I have a properly configured Win 7 system with SSD boot drive. I redirected the user profiles to one of my HDD for storage. Installation and registry all pointed to d:\users\xxxx appropriately.
So... I have a new SSD to replace a HDD in another computer. I attempted to plug those in to my desktop system described above to format and clone the laptop drive to the new SSD. Well, I failed at that and tried to re-establish my desktop system...only now Windows doesn't load the user profile.
After plugging all the drives back, I had to re-lable the two HDDs, where the original storage HDD was labeled D:, it was now reassigned as E:. I navigated through the C: to disk management and swapped the drive letters, but the user profiles still don't load. All the registry items still point to D:\Users\xxxx.
I think I need to copy/delete the user directory from an admin account and then restart and paste them back into the D: so Windows will reestablish the links?
I think it self-critiquing that I shouldn't unplug the drives to clone my laptop drives, instead using a USB enclosure to do so. Besides that foolishness, can anyone help me re-establish my user profiles? A clean-install is an absolute last resort. Thanks!
So... I have a new SSD to replace a HDD in another computer. I attempted to plug those in to my desktop system described above to format and clone the laptop drive to the new SSD. Well, I failed at that and tried to re-establish my desktop system...only now Windows doesn't load the user profile.
After plugging all the drives back, I had to re-lable the two HDDs, where the original storage HDD was labeled D:, it was now reassigned as E:. I navigated through the C: to disk management and swapped the drive letters, but the user profiles still don't load. All the registry items still point to D:\Users\xxxx.
I think I need to copy/delete the user directory from an admin account and then restart and paste them back into the D: so Windows will reestablish the links?
I think it self-critiquing that I shouldn't unplug the drives to clone my laptop drives, instead using a USB enclosure to do so. Besides that foolishness, can anyone help me re-establish my user profiles? A clean-install is an absolute last resort. Thanks!
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