dynamic foreign disk help

sexysam777 · Jun 29, 2013

hi i am using windows xp home edition i have put my hard drive from my old machine to my new machine when i started pc it finds new hardware but it does not show up on my computer.

so i went into disk management its on their as dynamic foreign disk when i click on disk there is option saying to format disk and by doing this i will lose all the data on the disk.

I dont want to lose my data how can i get this hard disk to work without losing data i have important stuff on it

iv used testdisk testdisk analyze the disk when it completes it it says

the following partions cannot be recovered

hpfs-ntfs and some numbers
hpfs-ntfs and some numbers

please acn someone help me thanks

popatim · Jun 30, 2013

The Foreign status occurs when you move a dynamic disk to the local computer from another computer running Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional, or . Foreign status can also occur on computers running Windows XP Home Edition that are configured to dual-boot with another operating system that uses dynamic disks (such as Windows 2000 Professional). Dynamic disks are not supported on Windows XP Home Edition or on portable computers. A warning icon appears on disks that display the Foreign status.
To access data on the disk, you must add the disk to your computer's system configuration. To add a disk to your computer's system configuration, import the foreign disk (right-click the disk and then click Import Foreign Disks). Any existing volumes on the foreign disk become visible and accessible when you import the disk. For instructions describing how to move and import disks, see To move disks to another computer
However, you cannot access data on the disk if you are running Windows XP Home Edition. To use the disk on Windows XP Home Edition, you must convert it to a basic disk.

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