Re: XP does not assign drive letter to External SATA HDD



"Memphis Tom" <txdegawa@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
HI.
I remove 2.5 SATA HDD from notbook PC, It is still installed Windows MCE 2005 NTFS format.
I put the SATA HDD into external USB case and plug into Desktop PC, Dell Dimension 4700 Windows XP PRo SP2
System, I can see HDD is connected in Disk Manager, but I can not assign drive letter.
I can do is delete partition only.
Is this mean this HDD is encrepted?
I do not want to delete patition, still OS is in it.
I just need to get my personal Data from the patision.
anybody has any ideas?
Please let me know.

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John gave you a resolution to your issue. FYI, there are Vista newsgroups for Vista questions. You're issue is really a Vista question since it involves reading an external Sata drive attached to a computer that is booted into Vista. Here is a list of Vista newsgroups.

microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_accounts_password
microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management
microsoft.public.windows.vista.games
microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup
microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail
microsoft.public.windows.vista.music_pictures_video
microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance
microsoft.public.windows.vista.print_fax_scan
microsoft.public.windows.vista.security




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