recovering files from dead laptop

my laptop died. I took the SSD out and put it in a case. When connected to another PC, all the files are apparently there, but when I try to access the User folder, nothing happens. It says it’s 0 bytes. All the other folders are fine, including the Windows folder and Program Files. This sucks because all the files I actually care about are in My Documents and I can’t access it without my Users folder. Is there anything I can do?