I think you are correct, Jez, it's a question of access rights.
Perhaps it's too late for old user Jez to set access to public? Or
maybe you could change the location of 'My Documents' to the relevant
folder on the old HDD to get access (at the possible expense of losing
access to the current location)?
Piers
On 18/07/2012, Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Interesting idea.
> I'm thinking it's to do with access to User=jez. However I migrated the
> user name / password across so i would expect to have access to my own
> docs. It's a bit academic - I have all the docs (and multiple backups) but
> I'd like to understand it before I wipe the old hdd and start over.
> thanks
> Jez
>
> On 18 July 2012 21:17, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Jez,
>>
>> I know little about this, but, on my XP installation, My Documents
>> appears
>> to be given status equivalent to an HD, even though it exists on the C
>> drive. You might have to change the name of the folder, if possible, to
>> allow the system to access it when it exists on a different letter-named
>> drive.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jez Cunningham" <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 2:08 PM
>> Subject: [OM] [OT] WinXP to Win7 upgrade
>>
>>
>> >I have now got Win7 installed on my pc on a fresh hdd and I plugged
>> > the old hdd (with WinXP and all my documents) as a second drive, later
>> > to be used for data backup, but temporarily as a way back if the Win7
>> > install failed. But Win7 won't let me access 'My Documents' on that
>> > old hdd. Any ideas? Thanks in advance!
>> > Jez
>> > --
>> > _________________________________________________________________
>> > Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
>> > Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
>> > Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>> --
>> _________________________________________________________________
>> Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
>> Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
>> Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
>>
>>
> --
> _________________________________________________________________
> Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
> Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
> Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
>
>
--
_________________________________________________________________
Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
|