I have an interesting security experience in trying to recover some files from an MR7 image copy after a clean install.
Steps:
1. Make an image copy of a Win 10 or Win 11 BETA C: drive
2. Clean install Win 11. The install created a new user account ID (using 1st 5 char of my MS email). This is different from Win 10 where I had a choice to define my account ID. Yes, alternative procedures could be used to create a specific account ID.
3. Open MR
4. select Restore
5. select the Image copy file, click on Browse Image and mount it as a virtual drive (X:)
6. navigate to X:\Users\account ID.
This produces a message "You currently don't have permission to access this folder". I guess this is part of Windows file security protection.
The workaround:
- reboot to the bootable MR7 Rescue drive/partition
- perform steps #4 & #5. I now have access to the User\account ID folder with the simplified MR7 file list. Drop down to the command prompt, and I can now copy any of the folders/file in the account to the C: drive.
The alternative to access that folder would have been to make a current image copy, restore the old image copy, copy the required folders/files, and then restore the current image.
Hope this helps anyone who does a clean install and needs some data from the old image copy.
Steps:
1. Make an image copy of a Win 10 or Win 11 BETA C: drive
2. Clean install Win 11. The install created a new user account ID (using 1st 5 char of my MS email). This is different from Win 10 where I had a choice to define my account ID. Yes, alternative procedures could be used to create a specific account ID.
3. Open MR
4. select Restore
5. select the Image copy file, click on Browse Image and mount it as a virtual drive (X:)
6. navigate to X:\Users\account ID.
This produces a message "You currently don't have permission to access this folder". I guess this is part of Windows file security protection.
The workaround:
- reboot to the bootable MR7 Rescue drive/partition
- perform steps #4 & #5. I now have access to the User\account ID folder with the simplified MR7 file list. Drop down to the command prompt, and I can now copy any of the folders/file in the account to the C: drive.
The alternative to access that folder would have been to make a current image copy, restore the old image copy, copy the required folders/files, and then restore the current image.
Hope this helps anyone who does a clean install and needs some data from the old image copy.
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 11 ProIntel Core Ultra16GBIntel(R) Arc Graphics
- OS
- Windows 11 Pro
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Manufacturer/Model
- ASUS Zenbook 14 OLED
- CPU
- Intel Core Ultra
- Memory
- 16GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- Intel(R) Arc Graphics
- Sound Card
- Realtek High Definition Audio(SST)
- Screen Resolution
- 2880 x 1800
- Hard Drives
- 500 GB NVMe SSD
- Internet Speed
- 1,500Mbps
- Browser
- Firefox, Edge
- Antivirus
- Windows Defender
