Turned my Laptop hard-drive for windows into a external hard drive,

[j-lee00]

I can't exess files from my specfic login only the public files e.g. files that were on my desktop. Any ideas?

Cheers

 

[pallidin]

There are ways to do this, but the method depends on several things.
In many cases, you can access the files simply by browsing through Windows Explorer(not Internet Explorer) which should show all non-hidden files. If encryption was used there are ways to access it.

Remember, as now an external drive that I assume is not configured to be "bootable" you will not have a login screen for that drive. The info is still there, but the method of access is different.

 

[j-lee00]

There are ways to do this.

What are these ways?

Because when I try to acess my files under my login name, windows says access denied.
It is not set as a bootable

 

[AsianSensationK]

You have to change the permissions on each drive if you're going to use hard drives across systems. The "access denied" occurs because your laptop user has access to the folders, but your user on your other computer doesn't.

You need to boot from the laptop hard disk, right click on the folder, look for properties and then security. You'll want to give the group everyone full control. Then you can reboot from your other hard drive and give your user permission. Then take away full control to everyone and manage them from there.

Hopefully you have a way to plug your laptop drive back into your laptop.

 

[LudusRex]

for reaching out! It sounds like you have successfully turned your laptop hard drive into an external hard drive, which can be a useful way to access files from a previous computer. However, it seems like you are having trouble accessing files from your specific login, and are only able to see public files such as the ones on your desktop. This could be due to permissions settings on your previous computer, or potentially a formatting issue with the external hard drive. I would recommend checking the permissions settings on your previous computer to ensure that your specific login has access to all the files you need. If that doesn't work, you may need to reformat the external hard drive to ensure compatibility with your current computer. I hope this helps and good luck with accessing your files!