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More info?)
Out of curiousity, did either of you use drive compression? Any form of
encryption?
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Nathan McNulty
Tom wrote:
> As a last resort, you MAY be able to stuff the drive into
> a unit running 98 or ME. Configure it as a slave, grab
> your data, and then reformat/repartition on the existing
> XP unit. I want to get THE REAL answer for this thing,
> but I'm saving that as a "last resort". Hopefully,
> SOMEBODY can shed a little light on this elusive topic!
>
> Tom
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I am having a similar problem Tom. I have an external
>
> hard
>
>>drive enclosure housing a 10 GB hard drive that used to
>>carry my operating system (windows 98). When I go to disk
>>management, I can see the drive has a volume called
>>GATEWAY and that the drive is FAT32 but when I right
>
> click
>
>>to access the drive, the only option I have is to delete
>>the partition. When I plug the external hard drive into
>
> my
>
>>USB port, Windows XP installs a driver. In Device
>
> manager,
>
>>the harddrive shows a driver installed that acknolwdelges
>>it as an removeable hard drive, but no drive letter is
>>assigned, and no data can be accessed. All I want to do
>
> is
>
>>pull some data off of the drive, but I can't figure out
>>how to get Windows XP to acknowledge the drive and allow
>>me to do anything other than delete the existing
>>partition. Any help will be great appreciated. I have
>>exhausted all of the Windows help manuals and have found
>>nothing that specifically addresses this problem.
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>Hi, Peter et. al.:
>>>
>>>There is no "format & partition" choice on the drive
>>>manager when right-clicked. On the lower screen, the
>>>(unlettered) drive has cross-hatching through it, and
>
> the
>
>>>only choice given is "delete partition". I have some
>
> data
>
>>>on the drive, and I don't want to start
>>>over/repartition/reformat until I evaluate what was on
>>
>>the
>>
>>>drive (stuff from the WinME). Again, the drive is
>
> listed
>
>>>as "Healthy/Active", but no letter and no access
>>>to "assign/change letter" box.
>>>
>>>Tom
>>>dembinski2(remove)@yahoo.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>Xp support NTFS and FAT32.
>>>>
>>>>In disk management, right click on the slave drive
>
> (disk
>
>>>1) and select
>>>
>>>>initialize drive, click OK. Right click on the drive
>>>
>>>volume, you can select
>>>
>>>>to format and partition the drive. Select the file
>>
>>format
>>
>>>you like and then
>>>
>>>>click format, assign a drive letter to the new drive.
>>>>
>>>>Hope it helps.
>>>>
>>>>Peter
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Tom" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I have a computer that was originally WinME. It has
>>>
>>>two
>>>
>>>>>physical drives, 80Gb and 120Gb, both one partition,
>>>>>originally FAT32 from WinME. I installed WinXP, and
>
> it
>
>>>>>formatted the primary drive as NTFS. Now the D:
>
> drive
>
>>>is
>>>
>>>>>not in My Computer, etc., but it shows up in the
>>>>>configuration utilities. Drive Manager sees C: as
>>
>>NTFS
>>
>>>>>and the second drive as FAT32, but no drive letter,
>>
>>and
>>
>>>it
>>>
>>>>>states "On-line(Active)". The reassign drive letter
>>>>>dropdown is gray, and, when clicked, it
>>>
>>>remains "blurred
>>>
>>>>>out". Can WinXP read/write to two drives with
>>>
>>>different
>>>
>>>>>formatting or is this my problem (one NTFS, one
>>>
>>>FAT32)?
>>>
>>>>>Help appreciated!
>>>>>
>>>>>Tom
>>>>>dembinski2(leaveout)@yahoo.com
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>.
>>>>
>>>
>>>.
>>>
>>
>>.
>>