How to force ownership of a drive in Windows 7

If you are the owner/administrator of the current OS, then you can take ownership of any installed drive.

This can be annoying.

Try this:

  • Right click on the drive.
  • Select the "Security" tab.
  • Click on the "Advanced" button.
  • Click on the "owner" tab.
  • Click on "edit".
  • Don't just select "Administrators", select your specific account name.
  • For added benefit, click back