Need admin perms when trying to access User files from external HDD

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Simon Dubé

I have recently taken out the HDD disk from an old computer that stopped working 1-2 months ago in order to recover the data. I got a SATA to USB wire and plugged it in a USB 3.0 outlet on my PC. I can access the main folders just fine, but they are just regular Windows directories. I figured that if I wanted to access the actual files I needed (.docx from Word per example), i had to go to D:\Users\[my old username]\Documents. However, as soon as I click on a folder named [any username] in D:\Users, I get the following error message:Or in english: "You do not have the authorizations required t

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