Windows 10: Recently installed Windows 10 to SSD. Can't access old HDDs' programs or user files

Hello,


I recently bought a brand new copy of Windows 10 and a Solid State Drive to put it on. I was upgrading my Motherboard, CPU, and RAM and figured I'd do this while I was working on the PC.


The MoBo, CPU, and RAM installation went flawlessly. Windows 10 installed as normal to my new SSD as well. Then, I reconnected my old HDDs with 10TB of storage space between them, hoping to use the first, 2TB drive D: for programs and user files and the second 8TB drive G: for all other files I do a lot of video editing and that can take up a lot of space.


Unfortunately, now Windows 10 boots up from the SSD. Normally, this would be a great thing and it is! It's cut my boot-up time from 15 minutes down to 40 seconds. However, I can't access my old User folder on the D: drive, and if I try to open, say, Steam for example from the D: drive, it says the directory is not writable and it can't use my already existing library of games.


I've attempted the usual solutions of claiming ownership of the drives, but this problem persists. I don't have enough room on my SSD for all my programs and files and I certainly DO NOT want to format these drives that currently have 2.43 TB of my data on them.


Ideally, I would like to keep my SSD C: as my main drive for boot-up, but then have all my programs except the most important ones I need right away linked from my D: drive. As well as import my personal User folder from the D: drive over to my C: drive... or at least a few important folders.

:)

 

Partitioning Program Files/Program Files(x86) from Windows 10 install?

In the coming week I will be installing Windows 10 Home on my new computer. I will be using an SSD and an HDD, the SSD for the OS, programs and games and the HDD for photos, music and all the other slow stuff.
So, my question. In case the OS were to ever get corrupted, or I had to reinstall the OS for any other reason, is it possible to have the SSD set up as follows; Partition 1 - OS, Partition 2 - Program Files/Program Files((x86) plus other associated folders/files) and Partition 3 for my games, so that any re-install does not wipe out my already installed programs?

I had no problem doing this in with my XP desktop(OS in C and Progs in D, although not perfect, but was never able to do it with Windows 7.

Can it be done?

Tom.

 

Clean SSD install (Users folders remain on HDD) - help

Yes

Don't. Leave the user folders as installed by Windows (makes it easy to create a simple image from time to time of the basic OS/programs installation). Then look at alternative ways of saving/moving your user created files to the HDD. (Manually; Task Scheduler to run programs; etc)

 

Installed SSD, Can't use alot of things on HDD

Hi,

I recently installed an SSD in my PC and put windows 10 on it (my old HDD also had windows on it). But now I can't seem to use a lot of the stuff on the HDD. I can still click on it and see all files but when I try to open a program I seem to get an error
every time. It's a different error for each program though. Does anyone know what's going on?