Elements 2TB Read Only and Access Permissions problem

Good day, I have a HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC, with Windows 10 64 bit. I have a WD Elements 1078 USB Device - 1862.98 GB drive. When I plug it into the laptop, it is recognized and I see the folders. If I right click and select properties, it shows as Read Only. I also get errors when trying to go into some, but not all, of the sub folders on the drive. I’ve attempted to remove the read only attribute, but then i get errors stating I don’t have permission. I’m the administrator.

If I plug this same drive into a pc of mine, running Windows 7, I don’t have any of these problems.

Help would be appreciated. I’m a fairly novice user.

It could be an issue related to how permissions are handled between the two operating systems; Windows XP to Windows 7 migrations presented similar issues.

If possible, format your hard drive in Windows 10. This will make the file system work with updated standards that are backwards-compatible.