No permissions when I boot with my SSD.

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Brianpena

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I just recently finished installing my OS onto my SSD (Which is a samsung 840 evo btw) and my problem is that I can't install or even open any programs from my HDD. For instance when I try to install chrome onto my SSD it just stays loading for like 3 minutes. I think it has something to do with permissions since it says I don't have permission to move files to my HDD either. i was wondering if you guys had any clue as to what was causing the problem.

Someone told me that the issue could be that I have Windows 8.1 installed on my HDD and my SSD and that I have to uninstall windows from my HDD. I am going to try this tonight unless you guys know that won't fix it. On that note, I was wondering if there was a way to uninstall Windows from my HDD (and hopefully my SSD) without deleting the other files.

Thanks in advance.

~Brian Pena
 
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How did you install your OS to the SSD?

Copy/paste from existing install, used something to ghost/clone the partition from old HDD to new SSD, or did you do a fresh install from DVD/USB to the SSD?

If one of the first two - it could be the OS doesn't see you as the "owner" of the folders and is refusing to give you write access.

If a new install from DVD - that's a strange one. Did you do anything with user accounts or something like that after the install? Could also be a fluke, I recall many times I did a Win 98/XP install that something would just seem off with the system and after a new format/re-install whatever was wrong was fixed with the 2nd (or 3rd/4th attempt).
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Brianpena

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Yes I am positive I am booting from my SSD as there are a lot more icons when I boot to my HDD, plus its not slow as hell. Also, when I try to move any file, not just install it tells me I don't have permission. I gave all the users admin privileges so I'm not sure why it's telling me that. Could it be the two OS in the computer thing?
 
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The files/folders the exist within the old OS install on the HDD are tied to permissions from the old user.
Even if you give your new user on the new OS the same 'name', NTFS considers that as a different user.

Possibly there is a 'Take Permissions' option for those folders.

Ideally, you just move any relevant files out of that old OS, and wipe that drive clean.
 
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How did you install your OS to the SSD?

Copy/paste from existing install, used something to ghost/clone the partition from old HDD to new SSD, or did you do a fresh install from DVD/USB to the SSD?

If one of the first two - it could be the OS doesn't see you as the "owner" of the folders and is refusing to give you write access.

If a new install from DVD - that's a strange one. Did you do anything with user accounts or something like that after the install? Could also be a fluke, I recall many times I did a Win 98/XP install that something would just seem off with the system and after a new format/re-install whatever was wrong was fixed with the 2nd (or 3rd/4th attempt).
 
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