My Passport For Mac Change Permissions

2 Change File Permission From Read-Only to Read-Write on a Mac 3 My Mac Won't Let Me Write on an External Hard Drive 4 Transfer Mac Files to External Hard Drive.

Hi Nika, Welcome to Microsoft Community Forum. Before we start with the troubleshooting steps, I would request you to answer few questions.

• Did you try connecting the Western Digital Passport to another computer running Windows 8.1? • Did you install any utility related to Western Digital Passport?

• Are you working on an In the meanwhile, you can try taking ownership of the external drive and check if that helps you in resolving the issue. Problems working with files and folders in Windows can be caused by permissions issues, corrupted user accounts or even corrupted files.

These issues often occur after upgrading to another version of Windows, connecting to other computers over a network or even just connecting an external hard drive into your computer. Refer the steps provided in the link below for more information on how to take ownership of the external drive. Do post with more information and also let us know the status of the issue, so that we can assist you better.

I put the hard drive from my old Windows XP computer in an external case to try and get files from it on a new computer. I can see the drive and file system in windows explorer but they all say permission not granted so cannot view. I am logged on as the administrator but cannot change the drive permission. I cannot copy the files to view either. How do I gain permision to view and change old files from this external hard drive? The Windows XP will not run on the old drive so this is why I am trying to save data.

I have connected to a computer with Windows 7 and one with Windows XP and get the same warning on files. It does not work to look at file security tab and try to change. What do I try?