Can't explore users documents on system backup
I've been unable to read any of the protected /users/xxxx/document files on the Aomei Backup Pro backup after upgrading to Windows 11 from Win 10.
I upgraded my computer to Windows 11 and for the administrator's name chose a different adminstrator name from the original, i.e. on the new one it's howard/administrator, whereas the old one was howa/administrator. All the backups were done as user howa.
On the new computer I tried to explore the old system /user/howa/document files using the explore tool on Aomei Backup Pro, because I'm hoping to restore some of the files from the old system. The system refuses to allow me to access to those files saying I don't have authority to access them.
I am the administrator on the both systems but can't access the files. Can't get past even viewing the /user/howa/document folder. I am using Windows 11, the old system was Win10. The "explore" tool works great (but a bit slow) if the backup is from the same system. Tried changing the security of the files after mounting but Windows complains the mounted drive is "read only", which it is, so that doesn't work.
How can I get access to those files from the new system? Anyway without playing a lot of games?
I upgraded my computer to Windows 11 and for the administrator's name chose a different adminstrator name from the original, i.e. on the new one it's howard/administrator, whereas the old one was howa/administrator. All the backups were done as user howa.
On the new computer I tried to explore the old system /user/howa/document files using the explore tool on Aomei Backup Pro, because I'm hoping to restore some of the files from the old system. The system refuses to allow me to access to those files saying I don't have authority to access them.
I am the administrator on the both systems but can't access the files. Can't get past even viewing the /user/howa/document folder. I am using Windows 11, the old system was Win10. The "explore" tool works great (but a bit slow) if the backup is from the same system. Tried changing the security of the files after mounting but Windows complains the mounted drive is "read only", which it is, so that doesn't work.
How can I get access to those files from the new system? Anyway without playing a lot of games?
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What would be nice is if there was an option to restore files without the file security flags, or better yet, to be able to change them during the restore. It would have made life so much easier.
Thanks for the immediate response.