Vista HD data transfer


  1. Brentallica
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    Vista HD data transfer


    Old Vista PC bit the dust so I bought a new PC w/Win7x64. Figured I would pop the old hard drive in to retrieve the data. Everything works great. However, when I try to access the \User subfolders on the old Vista HD, I get an access denied error. A message pops up that says I can click Continue to permanently be able to access the folder. I click Continue and I see a status bar up in the top of of Windows Explorer where the path name is that starts to build quickly and then slows down. I wait and wait and wait, but nothing ever happens.

    Is there anyway I can get to this data? I can't put it back in the old PC to change the permissions as the sys board died and PC is unbootable.

    There must be a way. Thanks for any help!!
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  3. Bare Foot Kid
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    Hello Brentallica, welcome to Seven Forums!



    Have a look at this tutorial at the link below to see if you can copy/paste the data from the old HDD to the new one with the old HDD in the new PC, I've used the method myself and it's very effective; be sure to post back with any further questions you may have and to keep us informed.


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  4. gregrocker
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    Try taking ownership of the folders involved using this shortcut added to rightclick context menu:

    Take Ownership Shortcut
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