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Help with added drive
I have just done a fresh install of XP, I was using XP pro but have now installed XP home I have added a 2nd drive which I was using on Pro with no problems, however it is now saying that it is not formatted and showing as RAW but has alot of info I need on it.
is there any way around this as I do need the files taht are on it before I think of reformatting
Si
is there any way around this as I do need the files taht are on it before I think of reformatting
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i have never used xp home but use xp pro all the time, does home support NTFS formatted drives, if not i bet its this.
in pro you formatted the drive as NTFS and now home wont read it.
if home does support NTFS then im not sure
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in pro you formatted the drive as NTFS and now home wont read it.
if home does support NTFS then im not sure
Mark
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Hmmmm if thats the fact how come it allows you to format it in NTFS and the C drive is reading in this format
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found nothing wholley conclusive on the Web, the following page.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/h...choosing2.mspx
says that XP home doesnt support the Encryted File System.
So i suppose if this was used on your XP Pro disc then XP Home wouldnt be able to recognise it.
Other than installed XP Pro, or installing the drive in another XP Pro not sure how else you'll get at the data.
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http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/h...choosing2.mspx
says that XP home doesnt support the Encryted File System.
So i suppose if this was used on your XP Pro disc then XP Home wouldnt be able to recognise it.
Other than installed XP Pro, or installing the drive in another XP Pro not sure how else you'll get at the data.
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Originally Posted by wah
Hmmmm if thats the fact how come it allows you to format it in NTFS and the C drive is reading in this format
never said it was the fact, said i didnt know, so was presuming??
what about my other theory above re: Encrypted File System, as Home doesnt support this.
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just found this product on the net, probably not the only one but first i came across
http://www.computing.co.uk/personal-...nager-personal
self booting, with file manager, will read any HDD connected, as it may be a problem with the boot record, but even if it is this program will still try to read the drive to recoved data.
http://www.computing.co.uk/personal-...nager-personal
self booting, with file manager, will read any HDD connected, as it may be a problem with the boot record, but even if it is this program will still try to read the drive to recoved data.
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if you created the second disk as a dynamic disk not a normal disk it will not be readable by anything but Win2kPro, Win2k server, XP Pro and 2003 Server
Its possible this is the problem
Its possible this is the problem
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Originally Posted by NWMark
never said it was the fact, said i didnt know, so was presuming??
what about my other theory above re: Encrypted File System, as Home doesnt support this.
Mark
Sorry Mark didn't mean to sound off I will try that link now and update
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just checked the drive using a program called R-Studio and it shows my main OS drive being NTFS/HPFS and my secondary drive being FAT32 (LBA), now I presune this is where the problem lies would it read the drive if I installed XP home using the FAT32 file system on my main drive ???
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Originally Posted by wah
just checked the drive using a program called R-Studio and it shows my main OS drive being NTFS/HPFS and my secondary drive being FAT32 (LBA), now I presune this is where the problem lies would it read the drive if I installed XP home using the FAT32 file system on my main drive ???
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