Hi, Nehmo.

I now can see all my old data, and WinXP is running properly.

Congratulations! And Thanks for the report. Those of us following the
thread are glad to learn what the actual problem (and solution) was. The
same problem could happen to any of us some day, so having this info tucked
away somewhere in our head might save us the kind of troubles that you had.

RC
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San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP

"Nehmo Sergheyev" wrote in message
om...
(Recap of story:
I had physical damage to the m-board which was attached to a 80 GB HD.
I got a new m-board, but with it I couldn't see my 80 HD. I installed
an old 15 GB HD I had on a shelf for such emergencies. WinXP worked
off the 15 after a repair install. I installed the 80 as a slave (I
thought I installed it properly) but I couldn't read it, nor could I
repair-install WinXP on it. I called MS, and the tech instructed me to
run CHKDSK /f . I still couldn't read, and the XP setup wanted me to
format the 80. I tried data recovery software of various types first
because the formatting would destroy all my data on the 80.)

Anyway, I discovered my problem with the 80 GB HD. When I was
jumpering it I only looked briefly at the large-sheet Western Digital
instructions that came with the HD. I used the slave jumpering
configuration.

Unfortunately, I was looking at the wrong side of the instruction
sheet. I was looking at the Macintosh side. The jumpering for regular
IBM clones is different. The way I set the jumper was incorrect for my
computer.

For someone familiar with installing drives, this would have been an
easy mistake to catch. Harry Ohrn did indeed ask if I had the drive
jumpered correctly. I answered and described how I had it jumpered,
but nobody noticed I was doing it wrong.

I now can see all my old data, and WinXP is running properly.

Links to the thread:
http://snipurl.com/89b8

http://www.google.com/groups?hl=en&l...3Dne hmo%2Bhd

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