Solved Accessing Windows 7 User folders on Windows 8 PC

Hi!
I just got a new laptop that had a second Hard drive bay, so to speed up copying all my information from my old laptop (which had Windows 7) I just took the HD out of the old and put it in the new.

Everything seems to work fine unless I try to access the files stored in the /users directory (which is where almost all of my work files were). When I double click the file for my username on my old computer, it tells me I do not have permission to view this folder.

Under that is a button that says Click here to permanently gain access to this folder (with an admin icon).

So... I click there. Then as it begins to open the folder, the green bar flies up and stops at about 95% and just sits there.

I had about 40GB of data in subfolders to this, is that how long it takes to change all their permissions? Or do I have to put the HD back in the old laptop and copy it another way?

Hello Goodbrew, and welcome to Eight Forums.

You have the thread marked as solved. Were you able to get it sorted?

Yeah. It eventually went through after I walked away and came back about an hour and a half later. I thought perhaps part of the HD was corrupted, but it turns out it was just being slow.

Ok. Good. Thank you for posting back.