The difficulty to access files on my second hard drive

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• Denied access to back up files to a second hard drive

  I recently formatted my 'C' drive and did a reinstall of Windows XP. Before that I backed up all my music files and photo on my drive "D". When I go into my "d" drive to access my files I get a D:\Documents and Settings\Doug is not accessible. Access is denied. When I click on the D drive properties, it shows that 104 concerts are used. But when I open "D" and click on properties in each case they show that a total of about 4 gigs for all individual records. It seems that the files are still there but will not let me get to them. Please help as the wife will want to kill me if I lost all of our pictures. And I really want my songs back. Thank you

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• I can't find my external hard drive under 'Computer' but it appears in "Devices and printers" How can I access files on my external hard drive?

  I can't find my external hard drive in "computer".

  I just bougth a new HP computer running Windows 7.  I just copied a bunch of movie files, music and photo of my old Mac (OSX Leopard) on a Western Digital external hard drive.

  I plugged the external drive in my HP via USB 2.0 on the front of the computer.  Windows recognizes the drive.  She appears in the Panel of external control/hardware and Sound/devices and printers as "HARD disk".

  It does not appear in 'Computer' under 'devices with removable storage ".

  I just want to get to my files so I can copy them to my new computer.  How to access my files on the external hard drive?  Why isn't he appear in 'computer '?

  Hello ShamedMonkey,

  Thank you for your message.  The problem you are having is because of differences in formatting between PC and Mac.  You can, however, transfer your files between the two.  I will set out what must be done under and limitations of each.
  First, you will need to format the drive on your PC.  When you format the PC, you can format it in FAT32 or NTFS.
  (You mentioned that you do not see the drive in the computer) To format drive:
  Click 'Start' > right click on 'Computer' > select 'manage '.
  Click on "disk management".
  In the right pane, you should see your drive > you can then do a right click and 'format '.
  FAT32:
  This format will allow you to easily transfer files between the two.  This format becomes problematic when you transfer files more than 4 G.  There is a limit of 4 GB in FAT32, etc. of many movies are bigger than that and cannot be transferred using this format.
  NTFS
  This format has no size limitation, however, in its normal state it will be 'Read only' on Mac.  If you will not be able to transfer all the data itself.  While doing some research on the web, it seems that you can use a program called MacFuse on your Mac to change to NTFS files.  I have not confirmed this, but you can give it a try.  If this program works as planned, it would be the way to go.
  Please let us know if it did or did not solve your problem.
  See you soon

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• Cannot access files/folders in external hard drive after installing Windows 7

  Original title: device Seagate Ext Drive

  I have insalloed windows 7 and can, t get disc to open my files of suggestions please. Windows 7 did not installed new

  pilot. icon just no way to access my saved files.

  What about Clyde UK

  Hi Clyde,

  1. do you get an error message/code?

  2. What is the model number of the external drive?

  3. What is the brand and model of the computer?

  In order to diagnose the problem, you can check if Device Manager disk external drive is listed:

  a. type devmgmt.msc in the start menu, run the box, then press enter on the keyboard.

  b. in Device Manager, check if the hard drive is listed in the list of devices.

  Method 1:

  I suggest you to connect the hard drive to a different USB port or connect the external hard drive to another computer and check if the problem persists.

  Method 2:

  Check out the link and follow the steps in the article:

  What to do when a device is not installed correctly

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-in/Windows7/what-to-do-when-a-device-isn ' t-installed-correctly

  Hope this solves the problem. If the problem persists, you can write to us and we will be happy to help you further.

• Move the Windows Media Player files to another external hard drive

  The hard disk that contains the files from my Windows Media Player 10 is dying.  I need to move the data to a new hard drive that I bought, but have not yet connected to my PC.  Old and new external hard drives are plug-and-play.

  I have a lot of additional information to the library and want to be sure that I don't lose in the process.  However, I have not found anything in the documentation that tells me how to move my database from one hard disk to another.  Can anyone help?

  If music files are in MP3 or WMA format, so most of the information is also stored in the files themselves, so that these information will be retained when the files are moved. There are a few fields that are not stored in the files, such as play account, custom fields and possibly star ratings. In order to preserve these fields during the movement of the library, you can use the backup of the metadata tool.

  Tim Baets
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• How can I access files on my external hard drive with windows 7 OS, when I attach it to a computer with windows vista?

  When I try to change the permissions, I get an error message: error security application. An error has occurred applying security infromation to root: root, \boot: \bootmgr, root: \System Volume Information access is denied.

  When I open windows Explorer, it shows only startup records and not the user records. All suggestions will be useful. Thank you

  Hi, MBRC,

  1. Where are you trying to change the permissions?

  I suggest that you first take ownership of the drive once you connect to the computer and check if it works.

  To take ownership of a folder

  (a) right click on the folder you want to take control and then click Properties.

  (b) click on the Security tab, click Advanced, and then click the owner tab.

  (c) click on Edit. If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

  (d) click on the name of the person you want to give to the property.

  (e) If you want that person to be the owner of the files and subfolders in this folder, select the check box Replace owner subcontainers and objects .

  (f) click OK.

  Troubleshoot "access denied" when opening files or folders

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/troubleshoot-access-denied-when-opening-files-or-folders

  If the previous step fails, see if access you files and folders when you connect the drive to any other computer.

  I hope this helps!

  Halima S - Microsoft technical support.

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• Assistant of Trasfer MS backup file files compressed on a second hard drive... How can I retrieve the?

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  mjm001,
  Thanks for posting on the Microsoft answers Forum.  This link gives instructions on the use of the files and Settings Transfer Wizard: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/293118.  When you arrive at stages in selection of the location of the backup, you should be able to select your other HD.

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• Windows Media Player won't find the files on the second hard drive

  Hi hope you can help with this.

  I have Windows 7 and Windows Media Player 12 on my PC.

  My office has two hard drives, one for the operating system and all programs and another larger (drive J:\) for all my files.

  All my audio files are stored in the J:\Audio folder, and this folder is also the default location for my music library (such as configured in Windows and WMP).

  When I load WMP files in J:\Audio are not displayed in the music library.

  If I right click on music > manage a music library and then manually delete the J:\ from the list of library locations, and then re-add it, WMP adds all the files to the library (a process that takes about 20 minutes).

  BUT if I close WMP and re - open again, these files are missing once again.

  It seems that WMP has a blind spot of my second hard drive.

  Any suggestions for what I can do to remedy this?

  Thank you very much!

  Neil.

  Well, I think I found a solution for me at least.

  There is an answer on this thread who has contributed to:

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/Windows_7-pictures/songs-do-not-appear-in-the-Windows-Media-Player/a6e80b2e-7367-4529-9dab-5a38ba4167a5?page=5

  This is the fifth detention by djkel.

  This is a summary:

  To resolve this problem, delete the Windows Media Player database. To do this, follow these steps:
   
  1. exit Windows Media Player.
  2. click on start, run, type %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Media Player, and then click OK.
  3. Select all the files in the folder and then click on Delete on the file menu.
  Note you don't have to remove the folders that are in this folder.
  4. restart Windows Media Player.

  One of the files that I had to delete not able to be removed first because "Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service" was used. I was able to follow the steps on this page to temporarily stop the service and allow the file to be deleted:

  http://www.mydigitallife.info/how-to-disable-Windows-7-Media-Player-network-sharing-service-wmpnetwk/

  Then when I have opened WMP 12 database has been repopulated with my files... and all files remain when the 12 WPM has been closed and then reopened. I hope it's a permanent fix.

  Not sure if this will help your problem, Jeff, but I hope that.

  Neil.

• music file will not play in second hard drive double click Error "" the requested operation requires a rise ".

  Original title: music file won't play second hard drive by double click.

  Windows 7 ultimate/64

  I have a second hard drive on which I store my music files. If I open a player (Foobar is what I use now) and open the music file in the program, he plays very well, since the second HD.

  But if I double click on the music file (.mp3, usually), I get the message:

  "The requested operation requires a rise."

  I think it should open in the player by default when I do that.

  I remember well, it wasn't the case when I started to use this computer (it's fairly new), while something might have changed.
  I have the .mp3, .wav etc all default extensions for the Foobar player program.

  I went through elaborate measures to appropriate the entire disk and have granted full permissions for me as a user, following to the letter one of the many sites of the detailed instructions for this operation. But there is no help in sight.
  Original title: music file won't play second hard drive by double click

  So I can let my reader opens a music file leave a second drive, but I can't call him by double click or click right/context citing the player. When I do that, nothing happens, but I don't get the message "requires a rise."

  Every time I think that I am getting to know Windows 7, something like this happens. Avoid to receive life dull, of course.

  Thanks a lot for your suggestions. I've pretty much exhausted my own attempts.

  Jack

  Update: I think I've solved the problem. I have no idea that what caused it, but here's what fixed it:

  1 uninstalled Foobar with usual Control Panel uninstall
  2A through the startup disk everything and delete folders or files with the name "foobar" in them.
  3 did the same for the registry (creating a point of restoration first, of course)
  4 restarted
  5 download and install Foobar.

  Yes.

  Works very well.

  A big thank you to all who responded.

  Jack

• Cannot transfer files to an external hard drive to a second and the error is "error copying file or folder. "Impossible to copy ' file/folder name.

  Original title: cannot transfer files to one external hard drive to another

  An error message is displayed: "error copying file or folder." Impossible to copy "file/folder name. "The destination folder is the same as the source folder.

  Peter Tiedemann

  Hi Peter,

  Thanks for posting your question in the Microsoft Community.

  From your problem description, I understand that you are unable to transfer files from an external drive on another drive. Please let me know if this isn't the problem that you are experiencing.

  Before troubleshooting, I have little information on the issue.

  1. Do you receive any error or display message?
  2. Did you recent hardware or modifications to the software on the computer before this problem?

  Try the methods and then check after each method:

  Method 1: Transfer files from a drive to the location on the desktop or a temporary folder and then try to transfer them to the destination disk.

  Note: make sure the free space on the disk in the destination drive.

  Method 2: Run the Fixit:

  http://support.Microsoft.com/mats/windows_file_and_folder_diag/

  Method 3: Disconnect your player safely, and restart the computer. And then try to transfer the files.

  If the problem persists, post your reply with results and questions above. We are happy to help you further in the advanced troubleshooting steps!

  It will be useful.