Tom's Hardware > Forum > Storage > Hard Disks > Vista will not recognize backup HD partitions

Vista will not recognize backup HD partitions

Forum Storage : Hard Disks - Vista will not recognize backup HD partitions

Tom's Hardware: Over 1.4 million members in 6 different countries available to answer all your high-tech questions. Sign up now! Its free!
Ask the community Add a reply
Word :    Username :           
 
samoya20   01-20-2009 at 07:28:57 PM

I recently upgraded to Windows Vista 64, from Windows XP. I bought new HDs for the system build, but I have an internal Seagate drive (Sata) with a lot of data that I need transfered to my new WD 1 TB (new backup drive). Unforunately, when I install the old Sata Drive, Vista loads drivers, mounts the disk, and then tells me I have a blank 300GB drive.

Is there a way to get Vista to recognize the partitions I already have on this drive? Seagates drive install software was relatively unhelpful.

-J

Add a reply
Sponsored Links
Register or log in to remove.
Ask the community Add a reply
Tom's Hardware > Forum > Storage > Hard Disks > Vista will not recognize backup HD partitions
Go to:

There are 499 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Forum map
Bestofmedia Forum ©
2000-2009 Bestofmedia Group
Page generated in 0.281 seconds
Please mind

You are about to answer a thread that has been inactive for more than 6 months.
If you still wish to proceed, please ensure that your posting is original and does not duplicate or overlap any prior responses to this thread.

Add a reply Cancel
Sponsored links
  • Ask the community now
  • Publish
Ad
Related Topics
See all relatives topics
They won a badge
Join us in greeting them
How do I win badges?