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| 508888 | 2006-12-23 06:14:00 | I've just inserted a second SATA hard drive into my computer. When I boot into Windows the device is recognised and drivers installed, however, it does not show up in Windows Explorer. The drive already has data on it. Is there any way I can install this without losing any data? Thanks in advance. | JMoore (9352) | ||
| 508889 | 2006-12-23 07:42:00 | Go into Disk Management (right click My Computer, Manage, Disk Management) and see if it shows up there, how does it have data on it? has it already been formatted? | The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 508890 | 2006-12-23 07:45:00 | It shows up as Disk 1, Dynamic, Foreign. It was taken from a friend's computer where it was used for storage - works fine on that computer. Any ideas? | JMoore (9352) | ||
| 508891 | 2006-12-23 07:53:00 | Hmm, what is the File System? (says in Disk Management) | The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 508892 | 2006-12-23 07:58:00 | I can't seem to find any information on File System... | JMoore (9352) | ||
| 508893 | 2006-12-23 08:04:00 | Hmm, did it come out of a PC or a Mac? In the little info box, what does it say for the drive? |
The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 508894 | 2006-12-24 01:12:00 | The hard drive came out of a PC and was formatted as NTFS on the other computer. I have attached a screenshot of Disk Management. Any ideas? Attached file: screenshot.jpg (imagef1.net.nz) (56 KB) |
JMoore (9352) | ||
| 508895 | 2006-12-24 01:17:00 | I think normally a hdd is basic not dynamic, and there is no other option, but to format it. To get it back to basic. That yellow triangle with the ! on that dynamic hdd must mean something. Most probably that it cant read it. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 508896 | 2006-12-24 03:32:00 | Is your PC running XP Home or XP Pro? XP Home does not support dynamic disks. If you want to revert to a basic disk, you'll have to back up all volumes on the disk, remove the volumes, revert the disk, create partitions, and restore the volume data. |
Mackin_NZ (6958) | ||
| 508897 | 2006-12-24 04:35:00 | Yes, I just Goolged and found this (www.petri.co.il ows_xp_2000_2003.htm) saying that XP Pro, Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 can read Dynamic Disks... but not Home... so I am guessing that is your problem | The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
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