Re: Cannot mount 2.5" drive in USB 2.0 case!!

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On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 23:24:02 -0700, Nell wrote:

> Hi Stephen, thanks for the reply. The disk was perviously formatted and
> partitioned. It is basically form a Toshiba laptop running XP Home (FAT32).
> The only partition is the system partition. When the drive is in the laptop I
> keep getting a BSOD on boot, I think on the kernal load or initialization
> sequence, just before login. I can only boot into safe (have tried all
> options). What i wanted to do was attach the drive to another system and
> backup the whole disk. Hence the usb IDE interface case. However, XP on the
> computer that I have attached the disk to is not recognising the existing
> partition for some reason, just the disk.

If you aren't able to get a copy of the hard drive using this method,
perhaps booting with the "Safe Mode with Networking" option would give you
access? With two NICs and a cable you could transfer the files over this
small network.

--
Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User
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