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Need Help with Windows 7 Pro setup - access old hard drive
« on: Wed, 04 September 2013, 20:30:13 »
I have just formatted and installed Windows 7 Professional on a small SSD. (aka C:)

I have a nice fresh 1TB hard drive that I want to use for everything else, including the default location for all my program files. (aka D:)

The old drive is now in an external enclosure, and I want to use is as a backup/source. I can access everything except for the old Users/Harry/ folder which includes My Documents and My Pictures and such. I get the message that I do not have permission to access them.

How do I grant myself access to dig them out again?

D@mn you once again, Microsoft!

« Last Edit: Thu, 05 September 2013, 08:04:49 by fohat.digs »
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Re: Need Help with Windows 7 Pro setup - access old hard drive
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 05 September 2013, 08:06:36 »
Also, when I am logged in as an administrator, why do I still have to jump through hoops to get permissions?

That whole structure is simply something I have never understood, since I have not worked very much on 'big" systems.
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"However, even though I was born in the Mesozoic, I do know what anyone who wants to reach out to young people should say: Billionaires took your money. They took your chance to buy a home. They took your chance at a good education. They stole your opportunities. Billionaires took the things you want in life. If you really want those things, you have to take them back.
That's the message. That's the whole message. Say that every day, not just to reach America's frustrated young white men, but people of every age, race, and gender.
Late-stage capitalism is a wealth-concentration engine, focused on vacuuming up every dollar and putting it in as few hands as possible. Republicans are helping that vacuum suck.
How does a tiny fraction of the population get away with this? They do it by dividing the other 99% of Americans against themselves."
- Marc Sumner 2025-05-30

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Re: Need Help with Windows 7 Pro setup - access old hard drive
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 05 September 2013, 08:09:18 »
Usually what I do when something like this happens is I boot Ubuntu from a USB stick and just move/delete/alter the files Windows won't let me. For instance when there are files I can't delete because Windows tells me they're not there, despite showing up in explorer.
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Re: Need Help with Windows 7 Pro setup - access old hard drive
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 05 September 2013, 08:58:26 »
I'm not sure if you used encryption or anything like that but this might help

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/add-take-ownership-to-explorer-right-click-menu-in-vista/
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Re: Need Help with Windows 7 Pro setup - access old hard drive
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 05 September 2013, 09:15:47 »
YOU SHOULD JUST USE WINDOWS 98. THAT'LL SOLVE YOUR PROBLEMS.
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Re: Need Help with Windows 7 Pro setup - access old hard drive
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 05 September 2013, 10:23:06 »
Right, you just need to take ownership of the files again under your new account. It's not a big deal, something you will get used to if you reinstall. Administrator account is still not really full administrator. It's just less locked down than a standard user account. You can go into computer management>local users and groups and enable the actual administrator account which is most privileged after trustedinstaller, though it's not really necessary for doing anything.
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