I no longer have permissions to my external HD

I can't open my external disc which has my Time Machine backup as well as other data. I have spent hours trying the obvious stuff but it looks like it's to hard for me. The volume is 1 of 2 partitions on an external. 1 partition is a 600GB FAT(which I can access) and the other is a Mac Extended Journal which is the one that has a little lock on it now and I cannot get into.
Has anyone else had this problem and found away around this?
Cheers for Xmas.

run the following terminal commands (copy and paste, please)
sudo chflags 0 /volumes/*
sudo chmod a+rx /volumes/*
you'll have to enter your admin password (which you won't see). that's normal. this should unlock your drives.

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