How do I unlock my external hard drives one has photos on them one is trying to run time machine and is not able to complete a basck up.

VK said for locked HDs and volumes at http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2329689
sudo chflags 0 /volumes/*
sudo chmod a+rx /volumes/*

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