[sagheer]

Hi all.

I hope you can help me...

I had a Vista laptop that I broke. I bouht a new Vista laptop.
Old hard drive was not broken so I bought a USB cable to connect old HD as USB external drive what works as I can see it in My Computer (H:) and in Storage Managment.
What does not work is that I can't see "Documents and Settings" nor "My Documents" in it...I can see other folders such "Windows" or "programs" but "Documents and Settings" is not listed like it was hidden.

I made the following:

- changed many times USB cable on different connector
- booted many times the new laptop with the old HD connected
- used "change ownership"
- selected "show hidden files and folders"
- used restore programs (Recover files and Recuva)
- readed many forums

none of the above made me see the folders "Documents and Settings" nor "My Documents"

I really don't know what else I could do...if anyone has a solution, please help

[4D(Fordy(Ford) Ollie]

That's because those folders belong to a User on the Operating System of that drive.

Without booting from that drive and logging in, you won't be able to see them - unless you have administrative prvileges, which if they're not there, you don't.