Cannot see main user profile directory on old vista hdd on win7

Posted by chaoskreator on Super User See other posts from Super User or by chaoskreator
Published on 2012-07-04T02:57:35Z Indexed on 2012/07/04 3:18 UTC
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I have an old laptop HDD that ran Vista that I need to get some pictures and movies off of. I've attached it via SATA cable to my new Win 7 (64 bit) machine and it mounts fine, except I can't see the main user profile in the D:\Users directory. I've changed ownership and permissions for the D: drive to my C:\ Username but still no luck. I read something about it being caused by the UAC being active on the Vista machine. Is this true? Is there a way to disable this and gain access to the main profile without putting it back into the old laptop (it's fried and won't boot)?

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