Windows 10: Old hard drive can't be opened, or not all files are shown

Discus and support Old hard drive can't be opened, or not all files are shown in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; I took out the hard drive from my old netbook that stopped working, and put it in an adapter to connect to my computer via USB. The first time that I... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by CdogXV, May 31, 2019.

  1. CDOGXV
    CdogXV Win User

    Old hard drive can't be opened, or not all files are shown


    I took out the hard drive from my old netbook that stopped working, and put it in an adapter to connect to my computer via USB. The first time that I did it was at least over a year ago, and now, opening it is taking too long and now it froze up Explorer.

    Old hard drive can't be opened, or not all files are shown 0f0c03ba-d776-4b45-9dad-d401d6cc3360?upload=true.png

    The drive that's having that problem is F:\

    :)
     
    CdogXV, May 31, 2019
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  2. ANIL MADISHETTY
    Anil Madishetty Win User

    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.
     
    Anil Madishetty, May 31, 2019
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  3. REMON ONT
    Remon Ont Win User
    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.
     
    Remon Ont, May 31, 2019
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  4. DON'T ROOT HERE PLZ...
    Don't Root here plz... Win User

    Old hard drive can't be opened, or not all files are shown

    Boot from old hard drive

    The motherboard of my old computer died suddenly and so I bought a new computer. It has two 1TB HDDs on RAID 0 and comes preinstalled with Windows 10 Home. I wanted my computer to boot from my old 120GB SSD from my old computer but it doesn't seem to recognize it as boot drive. It was working perfectly with my old computer.

    I can view files from the SSD and so this confirms that it is working. The boot partition is marked active.

    I tried changing the boot hard drive in the bios but in the bios, the only two options shown in the boot menu are

    • Windows Boot Manager (Intel Volume1)
    • CD/DVDRW

    After searching online, a website suggested swapping the Sata of the old hard drive with that of the new one. I tried even this but this didn't work either. It gave me the error "boot disk not found" and in the boot menu, the only option was "CD/DVDRW".

    For Reference :<br>
    Motherboard : ASUS Z170 PRO GAMING<br>
    All Hard Drives Run GPT.

    Any other solutions?
     
    Don&#39;t Root here plz..., May 31, 2019
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