Re: 200gb hard drive not recognised in 'my computer'
- From: "Mike Fields" <spam_me_not_mr.gadget2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 07:34:04 -0700
You might also consider while you are at it, purchasing
a good backup program, so you would have been able
to go to the backup image and get your, as you put it,
"considerable precious data " back easily. If the drive
had totally toasted, your options are far more limited.
mikey
"Leprechaun Sean" <LeprechaunSean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message news:D0A6BEF6-E2D1-4E4D-AD5A-7D4D019D89A9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Thanks, Anna (and thanks for the effort, Ron);
> Because I cannot mount the drive, of course I cannot select any folder to
> take ownership of. <wry grin> The article you recommended was exactly
what I
> needed - though I did not wish to see, "Converting a dynamic disk to a
basic
> disk destroys all data on the disk"!
>
> That's all the incentive I need to convert the OS to XP Pro.
>
> Regards,
> -Sean-
>
> "Anna" wrote:
>
> >
> > > "Leprechaun Sean" <LeprechaunSean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> > > message news:8B1873DF-9326-4ACE-9CA8-4E7DDE60EBEB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >>I pulled my 200gb SATA drive from my crashed workstation (XP Pro) and
> > >>install
> > >> in another desktop (XP Home). The BIOS properly identifies the
drive,
> > >> yet
> > >> Windows does not display it. I can locate the drive in Device
Manager,
> > >> but
> > >> the capacity 0.
> > >>
> > >> In another thread (200gb hard drive not recognised in 'my comp',
> > >> 3/14/2005),
> > >> I found suggestions that led me to Disk Management. The drive is
> > >> present,
> > >> but listed as "foreign". I have considerable precious data on this
> > >> drive, so
> > >> I am apprehensive about Converting to Basic Disk.
> > >>
> > >> How to correct this condition/situation? Any suggestions
appreciated!
> > >>
> > >> Thanks,
> > >> -Sean-
> >
> > "Ron Sommer" <rsommer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:umrYzPmjFHA.3336@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > You may need to take ownership of the drive.
> > > http://rickrogers.org/fixes.htm#Taking_ownership
> > >
> > > --
> > > Ron Sommer
> >
> >
> > Sean:
> > The problem is not a matter of taking ownership of the drive. It's a bit
> > more complicated than that. The basic problem is that the drive was
> > apparently setup originally as a Dynamic disk. (Unfortunately, XP's Disk
> > Management utility makes it all too easy for a disk to be designated as
> > such, rather than Basic. Very, very few users need to create a Dynamic
disk,
> > but many, many users inadvertently select that option when they use the
DM
> > utility to partition/format their drives). When the drive was
subsequently
> > removed from the XP Pro system and installed in a XP Home system, it
took on
> > the designation of "foreign".
> >
> > In any event, see
> >
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/ServerHelp/4b6d9afa-0e0d-4afb-a42f-00c1154cb379.mspx
> > for detailed information as to how you can convert the disk and
hopefully
> > salvage the data.
> > Anna
> >
> >
> >
.
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