System Volume Information folder " access denied "

The "System Volume Information" Folder on one of my two external usb drives gives me an access denied message when i double click on it, i have system restore disabled for the drive but i was wondering if Norton ghost which i also use may be denying me access to that drive as it is the one that ghost recognizes as the external drive. The other external usb drive gives me access to the System Volume Information folder on that drive but is not seen by Ghost when i backup or try to restore from the Ghost program in Dos.
Could anybody please suggest how i might gain access to this folder.

many thanks for any replies.

 

If you get Access Denied in WinXP Pro you may have to "take ownership" of the file/folder before it can be accessed. First of all go to Folder Options, View Tab and in the Advanced Settings at the end, untick "Use simple file sharingâ€, which will allow the Security tab to be shown in the file’s properties. Also, in Folder options, make sure hidden and system files can be viewed if the file/folder you want doesn‘t appear.

To take ownership of the file (it’s best done at the folder level), right-click it, Properties, Security Tab, add your user name, fill in all the permissions and Apply. You can now access it.

WinXP Home is different, you have to boot in safe mode to access the Security Tab or this site may help http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_home_sectab.htm

 

I forgot to mention

I forgot to mention that the external drive i am having problems with is formated for NTFS
and the one i am not having trouble with is formatted with Fat32
I don't know if it makes any difference.

I am using XP Home edition

 

Tried accessing the folder in Safe Mode still get the same problem
also tried changing the shared settings but it already showed the shared option as ticked have also tried all the options suggested but nothing seems to work

 

Sorry Arie tried the above but it doesent seem to work with a USB drive