How to Remove Security From a Hard Drive
In the Windows operating system, when you add "Security" to a hard drive what you are doing is specifying exactly which users have the ability to access the contents of a particular drive. Security is added and removed via the Windows Explorer file browsing utility. If you want to remove any security specifications you've made to a particular hard drive, you'll just have to adjust its settings.
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Instructions
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Click "Start."
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Click "Computer."
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Right-click on the hard drive that you'd like to remove security from.
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Click "Properties."
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Click the "Security" tab. Click "Edit" to make changes to the level of security for that particular drive. If you want to remove security, remove any user names that are present in the "Deny" column. This will allow every user on your computer (and network, if the drive is being shared) to access the contents of the drive. When you're finished, click "OK" to save the changes you've just made and remove the security from the hard drive.
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