installing 2 physical drive in xp

[Dan S]

I have moved a physical drive (with data) and fat32 from
a win98 machine to xp pro as a 2nd drive.

When i go to disk management in xp i see the disk but it
has no drive # assigned and when i right click on the
graphic i get only 1 option (delete partion)

If I do this do i lose my data?

any sugestions?

Thanks
dan

[jeffgage]

You sure will... Make sure the 2nd drive is strapped as master or slave
depending on what the mix is.

Dan S wrote:
> I have moved a physical drive (with data) and fat32 from
> a win98 machine to xp pro as a 2nd drive.
>
> When i go to disk management in xp i see the disk but it
> has no drive # assigned and when i right click on the
> graphic i get only 1 option (delete partion)
>
> If I do this do i lose my data?
>
> any sugestions?
>
> Thanks
> dan

[Sharon F]

On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 17:39:43 -0700, "Dan S" >
wrote:

>I have moved a physical drive (with data) and fat32 from
>a win98 machine to xp pro as a 2nd drive.
>
>When i go to disk management in xp i see the disk but it
>has no drive # assigned and when i right click on the
>graphic i get only 1 option (delete partion)
>
>If I do this do i lose my data?
>
>any sugestions?
>
>Thanks
>dan

How was this drive managed in Win98? Two scenarios that I can think of
where a FAT32 drive dropped into an XP system would not be recognized:

--If drive overlay software was used to shoehorn it into the setup, you
will need to remove that. To uninstall tool this type of program, you
usually need to run the drive overlay setup program again.

--If the drive was under GoBack's control, the drive needs to operate
one more time under the setup with GoBack. Use the GoBack menus to
remove the drive from GB's monitoring.

Sharon F
MS MVP
[Windows XP - Shell/User]

[Dan S]

Sharon,,
When I removed GoBack WinXP recognized the drive and
things are ok
Thanks
Dan
>-----Original Message-----
>On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 17:39:43 -0700, "Dan S"
>
>wrote:
>
>>I have moved a physical drive (with data) and fat32
from
>>a win98 machine to xp pro as a 2nd drive.
>>
>>When i go to disk management in xp i see the disk but
it
>>has no drive # assigned and when i right click on the
>>graphic i get only 1 option (delete partion)
>>
>>If I do this do i lose my data?
>>
>>any sugestions?
>>
>>Thanks
>>dan
>
>How was this drive managed in Win98? Two scenarios that
I can think of
>where a FAT32 drive dropped into an XP system would not
be recognized:
>
>--If drive overlay software was used to shoehorn it into
the setup, you
>will need to remove that. To uninstall tool this type of
program, you
>usually need to run the drive overlay setup program
again.
>
>--If the drive was under GoBack's control, the drive
needs to operate
>one more time under the setup with GoBack. Use the
GoBack menus to
>remove the drive from GB's monitoring.
>
>Sharon F
>MS MVP
>[Windows XP - Shell/User]
>.
>

[Sharon F]

You're welcome, Dan and thanks for the feedback. GoBack has caught quite
a few users with this same situation. Am glad to hear that you now have
this fixed up and running the way that you want it to.

Sharon F
MS MVP
[Windows XP - Shell/User]

On Fri, 1 Aug 2003 06:29:17 -0700, "Dan S" >
wrote:

>Sharon,,
>When I removed GoBack WinXP recognized the drive and
>things are ok
>Thanks
>Dan
>>-----Original Message-----
>>On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 17:39:43 -0700, "Dan S"
>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>I have moved a physical drive (with data) and fat32
>from
>>>a win98 machine to xp pro as a 2nd drive.
>>>
>>>When i go to disk management in xp i see the disk but
>it
>>>has no drive # assigned and when i right click on the
>>>graphic i get only 1 option (delete partion)
>>>
>>>If I do this do i lose my data?
>>>
>>>any sugestions?
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>dan
>>
>>How was this drive managed in Win98? Two scenarios that
>I can think of
>>where a FAT32 drive dropped into an XP system would not
>be recognized:
>>
>>--If drive overlay software was used to shoehorn it into
>the setup, you
>>will need to remove that. To uninstall tool this type of
>program, you
>>usually need to run the drive overlay setup program
>again.
>>
>>--If the drive was under GoBack's control, the drive
>needs to operate
>>one more time under the setup with GoBack. Use the
>GoBack menus to
>>remove the drive from GB's monitoring.
>>
>>Sharon F
>>MS MVP
>>[Windows XP - Shell/User]
>>.
>>