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[John Hayden]

When upgrading from win 2k to win xp my secondary hard
drive was converted from fat to ntfs. i can no longer
access the data on this secondary drive. is there a way
for me to recover the data?

John

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

What are the symptoms you're experiencing? XP doesn't see the drive or list
it in Explorer? Access denied messages?

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"John Hayden" > wrote in message
...
> When upgrading from win 2k to win xp my secondary hard
> drive was converted from fat to ntfs. i can no longer
> access the data on this secondary drive. is there a way
> for me to recover the data?
>
> John

[John Hayden]

I am able to see the drive as D: in explorer but there are
no files visible. It is showing NTFS format now vs. FAT
before the upgrade.
>-----Original Message-----
>What are the symptoms you're experiencing? XP doesn't
see the drive or list
>it in Explorer? Access denied messages?
>
>--
>Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
>Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
>http://www.dougknox.com
>--------------------------------
>Associate Expert
>ExpertZone - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
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>"John Hayden" > wrote in
message
...
>> When upgrading from win 2k to win xp my secondary hard
>> drive was converted from fat to ntfs. i can no longer
>> access the data on this secondary drive. is there a way
>> for me to recover the data?
>>
>> John
>
>
>.
>

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

John,

See Help and Support and search for "take ownership"

HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421

This may apply to your situation.

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Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
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"John Hayden" > wrote in message
...
> I am able to see the drive as D: in explorer but there are
> no files visible. It is showing NTFS format now vs. FAT
> before the upgrade.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >What are the symptoms you're experiencing? XP doesn't
> see the drive or list
> >it in Explorer? Access denied messages?
> >
> >--
> >Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
> >Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
> >http://www.dougknox.com
> >--------------------------------
> >Associate Expert
> >ExpertZone - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> >--------------------------------
> >Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
> >Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
> >
> >"John Hayden" > wrote in
> message
> ...
> >> When upgrading from win 2k to win xp my secondary hard
> >> drive was converted from fat to ntfs. i can no longer
> >> access the data on this secondary drive. is there a way
> >> for me to recover the data?
> >>
> >> John
> >
> >
> >.
> >