Image readability problems

[DrTeeth]

I am in the process of migrating to a virgin Win 8.1 install.

I had terrible problems trying to get at my files using TBIMount and
TBIView. I could not change the security settings as per the knowledge
base articles, running as admin did not help and all the files and
folders were read-only.

I had to use a workaround without using my images, which are on a
hard-disk.

So how can I get at the files in my images please?
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[TeraByte Support(PP)]

You would need to mount the image in writable mode so it could allow changes being made if you're trying to do it before copying from the image. TBIMount has a checkbox for this (Enable Simulated Writes).

Also, make sure you're looking down the correct path. For example, access the \Users\<username> folders and not "Documents and Settings" or "My Documents" which are not accessible as normal folders.

[DrTeeth]

I just needed to enable write mode.

Many thanks.
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DrT

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[Brian K]

DrT,

Glad it's resolved. I'm confused. Were you trying to access files in your images from another computer? When you extracted files from the .TBI, were they Read Only?

[DrTeeth]

On Wed, 1 Nov 2017 18:26:51 PDT, just as I was about to take a herb,
Brian K disturbed my reverie and wrote:

> Were you trying to access files in your images from another computer? When you extracted files from the .TBI, were they Read Only?

Hi Brian,

I was transferring on the same computer from a shagged out Win 7
installation, to use a technical term, to a virgin Win 8.1. That
partition had been in use for many years and some little, but
annoying, quirks had to be tolerated. Then I started getting some
BSODs and my mind was made up to jump ship.

The images were indeed read-only, but I could not copy. I was trying
to change the permissions which failed. It was then that David
mentioned that I had to tick the "Enable Simulated Writes" box.

Whilst typing this I am transferring a 7.5GB folder. It is a compiling
setup for some amateur radio (aka ham radio) software and is
self-contained so I can do that without issues. All went well apart
from only two files that did not transfer. Naturally, I managed to
close the window that had this info in it. I am now copying the whole
lot again (using Teracopy and skipping all) so I can get those
filenames
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Cheers,

DrT

"If you want to find out what is wrong
with democracy, spend five minutes with
the average voter." - Winston Churchill