RE: Secondary Hard drive can't be accessed after SP2 install

[Craig]

I have the same problem. Did you resolve the problem?

"SW" wrote:

> I have a SP0802N hard drive which I have been running as a secondary hard
> drive under XP Pro with no problems since earlier this year. When I install
> SP2 it no longer appears. It is in Device Manager, but within Disk
> Management it shows as Offline. I cannot reactivate it - in System Event
> Viewer I get the messages "Internal Error - The disk group contains no valid
> configuration copies (C10000B6)" and "Disk group ComputerDg0: Errors in some
> configuration copies: Disk Harddisk1, copy 1: Block 256: Invalid magic
> number in the configuration copy". I could probably convert it to a Basic
> Disk but would then lose all my data (30 odd Gb worth!). It's a Dynamic Disk
> on NTFS.
> If I do a System Restore to the point before installing SP2 it appears
> again!
>
> What can I do to get it back please?!!!!
>
>
>

[qprfact]

I assumed it was faulty, and took it back to PC World (it was less than 12
months old). I then bought a new 120GB from lowestonweb.com for only £8 more!

So, a good result after all the frustration!!

"SW" wrote:

> I have a SP0802N hard drive which I have been running as a secondary hard
> drive under XP Pro with no problems since earlier this year. When I install
> SP2 it no longer appears. It is in Device Manager, but within Disk
> Management it shows as Offline. I cannot reactivate it - in System Event
> Viewer I get the messages "Internal Error - The disk group contains no valid
> configuration copies (C10000B6)" and "Disk group ComputerDg0: Errors in some
> configuration copies: Disk Harddisk1, copy 1: Block 256: Invalid magic
> number in the configuration copy". I could probably convert it to a Basic
> Disk but would then lose all my data (30 odd Gb worth!). It's a Dynamic Disk
> on NTFS.
> If I do a System Restore to the point before installing SP2 it appears
> again!
>
> What can I do to get it back please?!!!!
>
>
>