Greetings Walter, I think your problem is ownership! Select each drive and then using the drop-down menu "get info" for all of your drives. When that information appears on the desktop, near the bottom is "Sharing & Permissions" Make sure that the pointer is pointing down, exposing the contained information. Then make the information for the "Locked Disk's" the same as your main boot disk. Under no circumstance select the the drop-down menu "Apply to enclosed items"
You will need to unlock the "Sharing & Permissions" to make any changes. Cheers Harry San Jose, Ca. ø?ºº?ø,¸¸,ø?ºº?ø,¸¸,ø?ºº?ø,¸¸,ø?º?ø On Oct 6, 6:49 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
