Re: Help - can't see my old hard drive

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From: null (null_at_planetzero.com)
Date: 11/08/04


Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 16:10:34 -0500

Mike wrote:

> Hello,
> I added a new hard drive to my PC and installed XP pro to it. I left my old
> hard drive (which has ME on it) unplugged until I had XP up and running.
> Then I connected the old drive as a slave. The problem I have is that I
> can't see it under my computer but it shows up under disk managment - but
> with no drive letter. How can I get access to this. I would like to pull
> some files from it and then wipe it clen and format NTSC (it's FAT32 right
> now).
>
> Can anyone give me some advice???
> Thanks!

Have you tried reseating the IDE cables to the old drive, and on the
motherboard?

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