[SOLVED] Windows 10 system restore failure

[Jim Wells]

Mounting the system image as a virtual drive
When I do this I don't have access to c:\user\Jim\

This is probably fair enough, because despite the fact that all the folders and filed are mine, me on the new Win 10 install isn't the same user as me on the old disk/installation. I think (hope) I am granting permissions now, but it is working through the files and is clearly going to take a long while. (And periodically it pauses waiting for input because it can't enumerate files in a folder, so I can't even set it going and walk away.) Any suggestions of a better way to do this would be very welcome.

As far as I can tell, I can only grant myself access to the folder and everything in it. This seems odd, and is a bit frustrating. I don't need access to hundred of Chrome files within the appdata folder. Just the Music and Videos folders would be just fine.

 

[Jim Wells]

Thank you all for your assistance with this issue. I've been able to recover the vast majority of the material from the failing disk, and the few things lost I'll put down to experience.

Thanks again

Jim

 

[x BlueRobot]

That's good news, I'm glad everything appears to be up and running again.