I have vista installed on the master drive. I'm trying to set up an XP hard
drive as a slave so that I can salvage documents from it. I have all of the
jumper seetings set up the way that the hard drives direct but whenever I try
to access the XP hard drive it asks me if I want to format it and won't allow
me access to the files. Is there anything I can do. Would formatting the
drive erase all of the data on it?

Just to make sure I understand you have two HDDs on the same IDE cable. You
have the jumpers on one of them set to Master and that is the one that your
Vista installation is on. You have the jumpers on the other drive (the XP
drive) set to slave.
When you check your BIOS settings do both drives show up?
However when you boot from the Vista drive you can not see the the XP drive
in Windows Explorer and therefore can not get the data off it correct?
Of course if you can see it and can reformat it you will loose all the data
on it..
However if you can see it to reformat it I don't understand why you cannot
get the data off of it. What happens when you try to open it from Vista?

"Oliver" <Oliver@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C52BEEEC-DD52-4503-97DE-7285B64ACC63@microsoft.com...
>I have vista installed on the master drive. I'm trying to set up an XP hard
> drive as a slave so that I can salvage documents from it. I have all of
> the
> jumper seetings set up the way that the hard drives direct but whenever I
> try
> to access the XP hard drive it asks me if I want to format it and won't
> allow
> me access to the files. Is there anything I can do. Would formatting the
> drive erase all of the data on it?

i am having a bit of a similar issue. i have a secondary drive hooked in as a
slave and it will not recognize the slave since the upgrade to Vista and it
says that a Mass Storage Controller Driver is missing.

Scott

"Oliver" wrote:

> I have vista installed on the master drive. I'm trying to set up an XP hard
> drive as a slave so that I can salvage documents from it. I have all of the
> jumper seetings set up the way that the hard drives direct but whenever I try
> to access the XP hard drive it asks me if I want to format it and won't allow
> me access to the files. Is there anything I can do. Would formatting the
> drive erase all of the data on it?

i am having a bit of a similar issue. i have a secondary drive hooked in as a
slave and it will not recognize the slave since the upgrade to Vista and it
says that a Mass Storage Controller Driver is missing.

Scott

"Oliver" wrote:

> I have vista installed on the master drive. I'm trying to set up an XP hard
> drive as a slave so that I can salvage documents from it. I have all of the
> jumper seetings set up the way that the hard drives direct but whenever I try
> to access the XP hard drive it asks me if I want to format it and won't allow
> me access to the files. Is there anything I can do. Would formatting the
> drive erase all of the data on it?

Make sure your other drive is configured as Master and not as Cable Select.
"Scott" <Scott@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:091CA17B-3008-4C8A-A388-9C93F185C3B3@microsoft.com...
>i am having a bit of a similar issue. i have a secondary drive hooked in as
>a
> slave and it will not recognize the slave since the upgrade to Vista and
> it
> says that a Mass Storage Controller Driver is missing.
>
> Scott
>
> "Oliver" wrote:
>
>> I have vista installed on the master drive. I'm trying to set up an XP
>> hard
>> drive as a slave so that I can salvage documents from it. I have all of
>> the
>> jumper seetings set up the way that the hard drives direct but whenever I
>> try
>> to access the XP hard drive it asks me if I want to format it and won't
>> allow
>> me access to the files. Is there anything I can do. Would formatting the
>> drive erase all of the data on it?

where would i do that?

"JW" wrote:

> Make sure your other drive is configured as Master and not as Cable Select.
> "Scott" <Scott@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:091CA17B-3008-4C8A-A388-9C93F185C3B3@microsoft.com...
> >i am having a bit of a similar issue. i have a secondary drive hooked in as
> >a
> > slave and it will not recognize the slave since the upgrade to Vista and
> > it
> > says that a Mass Storage Controller Driver is missing.
> >
> > Scott
> >
> > "Oliver" wrote:
> >
> >> I have vista installed on the master drive. I'm trying to set up an XP
> >> hard
> >> drive as a slave so that I can salvage documents from it. I have all of
> >> the
> >> jumper seetings set up the way that the hard drives direct but whenever I
> >> try
> >> to access the XP hard drive it asks me if I want to format it and won't
> >> allow
> >> me access to the files. Is there anything I can do. Would formatting the
> >> drive erase all of the data on it?
>
>
>

With the jumbers on the drive just like you did with slave drive you set up.
I am assuming that the two drives are on the same IDE cable so one must be
set to Master and the other to Slave or both can be set to Cable Select.
If the new drive you set to Slave is on IDE cable with a CD or DVD drive
then make sure that the CD or DVD drive has its jumbers set to Master. Each
device should have a draawing on it showing how to set the jumpers.

"JW" <nospam@no.spam> wrote in message
news:%23gJGwNArGHA.1648@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Make sure your other drive is configured as Master and not as Cable
> Select.
> "Scott" <Scott@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:091CA17B-3008-4C8A-A388-9C93F185C3B3@microsoft.com...
>>i am having a bit of a similar issue. i have a secondary drive hooked in
>>as a
>> slave and it will not recognize the slave since the upgrade to Vista and
>> it
>> says that a Mass Storage Controller Driver is missing.
>>
>> Scott
>>
>> "Oliver" wrote:
>>
>>> I have vista installed on the master drive. I'm trying to set up an XP
>>> hard
>>> drive as a slave so that I can salvage documents from it. I have all of
>>> the
>>> jumper seetings set up the way that the hard drives direct but whenever
>>> I try
>>> to access the XP hard drive it asks me if I want to format it and won't
>>> allow
>>> me access to the files. Is there anything I can do. Would formatting the
>>> drive erase all of the data on it?
>
>

actually i have a SATA drive connected as a slave to the back of my dell
dimension 8400.

"JW" wrote:

> With the jumbers on the drive just like you did with slave drive you set up.
> I am assuming that the two drives are on the same IDE cable so one must be
> set to Master and the other to Slave or both can be set to Cable Select.
> If the new drive you set to Slave is on IDE cable with a CD or DVD drive
> then make sure that the CD or DVD drive has its jumbers set to Master. Each
> device should have a draawing on it showing how to set the jumpers.
>
> "JW" <nospam@no.spam> wrote in message
> news:%23gJGwNArGHA.1648@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> > Make sure your other drive is configured as Master and not as Cable
> > Select.
> > "Scott" <Scott@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:091CA17B-3008-4C8A-A388-9C93F185C3B3@microsoft.com...
> >>i am having a bit of a similar issue. i have a secondary drive hooked in
> >>as a
> >> slave and it will not recognize the slave since the upgrade to Vista and
> >> it
> >> says that a Mass Storage Controller Driver is missing.
> >>
> >> Scott
> >>
> >> "Oliver" wrote:
> >>
> >>> I have vista installed on the master drive. I'm trying to set up an XP
> >>> hard
> >>> drive as a slave so that I can salvage documents from it. I have all of
> >>> the
> >>> jumper seetings set up the way that the hard drives direct but whenever
> >>> I try
> >>> to access the XP hard drive it asks me if I want to format it and won't
> >>> allow
> >>> me access to the files. Is there anything I can do. Would formatting the
> >>> drive erase all of the data on it?
> >
> >
>
>
>

Scott,
Sorry I got your posts mixed up with Oliver's origional post on this thread.

"Scott" <Scott@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9FB11546-F2E5-499E-A89A-1891C24DD85E@microsoft.com...
> actually i have a SATA drive connected as a slave to the back of my dell
> dimension 8400.
>
> "JW" wrote:
>
>> With the jumbers on the drive just like you did with slave drive you set
>> up.
>> I am assuming that the two drives are on the same IDE cable so one must
>> be
>> set to Master and the other to Slave or both can be set to Cable Select.
>> If the new drive you set to Slave is on IDE cable with a CD or DVD drive
>> then make sure that the CD or DVD drive has its jumbers set to Master.
>> Each
>> device should have a draawing on it showing how to set the jumpers.
>>
>> "JW" <nospam@no.spam> wrote in message
>> news:%23gJGwNArGHA.1648@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> > Make sure your other drive is configured as Master and not as Cable
>> > Select.
>> > "Scott" <Scott@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:091CA17B-3008-4C8A-A388-9C93F185C3B3@microsoft.com...
>> >>i am having a bit of a similar issue. i have a secondary drive hooked
>> >>in
>> >>as a
>> >> slave and it will not recognize the slave since the upgrade to Vista
>> >> and
>> >> it
>> >> says that a Mass Storage Controller Driver is missing.
>> >>
>> >> Scott
>> >>
>> >> "Oliver" wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> I have vista installed on the master drive. I'm trying to set up an
>> >>> XP
>> >>> hard
>> >>> drive as a slave so that I can salvage documents from it. I have all
>> >>> of
>> >>> the
>> >>> jumper seetings set up the way that the hard drives direct but
>> >>> whenever
>> >>> I try
>> >>> to access the XP hard drive it asks me if I want to format it and
>> >>> won't
>> >>> allow
>> >>> me access to the files. Is there anything I can do. Would formatting
>> >>> the
>> >>> drive erase all of the data on it?
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>

no problem. any ideas how i can get vista to recognize this drive? It is
hooked into the back of my computer as a slave.

"JW" wrote:

> Scott,
> Sorry I got your posts mixed up with Oliver's origional post on this thread.
>
> "Scott" <Scott@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9FB11546-F2E5-499E-A89A-1891C24DD85E@microsoft.com...
> > actually i have a SATA drive connected as a slave to the back of my dell
> > dimension 8400.
> >
> > "JW" wrote:
> >
> >> With the jumbers on the drive just like you did with slave drive you set
> >> up.
> >> I am assuming that the two drives are on the same IDE cable so one must
> >> be
> >> set to Master and the other to Slave or both can be set to Cable Select.
> >> If the new drive you set to Slave is on IDE cable with a CD or DVD drive
> >> then make sure that the CD or DVD drive has its jumbers set to Master.
> >> Each
> >> device should have a draawing on it showing how to set the jumpers.
> >>
> >> "JW" <nospam@no.spam> wrote in message
> >> news:%23gJGwNArGHA.1648@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> >> > Make sure your other drive is configured as Master and not as Cable
> >> > Select.
> >> > "Scott" <Scott@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> > news:091CA17B-3008-4C8A-A388-9C93F185C3B3@microsoft.com...
> >> >>i am having a bit of a similar issue. i have a secondary drive hooked
> >> >>in
> >> >>as a
> >> >> slave and it will not recognize the slave since the upgrade to Vista
> >> >> and
> >> >> it
> >> >> says that a Mass Storage Controller Driver is missing.
> >> >>
> >> >> Scott
> >> >>
> >> >> "Oliver" wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> I have vista installed on the master drive. I'm trying to set up an
> >> >>> XP
> >> >>> hard
> >> >>> drive as a slave so that I can salvage documents from it. I have all
> >> >>> of
> >> >>> the
> >> >>> jumper seetings set up the way that the hard drives direct but
> >> >>> whenever
> >> >>> I try
> >> >>> to access the XP hard drive it asks me if I want to format it and
> >> >>> won't
> >> >>> allow
> >> >>> me access to the files. Is there anything I can do. Would formatting
> >> >>> the
> >> >>> drive erase all of the data on it?
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>