Windows 7 External Hard Drive Files Locked as Read-Only

[CeeGee]

Hi

I have recently bought a new laptop running Windows 7. I have an external hard drive which I used to use on an old laptop which ran Windows XP. When I plug the USB external hard drive into my new laptop running Windows 7, I can only open files as read only.

Why is the external hard drive locked? I only have one user account set up which is an administrator account.

Any ideas for solving this one?

Regards

CeeGee

 

[Joe S]

I'm not sure of all the steps but you need to change the sharing settings possibly take ownership. Do some searching on that.
Joe