Windows 10: Desktop folder empty when using former internal SSD externally

Hello,my Notebook Win 11 is being repaired, so I removed the SSD to be able to keep working with my files stored there on another PC. I put the internal SSD into a case and connected it to that other PC via USB-C.On that other PC Win 10 the desktop Folder Users/myUserName/Desktop is almost empty and only contains two files: desktop.ini and "Entfernte Apps.html" which translates to "Removed Apps.html". However, there should be several files including that I was recently working on and some shortscuts, the recycle bin and so on...I have checked the content of the Desktop folders from ot

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Use Internal SSD (With Windows 10 installed) as a Temporary External Drive?

Hi there,

This is Wil, one of the independent advisor, an expert with Windows 10 and a fellow Windows 10 user like you. I understand your concern about using Internal SSD as an external drive.

There won't be any problem with using your internal SSD as an external drive as long you will not alter or delete the Windows folder or anything inside it. The same goes for the Program Files, Program Files (x86), and the other hidden folder. If you want to use it as a temporary external drive, I would suggest creating a new folder on it that you can use a temporary save location.

I hope the information I provided will help you. If you need further assistance please do reply back and I will respond as quickly as possible. Have a nice day.

Thanks,

Wilfred P.

Independent Advisor

 

Again... Win10pro Won't Allow Ownership Change On Internal SATA SSD...

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I tried out the "clean boot' methodology (as I understood the linked instructions)... first on my same hardware config (without disconnecting everything as you suggested). Immediately I had a problem with signing back into the rebooted OS... the front pretty
screen came up (with the date and time in the lower left corner), but no (center screen) password prompt. I tried rebooting a few times to see if there might be some other option to get to the password prompt, but no success. Eventually I walked away from
the machine to get a bite to eat in another room. When I came back about a half hour later, the password prompt was waiting for me... I entered my correct password and got in. Once in, I confirmed that little if anything had loaded up in the background...
only a few MS exe's seemed to be running. I opened the standard MS File Manager... and got the same permissions error attempting to do a folder listing on the internal SATAIII attached SSD.

I'll next try to follow your directions by repeating the Clean Boot, while also disconnecting all the drives. I'm a little confused by your instructions to disconnect all of my external usb drives as I'm not having any detectable troubles with any of these...
they all appear to be working fine. Also, I think that this problematic internal SSD also behaves OK when connected via the external usb channels - I need to confirm this. I've also tested a standard HDD (that connects OK via the external usb channels)
on the internal SATAIII port (to test the port and it's wires/plug), and it worked fine. So as best I can tell at this time, I'm only seeing this problem with this one SSD attempting to use it via the internal SATAIII motherboard plug.

I can't practically "plug" this SSD into the internal SATAIII port while the OS or machine is running... this must be done in a quiescent state between boots... (it's a big hassle opening the rear of this "business grade" notebook... requiring removal of
nine small but long torx screws... the process takes 10-15 minutes). All while in the same "clean boot" config (with all external usb devices disconnected) I'll boot up with the SSD removed from the internal SATAIII port... shutdown, reconnect the SSD to
the internal SATAIII port... reboot and see if there is any change.

Does this step-by-step meet your proposed test/resolution? If not, please further clarify your proposal for me.

Thank you!

 

Internal SDD folder as cache for external drive folder

I am using windows-10 on a laptop with SSD internal drive.

I have an external USB 3 SSD drive that operates through a SATA to USB3 adpater. I use it to store my virtual machine disk images amongst other things. The folder for the VM images is too big to keep on my internal SSD. However running my VMs from the images stored on the external drive is too slow.

To get around this, when I want to run a particular VM I copy the image to my internal drive first. If I run out of space I move least used images back to the external drive so that I can copy the required image to my internal drive. This copying and syncing is tedious to manage, time consuming and risky.

Is there a caching tool available that allows me to setup a folder on my internal drive that provides access to all the files of a larger folder on my external drive as if they were stored internally?

I would then expect this folder to operate like a cache so that files accessed recently would be available from the internal storage and the synchronisation of data between the external folder and the internal drive's folder would be managed automatically.