Windows 10: Moving Windows Store folders to a new hard drive

I have a real issue with trying to move data from one external hard drive to another. Here is the issue:

My Seagate 4TB drive is starting to fail. It will not safely dismount, and fails diagnostics. It is still readable and writable. Unfortunately, since the original backup file copies were from OSX and an old MBP, it is formatted with ExFAT, and that seems to be the biggest issue.

The new drive is a WD 4TB, formatted for NTFS.

Cloning the drive with Macrium Reflect fails with an access denied error.

Copying the files fails with a Your organization does not allow you to copy this file error.

Trying to access the folders also throws an access error, and I cannot change the owner due to the ExFAT format. The owner is unknown.

I can find no viable solution online as it seems most assume an NTFS format of the drive you are copying from.

I have purchased games and in-game products, and once before when I had to delete a game due to it glitching and failing to load, I lost the bought products, so I need to copy these folders to the new drive.


Does anyone know of a way to do this?


Also, this is a home computer. I am the sole user and the admin, so why is ANYTHING on the computer looking for 'Your organization' or denying me access? It is MY computer, and MY files, and that should be the end of discussion!


Just as an aside, as a person coming from years of Linux and OSX use, Windows seems to be VERY frustrating is how difficult and slow certain operations are! I am really considering a return to Linux if I can get it running on this box as the only real usecase I see for Windows is to run certain games.


Machine:

Lenovo Legion - AMD 4800H, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD

NAS for home network: 4TB WD MyCloud


Any information or suggestions would be most appreciated.

KB

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Moving Librariy files and folders to secondary hard drive

Hi Bailey,

We appreciate you for being part of Windows 10.

Yes, as you said you will face problems if you cut and paste the library folders to the new hard drive. If you cut and paste the libraries folder some of the Windows functions such as Downloads, Music, Pictures and Videos
will not work properly

If you want to access the library folders in the new hard drive, I suggest you to copy the Library folders (Documents, Music, Pictures and Videos). Follow the steps to copy the library folders.

• 
  Press Windows + E keys on the keyboard to open Windows explorer.
  
• 
  Find the Libraries on the left navigation pane of the Windows Explorer. (If libraries are not there, click on
  View tab at the top of Windows explorer, click on Navigation pane and select the
  Show Libraries)
  
• 
  Now, right click on Libraries from the left navigation pane and click on
  Copy.
  
• 
  Open the new hard drive and paste the Libraries folder by pressing
  CTRL + V key on the keyboard. (paste the libraries folders on the new hard drive where ever you want)
  

As you have less space on the primary hard drive, I suggest you to follow the below article to free up drive space.

Free up drive space in Windows 10

Free up drive space in Windows 10

I hope the above information helps. Kindly let us know if you need any further assistance with Windows. We are glad to assist you.

Thank you.

 

exterior hard drive usable?

Hi,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

I suggest you to follow the below steps and check if it helps.

• Plug USB hard drive into old computer.
• Open File Explorer (Win+E) and open the USB drive.
• Open another File Explorer window and open your documents folder.
• Drag files to the USB drive.
• Move drive to new computer.
• Drag files to their new homes in the matching documents/pictures/videos/whatever folders you use to organize.

Please let us know if you have any further issues. in uploading/ transferring data.

Thanks.

 

External Hard Drive

Hi John,

We suggest that you try the troubleshooting steps below:

• Open your External Hard Drive file in File Explorer.
• Type the name of the file you want to search on the search box and click Enter.

The file will show up in Search Results and you will be able to move it to the correct folder.

Let us know if you need further help.