File Transfer Help!

wixdfast

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So I've got a 200GB HDD hooked up to my computer and I'm trying to copy some of the files over to my HDD so I can wipe down the other HDD and reinstall Windows. Problem is, the user that has all the documents, has a password. I know the password, but it's still not letting me copy over the files to my computer. I'm plagued with
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I've tried giving myself permission, and it works for a single folder, but I'm still not able to copy over the files. Any help? Thanks!
 

Paperlantern

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Looks like windows 7, if it is try clicking start, typing "power" in the search box at the bottom, then right clicking windows powershell, clicking run as administrator and doing something like a

Copy-Item c: \directory d: \directory –recurse

that SHOULD do it

*note* spaces should not be included, i just put them there to avoid getting the :\ smiley, which i think is terrible on a tech forum where directory paths will probably be used a lot.
 
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