Cannot see files copied from back-up

[skyviper80]

I recently ran into problems on a Windows 8 machine that prompted me to have to perform a factory restore. Prior to doing the restore I pulled the hard drive from the machine and placed it into a Windows 7 64-bit machine and copied the contents of the Users directory using Unstoppable copy. After copying the files I performed the factory restore, updated Windows and installed drivers, apps etc. I then took the drive out and used Unstoppable copy to move the backed up files back onto the Windows 8 drive to C:/Users/{myprofilename}/Desktop/Backup.

This is where I need help. I booted the Windows 8 machine back up and it doesn't show the directory I created nor the files that were copied back onto the drive. I can take the hard drive out and put it into any other Windows 7 machine I have and navigated through the restored files but When I boot into Windows 8 it's as if I never copied the files back onto the drive.

Any help would be greatly appreciated cause I'm completely lost on this one.

 

[corroded]

Check the permissions on the folder/files... Add Everybody to it and propagate.

 

[skyviper80]

Check the permissions on the folder/files... Add Everybody to it and propagate.

Are you suggesting to do this on one of the Windows 7 machines that can see the files?

 

[corroded]

Both either...

Or put them in the Public Documents folder, shared as "Everyone" by default

 

[markaflias]

If I understood right , I will suggest to get a win 7 machine and copy the files through the network directly to your win8 machine . Sorry for my bad english.