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Cannot access my old SATA hard drive
Hello all. I really need some help.
I just got a brand new Dell Inspiron 3542 laptop with Windows 7. My old laptop, a Dell 1545 Inspiron running Vista, died but I saved the hard drive (a SATA hard drive).
When I plug in my old hard drive to my new laptop, my new laptop recognizes it and a pop up box comes up to "open the folder and view files" for OS (F) and Recovery (E)
My files are on the F: one that comes up. I click on a folder under "Users" but it says I do not have permission to access it and I need to "click Continue to gain access". I do so and then a green bar takes a few seconds to load, and then it tell me I have been denied access. Then it says to click go to the security tab to gain access but when I click that, I get a big red X in a circle. Then the hard drive disappears from my Computer window and shuts off.
I really need some help because I have files I need from this hard drive. My even older Gateway IDE hard drive plugs in and works like a dream so I don't understand. Can somebody please help?