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I recently had a problem with the SSD I was using as my OS drive and I had to replace it.
Just out of interest I tried plugging the old SSD in again and I appear to be able to see and read data from it. The odd thing is that the only directory I cannot see is the one I'm interested in.My old Users directory. I can see Users\Default and Users\Public but not Users\<username>.
Is this expected behavior or can I reveal it somehow? Is there a way to attempt to detect that might be a damaged bit of disk? Seems strange that it would be the only one I can't see and the only one probably worth securing somehow, given the scenario.
I've viewed the SSD SMART data using the OCZ suite of tools and all looks completely healthy.
UPDATE
After looking at Davids suggested commands I ran the following one:
icacls "full path of folder or drive" /setowner "Administrators" /T /C
This went through the entire drive and I saw all the stuff I'm interested in get listed. However I still cannot view them in the explorer window.
Jammer
Posted 2015-09-19T19:59:04.353
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It looks like you're talking about some version of Windows? Maybe try going into Explorer, and then go into its settings and enable "Show hidden files and folders"? I can't say exactly how to do this as I don't know what version of Windows you're running, but maybe this guide will help?: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/show-hidden-files-and-folders-in-windows-vista/?PageSpeed=noscript
– miyalys – 2015-09-19T20:14:35.537I always have that setting turned on. It's Windows 10 btw – Jammer – 2015-09-19T20:17:49.853
Your replacement drive probably has a different set of SSIDs (the owners of files) because they are from a different install of Windows (I presume). Try to take ownership of the whole old drive (be careful not to do this on the new drive). See my answer to another similar question here Recovering files from harddrive
– DavidPostill – 2015-09-19T20:20:59.417What was the problem with the SSD which made you to change it? If its data corruption/loss, then your chance to recover the
– Nikhil_CV – 2015-09-19T20:25:44.337User datais very narrow. Try using the tool at: http://www.easeus.com/data-recovery/other-recovery-software/SSD-drive-recovery.htm Don't know to what extend it will help.I've updated after using Davids commands. – Jammer – 2015-09-19T20:45:00.737