Moving files from old drive


  1. Posts : 6
    Windows 7 Pro
       #1

    Moving files from old drive


    Greetings,
    My mother in law had her towers motherboard die. I was able to grab the SATA drive out and pop it in to my external SATA USB adaptor and I can see it as a G drive. I am trying to move over the documents but keep getting a permission denied error. This tower was running XP. Is there a way to force the copy or change the permissions so it work.
    Just want to salvage her documents and pictures.
    Thanks in advance.
    Ed
      My Computer


  2. Posts : 71,977
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #2

    Hello Ed,

    It sounds like you may need to take ownership of the G drive, and set the G drive's permissions to "Allow" your user account "Full Control" before you will gain access.

    Hope this helps,
    Shawn
      My Computer


  3. Posts : 6
    Windows 7 Pro
    Thread Starter
       #3

    I gave that a go but still get a permission error. I see that under properties the files are 'hidden' I wonder if this is effecting the problem.
      My Computer


  4. Posts : 71,977
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #4

    Have you already tried taking ownership and applying permissions to the folders and their contents for the document and picture files?
      My Computer


  5. Posts : 6
    Windows 7 Pro
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Holy cow... It worked once I paid attention. :) Since the drive was originally a C drive with Windows it would not work. But after realizing that I just wanted to take ownership of "mydocuments" it worked. I want to burn these a DVD for her to use now. Do I have to adjust permissions again so she can access them?
    Big help you are....
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  6. Posts : 71,977
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #6

    That's great news Ed. :)

    It depends on where you saved them to and if she already has access to that location or not.
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