I have a 250Gb HD which I was connected to a XP machine through a usb
external box. Due to some problems with viruses etc I had to repair
xp. After the repair when I connect the Hd through usb, it gets picked
up as a usb device but does not appear in win explorer. If I go to
disk management it shows 'basic disk, online' and 'unallocated' on
right. THere is no way I can do anything with it.
If I take the Hd out of the external box and connect it directly to
mobo with a sata cable, still cant see it in explorer. In disk
management it shows same and doies initiazation etc but still does not
dhow up in explorer and hence cannot access files.
I though I hd was faulty so looked it at through a disk recovery
program. This reports hd to be ok and shows file structure perfectly
intact.
How can I get the hd to connect to xp either as usb device or as
internal hd?
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