Access to External HD on 2 different computers?

Please can someone point me in the right direction, I have copied some
files from my brother's PC to an external HD.

However when I plug the HD into my computer it display's a different
ddrive number (brothers J: , Mine F

And error message say's not autohrised to view this access denied.?

Any ideas please, permission problem?

TA

"price1975@gmail.com" wrote:

> Please can someone point me in the right direction, I have copied some
> files from my brother's PC to an external HD.
>
> However when I plug the HD into my computer it display's a different
> ddrive number (brothers J: , Mine F
>
> And error message say's not autohrised to view this access denied.?
>
> Any ideas please, permission problem?
>
> TA
>
> First turn off simple file sharing. Do this by going to Tools Menu in Explorer. Then go to the View tab and at the bottom is a check box called "Use simple file sharing (Recommended) ". Untick the check box, and hit OK. Then find the folders you need to access. Left click them and select Properties. There will be a tab called "Security". Click it and click "Advanced". Once you open the advanced window, click the Owner tab. Select Administrator, and tick Replace owner on subcontainers and access. Click OK and click yes to all the dialog boxes that come after that.