Sorry - this is probably a "beginner's" issue, and after searching various potential answers, I thought it best to post a question in this forum. And I tried checking out other posts on this forum, but the issues/answers didn't appear to directly address my issue(s).
Have a new Samsung 870 EVO SSD - cloned HDD using Samsung's Data Migration tool and have Samsung's Magician software installed and running. Appears to have cloned all the files based on drive size, but I can't find any of the documents from the old drive.
Searched the various files on the SSD, but can't find/see the documents. Probably not looking in the right place/folder set.
If I attach the old HDD (D:/), I can see and access all of the documents (MS files - Word, Excel, PDFs, etc. and others - no problem). I thought I might be able to copy over the documents folders to the new SSD (F:/) (tried copying to default folder and Documents), but I receive error messages that the files can't be saved on the F: drive. Might be because the files already exist and they won't overlay(??) - doesn't show a "Permissions" error.
Also tried to redirect the "Documents" folder from its default location (C:/) to the F:/ drive, but was unsure that would work properly so canceled.
So I can probably just take the 'easy' way out and copy the documents from the old HDD to a thumb drive and access from there, but I'd much rather be able to access them on the primary SSD.
Any thoughts, or additional information/screenshots needed, please let me know. As I said, probably a beginner's issue, but any help appreciated.
Thanks.
Have a new Samsung 870 EVO SSD - cloned HDD using Samsung's Data Migration tool and have Samsung's Magician software installed and running. Appears to have cloned all the files based on drive size, but I can't find any of the documents from the old drive.
Searched the various files on the SSD, but can't find/see the documents. Probably not looking in the right place/folder set.
If I attach the old HDD (D:/), I can see and access all of the documents (MS files - Word, Excel, PDFs, etc. and others - no problem). I thought I might be able to copy over the documents folders to the new SSD (F:/) (tried copying to default folder and Documents), but I receive error messages that the files can't be saved on the F: drive. Might be because the files already exist and they won't overlay(??) - doesn't show a "Permissions" error.
Also tried to redirect the "Documents" folder from its default location (C:/) to the F:/ drive, but was unsure that would work properly so canceled.
So I can probably just take the 'easy' way out and copy the documents from the old HDD to a thumb drive and access from there, but I'd much rather be able to access them on the primary SSD.
Any thoughts, or additional information/screenshots needed, please let me know. As I said, probably a beginner's issue, but any help appreciated.
Thanks.