Hard Drive problem

[kennys1]

I have install a new hard drive and windows 7 on a PC and want to to copy the data from the old hard drive (or install it along side the new one). When i try to access the old drive a get an error window "Location is not available p:\is not accessible access denied" . The old HD has vista installed on it I don't think it is bad but I can't boot it up on the old PC( video driver problem I think). Any suggestions would be great.

Thanks
Ken

[pam123]

Let's be sure we're on the same page.

Scenario 1 :
You have installed a new boot drive on your computer with Win 7 and you want data from the old drive?

Or scenario 2 :
You wanted to set up a dual boot system with Vista and Win 7 but didn't go about it correctly ?

Pick one and we can take it from there.

[David M]

Its not clear exactly how you are going about this. Its usually the case that you cannot boot the C: drive from your old computer on your new computer. (It has to do with having a different motherboard chip set) There is also a Microsoft licensing issue with doing this.

You need to install a new HD in your new computer and then install Win7. You then need to install your software in your new computer. You then slave your old C: drive to your new computer. You can then copy and paste your old files to the appropriate folders in your new C: drive.

[glc]

It looks pretty clear to me - Scenario 1, Pam.

You need to install a new HD in your new computer and then install Win7. You then need to install your software in your new computer. You then slave your old C: drive to your new computer. You can then copy and paste your old files to the appropriate folders in your new C: drive.

That appears to be exactly what this person is trying, Dave, except it's the same computer.

I think the confusion arises from this statement:

The old HD has vista installed on it I don't think it is bad but I can't boot it up on the old PC( video driver problem I think).

I think this is why this person bought a new drive to begin with.

Are you sure that drive "P" is the old drive?

[David M]

I was trying to confirm what he was doing, and if he wasn't, lead him in the right direction.

[pam123]

Our guy has a permissions problem then.

Since he has, or should have, Admin privileges he can treat the whole drive as a folder and do the following :

Make sure UAC (User Account Controls) are set to medium.

Here's how to do the rest :

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...les-or-folders

Win 7 and Vista largely duplicate each other here but read through both :

Here's Win 7 : http://www.blogsdna.com/2159/how-to-...-windows-7.htm

[glc]

Agreed, it's a permissions problem unless he's trying to open the wrong drive.