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Reading files from old Windows 10 SSD
My old Win10 PC died recently. I have an entire new Win10 PC now. I've removed the old SSD and hooked it up to a USB adapter, making it appear on the new PC as a drive.
My goal is simply to copy the entire contents of the old Windows SSD onto my new PC, just so I can access files/settings/etc. However, NTFS ownership and permissions are getting in the way. I know how to overcome this by taking ownership and adding permission, but I am afraid of messing up the file system for later use. (I'd like to look into getting the old PC repaired, and continuing to use it.)
To be clear, I'm not intending to restore the old copy of Windows over my current; I just want to access the old applications, files, etc.--everything, and long-term.
Is there a way to copy everything without messing up NTFS ownership/permissions? I guess using an imaging utility to create and then restore an image would work--that way I'd have a copy to work on. Is there a more direct method?
I saw the article on backing up and restoring NTFS permissions, but that doesn't cover NTFS ownership attributes.