Can't access volume of external HD

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mpayne7

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I was trying to add some kind of access protection to a volume on my external HD and now its doesn't appear on desktop.I know that its mounted (it is there in Disk Utility).
What I did was select the volume>open Get Info>checked no access
and then closed it
Next time of course it didn't show on desktop. Have I been a complete idiot?
Someone PLEASE tell me how to get it back.....
 
You've essentially told the system to not allow you access to that drive at all.

If you have an administrator logon and are reasonably confident with Unix you can get aroun it by going into Terminal and then enter:
cd /Volumes

Then enter:
ls

Find the name of the volume, then:
sudo chmod 770 {volumename}

...to unlock it. You'll be prompted for your admin password. If you get stuck or confused on any point, just copy-paste what you're up to so far and we will do our best to help you.
 
Thanks for this Symphonix but it didnt work or at least i couldnt get it to work. I'm a littel nervous about using Terminal and may not have done it correctly!
Can you be more specific in the instructions or is there another way?
Thanks
 
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