Windows 10: Can't access "user" files on hard drive from previous computer

Discus and support Can't access "user" files on hard drive from previous computer in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; I had a laptop with windows 10, motherboard issues. Got a new laptop with windows 10. I used USB to SATA cable to attach to old hard drive. I can... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by landforgotten, Feb 6, 2020.

  1. Can't access "user" files on hard drive from previous computer


    I had a laptop with windows 10, motherboard issues. Got a new laptop with windows 10. I used USB to SATA cable to attach to old hard drive. I can see folders in old hard drive and could move some data. Can't access "users" data. I have tried giving permissions, sharing data and nothing seems to work. I searched this forum and the internet and found no help.

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    landforgotten, Feb 6, 2020
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  2. psheadl Win User

    Recover User files from a previous computer hard drive



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    psheadl, Feb 6, 2020
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  3. DannibusX Win User
    Accessing a Hard Drive...

    ...from a dead laptop.

    My girlfriend's laptop recently s**t the bed, and she has a lot of photos she would like to retrieve from it. I used a USB to IDE cable to try, but it's a no go. Her drive has Windows XP Home on it, and my system has Win7 x64. The computer recognizes the drive, but it wants me to initialize it, which I think may format it.

    I don't know if it's formatted FAT32 or NTFS. Are there any suggestions on accessing the drive to pull all this data off of it?
     
    DannibusX, Feb 6, 2020
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  4. LW02 Win User

    Can't access "user" files on hard drive from previous computer

    user files are accessible to all users

    I am setting up a new computer. I am set up as administrator (local account) and I have added my kids as Other users (local account-not administrator). (I do not want to set them up as a Microsoft accounts).

    The new computer has one (small) hard drive for storing the operating system and a large hard drive for storing data. All user accounts were set up on the small drive. I changed all the user accounts to the other drive by following steps on Microsoft to
    move the folders under folder properties, doing it folder by folder-documents, then music, then pictures, etc. for each user. All the files in the various user accounts are synced (with a local copy) with Dropbox.

    That seemed to work except that all of user files are accessible to all users. If you look on the folder properties for the folder, they all say they aren't shared but they are.

    I am trying to fix this by going in to folder properties and changing the security settings. Under the security settings, the following groups have access to my administrator folder: Authenticated Users, SYSTEM, [my user account], Administrators, Users.
    Under Advanced, I disabled inheritance for the user account folder. Then I delete the access for user. That blocked access for other users to my some of my user folders but not others. (I primarily care about access to my files.)

    Any suggestions for fixing this?
     
    LW02, Feb 6, 2020
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