Question Recovering files from HDD

Griffint

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Hi all, I’ve just finished building a new pc and have installed my old HDD in addition to a new SSD. I’m hoping to access my files from my old drive and use it for general storage but it keeps asking for access authorisation and is taking forever for me to get into my old files (loads continuously)(2TB HDD with half full for context). Is it worth maintaining this old drive or just transferring files over and removing it? And should it take this long to access those files? Thanks
 

Griffint

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More information needed.

Did you do a clean Windows install?

Which drive is the boot drive? The old HDD or the new SSD?

Open Disk Management, expand the window to show all drives, etc..

Take a screenshot and post here using imgur (www.imgur.com).

Will get image asap but away from pc at the minute. Clean install of windows 11 on the new SSD (used as boot drive).