Need Help Recovering Files From External Drive
I recently did a full backup to and external hard drive.
I had to replace my computer's hard drive, so I now have a fresh new clean computer drive.
I have been going through re-installing programs, etc and now I want to go and retrieve files from my hard drive (not programs)
I open the external drive files and the backup files are there, but when I click on them, windows needs a program to open them.
How do I retrieve my files (not programs) from my external drive??


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Thanks....I have True Image installed, and my external backup is there.
When I click to recover files, I can't navigate the files. For example, I had all of my pictures in the Microsoft Image viewer program (it may be called Windows Image Viewer)
I can't find my pictures
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Normally pictures are saved in the Users Pictrures folder and not in the Image application itself. Have a look at your User folders for your files.
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OK.....I think I found them......let's see if this works
Thanks so much.....I may have another question or two, but this is a good start
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I found my pictures and recovered a few to my desktop for a test.
When I try to open a picture, it tells me "windows photo viewer can't open the picture, because I don't have permission to access file location"
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Sound like your making good progress.
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