Drive not accessable-Access is denied

Thanks for quick reply.
Have already checked Permissions, should have noted in my post

  See if you can find the screen about taking ownership. If the ownership is messed up or non existant permissions will be ineffective. Just for grins, on the screen above, what happens if you check the box "replace all child....." do you get a choice to "apply" or OK? What version of Windows is this?

Windows 7 Pro.

Tried the "Replace all child object...."
Looks like it ran thru all the Windows files but didn't do anything.
I'm going to take it out of the PC and try accessing it with a USB adapter.

Have the drive now running from a USB adapter on another PC.
Drive now "E:"
Here's a snap of it running.
Went thru the disk again with no luck.  

That is exactly what it should have done. When it was done did you go back and make sure Administrors had full control and relace permissions on child objects? Right back to the top of this thread?

Sure did.
Here's the result.
Looks same as before.
 

   

  I am at a loss. It let you take ownership of everything and re-apply permissions with no errors. That should have done the trick. Have you tried accessing it with Windows Explorer as opposed to My Computer?

   What results do you get if you try scanning it with your virus software?

Tried all that.
Found an old note in my files referring to taking ownership in XP.
First thing it said:
"Boot into Safe Mode......"

 
Moved all the files I have been trying to access.
Can now format and reuse the drive.

WHEW!