80GB USB HDD & No Permission

[Stephen]

Willis Taylor wrote:
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> I have an 80GB harddrive that I formatted with a Gparted Live CD to be
> ext3. I purchased a USB case for external use and the drive mounts with
> no problem. When I try to back up my home directory by dragging and
> dropping I am told I do not have root privilege and when I look at the
> permissions for the drive they are all grayed out. 
>
> Help please.
>   
If I were in your position I would try re-formating it in fat32. I have 
a usb case with a 120 gig IDE drive in it and don't have any problems.