". When I tried to change those > settings they revert to "Custom access". I ticked on the "Ignore ownership > on this volume" but still locked out. > > I really need help because the alternative at this time is to erase and > lose hours and hours of audio/video projects on one of the two drives. > > I have tried DiskWarrior 4.2, TechToolPro 5.x, Apple'sDiskUtility by > repairing permissions, unplugged the fire wire cable and re-plugged the > cable, powered off and back on. No luck at all. > > Is there any Utility or a terminal command to unlock those drives ? > > Suggestions/help required please. > > Walter > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a > group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com > To leave this group, send email to > imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<imaclist%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > -- Warmest regards, Michael Shaw MaUsE President, < www.mause.ca > Editor, MaUsE DoubleClick < ducati...@gmail.com > 237 Huntingwood Drive Oshawa, ON L1J 7C6 Canada 905-576-2097 -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
