Catalog not readable from a portable hard drive...

I have been using a portable hard drive as my master files since I started using LR and so this is a first for me. When I create the catalog on my laptop on the portable drive that is attached and then plug the drive into my desktop to continue working a dialog box pops up saying...
I have assigned the same drive letter on both machines like I always do. I can't figure this one out and need some help please!
thanks,
Ken    

Beat,
Well after doing the permission changes on my desktop and being able to then work on the catalog I then went to laptop today and had to change permissions there as well. Now back at home on the desktop got the same problem with dialog as in first post. This time I was not able to get them set to where I could open the catalog so I just give up for now and went back to the laptop. Once I get through with the client jobs I am working on now and have more time I will try reformatting the drive and loading things back on it and see if this fixes the problem. Over the last few years of using LR since version 1 I have not ever had this problem....I am thinking it has something to do with my machines rather than LR4 but time will tell and I'll watch to see if anyone else has this problem in the future. Thanks for your help!!
Ken    

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