Re: can't add old hard drive to XP
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Date: 05/27/04
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Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 08:41:27 -0700
I have checked the BIOS and the BIOS recognizes the
drive as a slave and all the options for the drive are
set to AUTO.
>-----Original Message-----
>It should be seen and function as a slave. Have you
opened
>the BIOS and made sure that both IDE are set to
automatic?
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>"PG" <plgates@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:125ee01c442cd$f27131d0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>| Here is a rundown on what I have done.
>|
>| Motherboard on old Windows Me computer went bad.
>| Computer would not boot
>| Decided to just buy a new computer
>| I need to get files off old Windows Me hard drive
>| Take Windows Me hard drive out
>| Set Jumper on hard drive is set as a slave
>| Connect old windows ME hard drive to new computer
running
>| XP Home Edition
>| Start up computer
>| Detects new hardware
>| Hard drive does not show up in Explorer
>| Go to Settings=>Control Panel=>Administrative
>| Tools=>Computer Management
>| Storage=>Disk Management
>| Under the Disk Management the hard drive shows up as 2
>| partitions
>|
>| Here are values for the 2 partitions:
>| Volume= Blank
>| Layout= Partition
>| Type= Basic
>| File System= FAT32
>| Status= Healthy(Active)
>| Capacity= 38.27GB
>| Free Space= 25.84GB
>| % Free= 67%
>| Fault Tolerance=No
>| Overhead= 0%
>|
>|
>| Volume= Blank
>| Layout= Partition
>| Type= Basic
>| File System= NTFS
>| Status= Healthy(EISA Configuration)
>| Capacity= 6.01GB
>| Free Space= 2.09GB
>| % Free= 34%
>| Fault Tolerance=No
>| Overhead= 0%
>|
>| Only option when I right click on the partition to add
>| is "Delete Partition"
>| Any ideas on what I am doing wrong or what I need to do
>| to see this old hard drive?
>|
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