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Saturday, October 22, 2016 12:33 AM
I have replaced a hard drive on another computer that I have (home laptop). The laptop locked up and every time I booted it would do a boot log and get to finished and stop. The black screen of death. I thought the drive was dead. But the drive is functioning and I want to access the data in that user account that was never backed up. There are many things that I would like to have that are still there. Browser favs, emails, etc. The main thing is that my music files were not 100% backed up at the time of the drive removal. How do I give myself permission to access my own files?
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Saturday, October 22, 2016 3:28 PM | 1 vote
If you are the administrator of the machine the hard drive is connected to then you can reset the permissions add to the permission. This guide although for Windows 7 is still valid for Windows 10 http://www.wikihow.com/Change-File-Permissions-on-Windows-7
Monday, October 24, 2016 1:56 AM | 1 vote
Hi ，
How did you replace this hard drive?
Is this a system drive or data drive?
Are able to log into system now?
Usually, if we need replace a system drive, we should create an Image Backup then restore the backup to your new hard drive, Here is a link for reference of the detailed steps:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbVT4XQcB1A
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If you are able to logon now, then we could refer to Mr Happy's suggestion to have a try.
Best regards
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Monday, October 24, 2016 3:20 AM
Yes to both. I have a home laptop(the one with the new drive) and it is the drive that was removed that I am having trouble accessing. I am using my work laptop which I have full access as admin to access the old drive. It is just music and some saved emails that I am trying to get to. I have photos on the drive but have redundant external for their safety. The wikihow seems easy to follow and will report on my progress, Thanks !
Both machines run 10 now
Monday, October 24, 2016 3:30 AM
Hi
I had the drive replaced for me and a new install of Windows 10 Pro put on that drive. The old drive which is the one I am trying to access has some music files and email that I would like to have. The photos on the old drive are backed up on redundant external drives. This is not a do or die thing as I have most (90%) of the music on another external drive. I have 2 laptops one work and one home that I have full permission on so that is not the issue either. I will look at the video and report on my progress. Thanks
Monday, October 24, 2016 4:10 AM
If you have placed the old drive into another computer as a slave then any Admin Account can access all of the files in that account unless it was encrypted with BitLocker or similar.
Just use File Explorer and look for X:\Users\Your User Name"\ where X is the letter assigned to the drive by your computer.
Rob Brown - Microsoft MVP - Windows and Devices for IT - Windows Insider MVP : Bicycle - Mark Twain said it right.
Friday, October 28, 2016 9:25 AM
Hi pajore13,
How about the issue, is there anything to update?
Best regards
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