"QContinueum" <QContinueum@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I've tried running the drive in both cable select and master/slave
> configurations. No luck.
>
> I did mention that the BIOS does see my drive (as does vista, I just can't
> access it). At this point, I still do.
>
> -Q
>
> "Ian Betts" wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> "QContinueum" <QContinueum@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>> >I recently bought a new PC. Vista came preinstalled. I pulled my data
>> >HDD
>> >out
>> > of my old windows 2000 box. It's formatted as either ntfs or fat32, I
>> > forget
>> > which.
>> >
>> > Anyway, my BIOS sees the drive, as does Vista. Sort of. The drive and
>> > its
>> > partition show up in Disk Management, but upon right clicking on the
>> > partition am only given the 'Help' option. Nothing else shows up. Vista
>> > also
>> > seems to have not assigned a volume name or letter to the drive.
>> >
>> > Disk Management doesn't see a file system on the disk, even though the
>> > 'Status' is listed as Healthy.
>> >
>> > Anyone have any thoughts or need more information?
>> >
>>
>>
>> My question would also be did you set the HD jumper to slave.
>>
>> Did you go into the Bios settings to make sure your drive is recognized?
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ian
>>
>> With patience there is always a way.
>>
>> Please Reply to Newsgroup so all can read.
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>>
>
So when you click on My Computer your drive is listed, but when you double
click the drive what happens?
--
Ian
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