Have you accounted for the fact that "My Documents" under WinXP is actually
a redirection to C:\Documents and Settings\[username] ? It is NOT the same
file path with Win7, so it makes sense that Win7 may be having problems
with it.
That said, it has proven to be a PITA of major proportions in an enterprise
environment to handle Win7's "new, improved" method of handling "My
Documents" and other of the pre-existing WinXP file/folder conventions when
upgrading users. Get a good backup, get a good backup, get a good backup of
your old system drive. Then, instead of trying to re-direct Win7's "My
Documents" (if, indeed you are attempting that) use absolute file paths to
copy documents from the old to the new "My Documents".
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Scott Gomez
On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 2:53 PM, piers@xxxxxxxx <piers.hemy@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> 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
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