Windows 10: Unable to see W7 user data from hard drive caddy in Windows 10

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  1. Unable to see W7 user data from hard drive caddy in Windows 10


    Unable to see W7 user data from hard drive caddy in Windows 10 hi all I have just set up a Windows 10 desktop with a clean install for a friend. they had windows 7 on an old desktop so I copied their data to the new pc using an external HDD. however as a back up I have taken out the old hard drive and placed it in a hard drive caddy so that they can a - see any of their old data in case I missed anything b - use the drive as external back up However when I navigate to the user profile it asks for permission which I click continue at but then it just sits there and think about it with the blue circle but doesnt actually do anything. not seen this before, any ideas please TIA Bart

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    bartjunited, May 24, 2021
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  2. W1zzard Win User

    W7 Hard drive partition issue

    to get rid of that 100 meg windows partition that setup creates for you on a new install on a blank hdd:

    - press shift+f10 when on the partition management screen in setup <-- this opens a command prompt
    - diskpart <-- start the windows command line partition management tool
    - list disk <--- list the installed hdds in this computer for the next step
    - select disk 0 <- might have to replace 0 with the number of the correct disk
    - clean <-- this will erase all data on the disk you selected one step up- dont use the wrong disk!
    - create partition primary <- creates a primary partition taking up all space on the drive, adjust the command if necessary
    - exit, exit to exit diskpart and the command prompt
    - click refresh in partition manager and select your newly created partition and install to that
     
    W1zzard, May 24, 2021
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  3. Jayanuba Win User
    W10 corrupts W7 hard drive

    W8.1 was working fine as a removable hard drive. W7 installed on a RAID array as multi partitions. Works fine and both OS can be booted and W8.1 reads the RAID array when booting as W8.1

    W10 upgrade completed on removable 8.1 drive, but then checked RAID drives for errors and changed them.

    W7 on raid no longer boots. After severel hours W7 finally re-installed on RAID array. (data is on other partition so ok.) Tested working all data recovered.

    Here's the kicker.

    As soon as I boot from W10 it says "reboot required to fix drives" then corrupts the Windows 7 install... Which doesn't need fixed!!

    The drive containing W7 OS becomes unreadable although other data partitions on the RAID array are OK.

    W7 recovery tries to fix the hard drive then fails.

    W10 changed drive letters first attempt, so I thought this an easy fix, but in fact every fresh W7 install is corrupted as soon as I boot from W10.

    This is a major problem. Why is W10 changing the drive parameters on a completely seperate fully operational operating system?
     
    Jayanuba, May 24, 2021
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  4. Msap14 Win User

    Unable to see W7 user data from hard drive caddy in Windows 10

    Hard Drive Data Recovery

    got a laptop pata hard drive that makes a slight constant clicking noise. hard drive is more than likely dead/dying right... i can see that partitions of the hard drive in disk management and i can see the partitions in my computer but i can't get to any of the data.

    any suggestions?
     
    Msap14, May 24, 2021
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