How to view old hard drive through windows on new AHCI SSD Windows 7 Install

UberTiger · 28 Jul 2010 at 21:09

After a bit of searching I think it's due to the old SATA drive being installed in SATA IDE mode, and now the mobo is in AHCI mode it can't read it?

Do I need to reboot into the old OS on the old hard drive to install some drivers or is there anything I can do from the new Windows 7 install on the SSD to access it?

It does currently appear in My Computer but I can't access any of the files.

AbsenceJam · 28 Jul 2010 at 21:25

That's because of security settings, you need to take ownership via the security tab under properties.

Nothing to do with AHCI/IDE. That does nothing to the drive at all, it only concerns the OS in use and drivers.

UberTiger · 28 Jul 2010 at 22:12

Awesome, after a quick google I found this, can you confirm if following this is what I need to do?

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AbsenceJam · 29 Jul 2010 at 06:31

That's it yes.