SATA to USB file transfer issue

MRbonobo · Apr 5, 2013

Hello,

I'm basically having the same issue as mentioned in this thread

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/262335-32-files-hard-drive-sata-cable

While it seems Imanlo's answer helped chriswalk, and I'm happy from him, my issue is that when I select All Task in Disk Management I am unable to select Change Drive Letters and Path from the dropdown menu. In fact none of the options in the dropdown menu can be selected.

Many thanks,

Paul

ronintexas · Apr 5, 2013

When in computer management > disk managment, do you see the drive? If you do, does it show a partition on the drive? If you right click on the drive's partition (not the drive itself), does the menu pop-up that includes change drive letters and path?

MRbonobo · Apr 5, 2013

ronintexas :

Hi ronintexas,

When in Disk Management I see 7 drives -

C: - File System, NTFS; Status, Healthy (Boot,Page File, Crash Dump, Primary Partition)
F: - File System, NTFS; Status, Healthy (Primary Partition)
SYSTEM RESERVED D: - File System, NTFS; Status, Healthy (Active, Primary Partition)

Then there are four drives without a letter.
Three of these say Recovery Partition in the Status field while one says EFI System Partition.
If I click More Actions on any of the Recovery Partition drives I get the options to Refresh, Rescan Disks, Create VHD, Attach VHD, View.
When I click More Actions (or right-click) on the EFI System Partition Idrive get the option to select All Tasks yet no options are available after.

ronintexas · Apr 5, 2013

The System Reserved D: EFI SYSTEM Partition and Recovery Partitions are not usable by you (they are system partitions).

The C: and F: are accessible as hard drives.

MRbonobo · Apr 5, 2013

ronintexas :

Yes but I'm unable to see my documents when I explore the F:.

ronintexas · Apr 5, 2013

Are there any files on the F: drive? Check properties of the drive - used space vs. free space. In some instances you may need to go to the security tab, click advanced, then click owner, and click edit to add your name as the owner of the drive. This should replace the file permissions to your current user, if the files are still there.

MRbonobo · Apr 5, 2013

ronintexas :

ronintexas, you sir are a genius!

Many thanks, there'll be a drink had in your honour.

Man, the internet is amazing.

ronintexas · Apr 5, 2013

Glad to be of help!

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