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"Slave" drive not recognized on New XP install
My old Hard Drive crashed and I replaced it with a 120Gig and at the same
time switched from W2K to XP Pro. The problem is that I had the files from the old drive - about 30 Gig worth - saved to the old slave HD but XP won't recognize and "Letter" the "Slave" until it's reformated which means that I'd lose all the files, which something I can't have happen. There has to be a way around this and if anyone can help I'd be very grateful. Thanks, Joe |
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"Slave" drive not recognized on New XP install
Right click My Computer and select Manage. Then select
Storage/Disk Management. You should see the dive and will be able to assign a letter. You may have a problem reading the drive and will need to take ownership of the drive. see http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421 -- The people think the Constitution protects their rights; But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome. "Joe" wrote in message ... | My old Hard Drive crashed and I replaced it with a 120Gig and at the same | time switched from W2K to XP Pro. | | The problem is that I had the files from the old drive - about 30 Gig | worth - saved to the old slave HD but XP won't recognize and "Letter" the | "Slave" until it's reformated which means that I'd lose all the files, which | something I can't have happen. | | There has to be a way around this and if anyone can help I'd be very | grateful. | | Thanks, | | Joe | | |
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"Slave" drive not recognized on New XP install
"Joe" wrote in message
... My old Hard Drive crashed and I replaced it with a 120Gig and at the same time switched from W2K to XP Pro. The problem is that I had the files from the old drive - about 30 Gig worth - saved to the old slave HD but XP won't recognize and "Letter" the "Slave" until it's reformated which means that I'd lose all the files, which something I can't have happen. There has to be a way around this and if anyone can help I'd be very grateful. Thanks, Joe You can probably use diskpart and the ASSIGN command to do this. HTH -pk |
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"Slave" drive not recognized on New XP install
So far - No Go - The drive is listed in the "Device Manager" but when I go
to "Computer Management" both drives are shown - Main (C & Backup - which should be (D but isn't. When I right-click C: I get several options - Open, Explore, Change drive letter & path & Help. When I right click "Backup" the one without the letter I only have 2 options - Delete partition & Help Under "Status" both drivers are listed as "Healthy" with C: drive listed as (System) & Backup as (Active). Using DISKPART - list disk - bith diskd show up. C: as Disk 0 & Backup as Disk 1. If I use the ASSIGN command will it caise the drive to reformat or will it just assign the drive #? Thanks again, Joe "Jim Macklin" wrote in message ... Right click My Computer and select Manage. Then select Storage/Disk Management. You should see the dive and will be able to assign a letter. You may have a problem reading the drive and will need to take ownership of the drive. see http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421 -- The people think the Constitution protects their rights; But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome. "Joe" wrote in message ... | My old Hard Drive crashed and I replaced it with a 120Gig and at the same | time switched from W2K to XP Pro. | | The problem is that I had the files from the old drive - about 30 Gig | worth - saved to the old slave HD but XP won't recognize and "Letter" the | "Slave" until it's reformated which means that I'd lose all the files, which | something I can't have happen. | | There has to be a way around this and if anyone can help I'd be very | grateful. | | Thanks, | | Joe | | |
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"Slave" drive not recognized on New XP install
"Joe" wrote in message ... So far - No Go - The drive is listed in the "Device Manager" but when I go to "Computer Management" both drives are shown - Main (C & Backup - which should be (D but isn't. When I right-click C: I get several options - Open, Explore, Change drive letter & path & Help. When I right click "Backup" the one without the letter I only have 2 options - Delete partition & Help Under "Status" both drivers are listed as "Healthy" with C: drive listed as (System) & Backup as (Active). Using DISKPART - list disk - bith diskd show up. C: as Disk 0 & Backup as Disk 1. If I use the ASSIGN command will it caise the drive to reformat or will it just assign the drive #? An addition bit of info - using DISKPART and - list volume - only C: drive shows up, not Backup Thanks again, Joe "Jim Macklin" wrote in message ... Right click My Computer and select Manage. Then select Storage/Disk Management. You should see the dive and will be able to assign a letter. You may have a problem reading the drive and will need to take ownership of the drive. see http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421 -- The people think the Constitution protects their rights; But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome. "Joe" wrote in message ... | My old Hard Drive crashed and I replaced it with a 120Gig and at the same | time switched from W2K to XP Pro. | | The problem is that I had the files from the old drive - about 30 Gig | worth - saved to the old slave HD but XP won't recognize and "Letter" the | "Slave" until it's reformated which means that I'd lose all the files, which | something I can't have happen. | | There has to be a way around this and if anyone can help I'd be very | grateful. | | Thanks, | | Joe | | |
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"Slave" drive not recognized on New XP install
Unplug the slave drive
start windows Plug in slave drive Check its configured correctly in bios Windows will almost certainly note a new bit of hardware and give it a letter You an then change it to D if you wish in management If this does not work and it should try putting slave drive in another machine "Test User" wrote: "Joe" wrote in message ... My old Hard Drive crashed and I replaced it with a 120Gig and at the same time switched from W2K to XP Pro. The problem is that I had the files from the old drive - about 30 Gig worth - saved to the old slave HD but XP won't recognize and "Letter" the "Slave" until it's reformated which means that I'd lose all the files, which something I can't have happen. There has to be a way around this and if anyone can help I'd be very grateful. Thanks, Joe You can probably use diskpart and the ASSIGN command to do this. HTH -pk |
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"Slave" drive not recognized on New XP install
IDE hard drive are NOT hot plug devices, so you might fry
some hardware. To check the BIOS, you should check to see that auto-detection is enabled and this needs to be done before Windows boots. -- The people think the Constitution protects their rights; But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome. "Patrick" wrote in message ... | Unplug the slave drive | start windows | Plug in slave drive | Check its configured correctly in bios | Windows will almost certainly note a new bit of hardware and give it a letter | You an then change it to D if you wish in management | | If this does not work and it should try putting slave drive in another machine | | | | | "Test User" wrote: | | "Joe" wrote in message | ... | My old Hard Drive crashed and I replaced it with a 120Gig and at the same | time switched from W2K to XP Pro. | | The problem is that I had the files from the old drive - about 30 Gig | worth - saved to the old slave HD but XP won't recognize and "Letter" the | "Slave" until it's reformated which means that I'd lose all the files, | which | something I can't have happen. | | There has to be a way around this and if anyone can help I'd be very | grateful. | | Thanks, | | Joe | | You can probably use diskpart and the ASSIGN command to do this. | | HTH | -pk | | | |
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"Slave" drive not recognized on New XP install
"Patrick" wrote in message
... Unplug the slave drive start windows Plug in slave drive Do NOT do this with regular IDE devices. They are NOT hot-plug items. They can only be added to or removed from the system when shut down and powered off. Check its configured correctly in bios Windows will almost certainly note a new bit of hardware and give it a letter Unless of course you've just toasted the drive... or the controller.. You an then change it to D if you wish in management If this does not work and it should try putting slave drive in another machine At this point, you'll be lucky if that drive works at all. -pk "Test User" wrote: "Joe" wrote in message ... My old Hard Drive crashed and I replaced it with a 120Gig and at the same time switched from W2K to XP Pro. The problem is that I had the files from the old drive - about 30 Gig worth - saved to the old slave HD but XP won't recognize and "Letter" the "Slave" until it's reformated which means that I'd lose all the files, which something I can't have happen. There has to be a way around this and if anyone can help I'd be very grateful. Thanks, Joe You can probably use diskpart and the ASSIGN command to do this. HTH -pk |
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