Hard Drive Permissions via Command Prompt

Command Prompt, a built-in utility in Windows, also enables you to set external hard drive permissions on Windows 10. You can follow the steps below to take ownership of external hard drive via Command Prompt.

Step 1: Type cmd in the search box and click Run as administrator under the displayed Command Prompt.
Step 2: In the prompted User Account Control window, click Yes to continue.
Step 3: In the elevated Command Prompt window, type takeown /f e:\ /r and hit Enter to execute the command.