Cannot access \users\user\recent folder in a cloned drive

Question

The SSD in my laptop has failed, and does not allow me to start Windows 11 from it. So this is what I have done:

1. In order to recover the data from the SSD, I used HDDSuperClone to clone the SSD to a USB drive as an ISO image.
2. I have connected the USB drive to my PC running Windows 10, mounted the ISO image as a virtual disk (F:).
3. I'm able to see some of the contents of my crashed SSD and copy the files from F:
4. I have taken ownership of the folder F:\users\user\My Documents
5. Trying to open the folder F:\Users\user\My Documents via Windows Explorer displays the dialog "F:\users\user\My Documents is unavailable. If the location is on this PC, make sure the device or drive is connected or the disc is inserted, and then try again. If <network>. If the location still can't be found, it might have been moved or deleted."
6. Through PowerShell, I can change directory (cd) to F:\users\user\My Documents, trying to list the directory via dir throws the error: dir : Could not find a part of the path 'F:\users\user\My Documents'. at line: 1 char: 1 +CategoryInfo : ReadError: (F:\users\user\My Documents:String)[Get-ChildItem], DirectoryNotFoundException +FullyQualifiedErrorId: DirIOError, Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetChildItemCommand

How should I access the folder F:\users\user\My Documents or other folders which give the same error?

Answer 1

I would have simply used a usb external case with that ssd to then take ownership and copy data

PS If you had no data backups your are bound to lose data at some stage :(

Answer 2

You don't want to keep your documents in the ISO file. When you mount the ISO file, can't you make a copy of your documents to another location?