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XP Not seeing 2nd Hard Drive

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  • 05-02-2012 10:39pm
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    Gerard93
    Registered Users Posts: 356 ✭✭


    Hi,
    I recently re-installed XP and backed up my data to a 2nd internal hard drive. Reformatted the main drive (C) and reinstalled XP. XP is now not seeing my 2nd Hard drive. When I right click My Computer and go into Disc managment it is there but showing a black line and allocated. Is there any way I can get it to reconise the drive and get my data off it.
    On Hindsight I should have backed up the Data to an external Hard drive also.

    Any help would be appreciated.


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    Serephucus
    Registered Users Posts: 7,180 ✭✭✭Serephucus


    Right-click on that black line representing the drive, and create a new volume. It'll be blank, and recognised by Windows after that.


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    kippy
    Registered Users Posts: 18,599 ✭✭✭✭kippy


    Gerard93 wrote: »
    Hi,
    I recently re-installed XP and backed up my data to a 2nd internal hard drive. Reformatted the main drive (C) and reinstalled XP. XP is now not seeing my 2nd Hard drive. When I right click My Computer and go into Disc managment it is there but showing a black line and allocated. Is there any way I can get it to reconise the drive and get my data off it.
    On Hindsight I should have backed up the Data to an external Hard drive also.

    Any help would be appreciated.
    Gerard, do not do what the previous poster has advised, that will wipe whatever is on the disk.

    Follow the instructions here for a fix:
    http://www.ozzu.com/hardware/hard-drive-recognized-not-computer-t63324.html


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    Serephucus
    Registered Users Posts: 7,180 ✭✭✭Serephucus


    kippy wrote: »
    Gerard, do not do what the previous poster has advised, that will wipe whatever is on the disk.

    Follow the instructions here for a fix:
    http://www.ozzu.com/hardware/hard-drive-recognized-not-computer-t63324.html

    Woops. Got a bit confused as to which drive was which (though I did mention the formatted drive would appear blank). If all you have to do is assign a drive letter, then you're sorted. In Disk Management, right-click, and select Change drive letter and paths.


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    Gerard93
    Registered Users Posts: 356 ✭✭Gerard93


    Thanks for the replies.
    The 2nd Drive is now showing but I cannot access it, if I Right click it to open it to see files folders etc. I keep getting the option to format I am sure if I go ahead and do this it will be fine and then work as normal, but I will loose all my data, is there any way I can get the contents off this drive before I format??


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    Gerard93
    Registered Users Posts: 356 ✭✭Gerard93


    Data receovery softwear is now what I need to try recover data from this drive, anyone got any recomendations on this softwear?? I'll google a few and see how I get on - Thnks.


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