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Thread ID: 73809	2006-11-01 22:57:00	Can't see second HDD	Emile (3552)	Press F1

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495844	2006-11-01 22:57:00	This is probably a stupid question but I'm stuck nonetheless. I already searched the forum but couldn't find a solution. I have wiped my PC's main HDD and just completely re-installed Windows XP (home edition). That went fine and XP is up & running OK. Prior to wiping the main HDD I copied all my data and downloaded files to the second HDD in my PC. Now I want to copy them back to the main HDD. Problem is that under My Computer and under Windows Explorer, the second HDD is not shown. Under Computer Management / Disk Management, both HDDs are shown. The second HDD is shown as healthy (active) yet I can't access it. The only thing that its shortcut menu will allow me to do with it when I right-click on it, is to delete the partition (and that's the last thing I want to do since I'd lose absolutely everything). As of now I can't do anything more without being able to access the second HDD. Would anyone here be able to help me ? TVMIA ! Emile. :badpc:	Emile (3552)
495845	2006-11-01 23:08:00	Have you tried accessing the drive while logged in as administrator or start up in safe mode and you may find that will let you access it and swap yr data. For safe mode.Shut down and on restarting press F8 key before windows starts to load.	kjaada (253)
495846	2006-11-01 23:27:00	Depends what u copied to the other hdd. If theyre documents it shouldnt be a prob, but if you copied programs that were already installed and expect them to work they wont. They'll have to be reinstalled. Does the 2nd hdd appear on the post screen / Does the BIOS see it?	Speedy Gonzales (78)
495847	2006-11-01 23:36:00	Does the 2nd hdd appear on the post screen / Does the BIOS see it? If windows is showing it under disk management then chances are the BIOS is also seeing it. Emile what file system is the second drive using? Did you have any security measures install on the drive previously? Such as restricted persmissions?	Pete O'Neil (6584)
495848	2006-11-01 23:37:00	Have you tried accessing the drive while logged in as administrator or start up in safe mode and you may find that will let you access it and swap yr data. For safe mode.Shut down and on restarting press F8 key before windows starts to load. Thanks for your reply. I tried both (accessing while logged in as administrator) as well as start up in safe mode and I still can't access the second HDD. Emile.	Emile (3552)
495849	2006-11-01 23:50:00	What the physical setup of your drives? e.g are they both using the same controller? SATA or PATA?	Pete O'Neil (6584)
495850	2006-11-01 23:54:00	Is there a Drive letter assignment?, if not, explorer wont see the drive. To assign drive letter, right click on the drive to see list of options	SolMiester (139)
495851	2006-11-01 23:57:00	Depends what u copied to the other hdd . If theyre documents it shouldnt be a prob, but if you copied programs that were already installed and expect them to work they wont . They'll have to be reinstalled . Does the 2nd hdd appear on the post screen / Does the BIOS see it? The BIOS does see the 2nd HDD . Yeah, I'm aware of installed programs and not being able to copy them . I only copied their downloaded install executables, and registration keys where applicable, so that I can re-install them (once I can get to them :groan: ) .	Emile (3552)
495852	2006-11-01 23:59:00	Emile what file system is the second drive using? Did you have any security measures install on the drive previously? Such as restricted persmissions? 2nd HDD is NTFS as is the main HDD. No restricted permissions installed. Emile.	Emile (3552)
495853	2006-11-02 00:00:00	What the physical setup of your drives? e.g are they both using the same controller? SATA or PATA? Pete, sorry but I'm not familiar with the terms SATA and PATA. But I can tell you that the primary HDD is the master on IDE controller 1 and the 2nd HDD is the slave on the same IDE controller. Emile.	Emile (3552)
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