Re: Cannot access data on a slave drive after reinstalling Windows XP

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From: Jerrytt (Jerrytt.1egf5y_at_mail.mcse.ms)
Date: 10/20/04 

Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 18:49:59 -0500

Butcher wrote:
> *
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hello everyone! I need your help please!!!
> >
> >I came up with this great idea to put my personal/family
> >stuff (pics, video, doc, etc, etc) onto a separate hard
> >drive on my computer at home.
> >
> >So, here is what I did.....
> >
> >I bought a 120 GB HD and made it the Master drive.
> >I made my original 40 GB HD the Slave drive.
> >I installed XP on the 120 GB HD.
> >
> >I didn't partition any of the drives and physically
> >double checked the configuation of the drives (Master vs.
> >Slave), but I now have a C, D and E drive. I checked the
> >properties of the drives and found that the C drive is
> >the 120GB, The D drive is the 40GB, but the E drive
> >shows, File type is "RAW", shows completely "full", but 0
> >bytes. Now for the best part... I can't access any of my
> >files on the D drive and when I click on the E drive, it
> >tells me that it hasn't been formatted and wants
> >to know if I want to do that now. I don't want to lose
> >all of that data, so I didn't format it.
> >
> >Have you heard of anything like this? Where did I go
> >wrong and how can I get that data back?
> >
> >Thank you for your time,
> >Rich
> >.
> >Rich Im still looking for a solution i just posted with
> the similar issue and if i find anything I'll let you
> know. my post is NOV 15 2003 3:11am if you find anything
> please email me dochollywood@sbcglobal.net
>
> Thanks
> Butcher *

Yes, I have heard of it. Simply try to substitute a known GOOD data
cable as one or both sides of the cable has been affected. You'll be
amazed... jer 

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