MS Windows "Custom Folders" appears as Read Only in Mac

Hi,
I'm new to Mac, and started copying my old PC data to an external drive, so I could access it in my MacBook, before reformating my PC.
I copied a lot of folders (around 100 Gb) and noted that some folders are "read only" in that external drive. I remembered my unix time checking for chmod/chwon attributes, but I didn't see anything different from read/write folders. I could note just one thing. This "read only folders" are folder that, in my PC, had "Custom Icons", or "Custom images" attached to it.
I tried a lot of chmod/chwon combinations, but Terminal always said I have no right (or something like that, I don't remember now), so I gave up and copied from "Shared Folders", FTP or "one by one", and now it appears to be Ok.
Does anyone already saw this issue? If yes, is there a way to "force" that folder to be read/write? I tried using Finder to Find folder/files that were readonly (so I could identify each one), but I din't find the option. Anyone knows how?
Thanks in advance.
Alessandro Fragnani

alefragnani wrote:
Hi,
The external drive is already formated in FAT32. Only my old PC is formated with NTFS, and the problem itself is while accessing theses files/folder in the external drive, not the PC (I'm not accessing the PC directly).
FAT32 file system can't handle unix permissions and any file on such a drive will be listed as having full read+write access for everyone. However, if a file is read only in windows, it will be locked in OS X and there is absolutely no way to unlock it from OS X side short of reformatting the drive. You need to log into windows and unlock or delte the file from there.

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