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Problems with permissions of removable hard drive

Asked by dabomb980

   I have a computer that recently crashed and I was going to transfer my files onto my other computer, but when I mount the HD and try to transfer the files it says: "you do not have the permissions necessary to view the contents of ********" I tried to dig up all of the information that I could and here's what it says: Filesystem: hfsplus. Does anybody have a solution because the contents of the documents have time sensitivity.

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Best Peeyush Chandel (cpeeyush) said : 		#1

try to change the permission of that drive using terminal
use this command in terminal

sudo chown -hR your user name /media/drive name

for e.g.
my username is peeyush and my drive name(lable) is extra theh i will type

sudo chown -hR peeyush /media/extra

try this may it fix your problem

-PEEYUSH CHANDEL(INDIA)

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dabomb980 (geenen124-gmail) said : 		#2

Thanks, It worked perfectly.

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dabomb980 (geenen124-gmail) said : 		#3

Thanks Peeyush Chandel, that solved my question.