Your original post caused me to go through a more logical process that allowed
me to determine that the /etc/fstab mount was causing the owner and folder
permissions to change. I cheated and installed Pysdm to mount the drive without
a manual entry into /etc/fstab. The allowed the USB drive to mount with "root"
as owner and all permissions correct. I could then access and read all files on
the USB drive from my Windows 7 computers with all of the Samba Shared section
commented out. If I attempt to copy a file to the USB Drive I get "You need
permission to perform this action". I then uncommented the Shared section of
smb.con and restarted Samba.
I now get "Access Denied" again after entering the Username and Password. Any
Thoughts?