Windows 10: Accessing a User Profile Folder on old SSD

I recently took out my old SSD out of my laptop, and I am trying to transfer the files in my User profile folder to my new SSD. As I am accessing my profile folder, it provides a prompt that I need admin access in order to go into the folder. As I proceed onto the Adminastrator access, the windows explorer freezes and goes into a stalling "not responding" mode. I then tried to access the folder through the terminal but I keep getting the prompt "Permission Denied" due to a password being on this profile. I know the password for the profile but how do I access the profile and enter the password

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Move Users Folder Location in Windows 10  

If not the best way to do that but at least the way I recommend:

• "Empty" your user profile folders as much as you can, copying documents, pics, videos, music and all other personal data from all user profiles to external HDD. As following steps require you to relocate Users folder two times, the less data is left in user profile folders, the faster the relocation process. Important: Leave system folder AppData for each profile intact, do not empty / move its content!
• Reverse the relocating, doing exactly as told in tutorial Method Two but this time relocating Users folder back to C: drive
• Shut down the PC, replace the disk where you had Users relocated
• Mount the new disk, boot to Windows, assign new disk the same drive ID letter than the old one had
• Again, do as told in Method Two, now relocating Users to new disk
• Restore the backed up personal user data from external drive to respective folders under each user profile

 

User Profile Service failed

To resolve your concern, we suggest that you follow these steps:

• Copy the Default folder (in C:\Users) from another windows 10 computer.
• Rename the Default folder to something like DefaultOLD (just to keep it for safety reasons).
  
• Paste it in your Users folder.
• To make sure that you won't have problems with permissions of the "implant" folder, just transfer it via a FAT/FAT32 formatted USB stick (those filesystems don't have permissions).

This will provide solution to the error User Profile Service failed.

Let us know if you need more assistance.

 

Windows 10 - Can't access the Internet or create User Accounts, getting the error message "The User Profile Service service failed the sign-in".

Hello,



Thank you for replying.



To transfer the files to the new created account, I suggest you to disable built-in administrator account, login into the newly created account and follow the steps below.

• Press Windows logo + E keys on the keyboard to open
  File explorer.
• Select This PC from the left side panel of the window and open
  users folder located in the C: drive.
• Locate and open old user profile folder in the users folder and transfer all the required files on to the newly created user profile folder.
• Close the window and check if the files & folders are transferred to the current user profile.

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Thank you.