An external HD shows "unknown" as a user under permissions. How do I put myself back as administrator?

My external HD has 2 partitions and is shared via an AP Extreme base station.  I'm having difficulty trashing  files.  Each time it asks me for my system password. Once I enter it the file is handled normally. All attempts to put me as admin in the Get Info window for either partition rejects me as an acceptable name when I try to add me as a user.  How do I change "unknown" user to to me as admin for the HD and all the contained files and folders?

Check the Ignore ownership on this volume box in the volume's Get Info panel.

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