Vista - Vista Home Premium Won't Recognize My Old Hard Drives

12-24-2007

I recently purchased a new system with Vista Home Premium 32bit OS. I have a
couple of hard drives (Maxtor) that I would like to recover some files from
but when plugged into the new computer, they just don't register. Can't see
anything when using IDE or have the hard drives on an adaptor for SATA. The
old drives do have XP Pro on them. Is there a clash between OS? How can I
read and recover the info I need? I have gone to the Microsoft site to make
sure I have all the updates. I have gone to Maxtor to download the up to date
installation software. Still nothing. I have checked the BIOS and the SATA
ports are initiated (and have talked to the manufacturer HP about the issue
and they can't see a problem). I have been able to recognize the old hard
drives when I still had the old computer (cleaned it up and gave it to my son
with a new hard drive installed). Would like to recover data and start using
the old drives as a back up system. Any suggestions or am I pooched?

12-25-2007

"srcstcbstrd" <srcstcbstrd@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:5251295A-83D8-46B4-9FDC-0B5191810F21@xxxxxx

Quote:

>I recently purchased a new system with Vista Home Premium 32bit OS. I have
>a
> couple of hard drives (Maxtor) that I would like to recover some files
> from
> but when plugged into the new computer, they just don't register. Can't
> see
> anything when using IDE or have the hard drives on an adaptor for SATA.
> The
> old drives do have XP Pro on them. Is there a clash between OS? How can I
> read and recover the info I need? I have gone to the Microsoft site to
> make
> sure I have all the updates. I have gone to Maxtor to download the up to
> date
> installation software. Still nothing. I have checked the BIOS and the SATA
> ports are initiated (and have talked to the manufacturer HP about the
> issue
> and they can't see a problem). I have been able to recognize the old hard
> drives when I still had the old computer (cleaned it up and gave it to my
> son
> with a new hard drive installed). Would like to recover data and start
> using
> the old drives as a back up system. Any suggestions or am I pooched?

Ensure that the drive jumpers are set correctly. Go to this website for
Maxtor info

http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.js...00dd04090aRCRD

--
Mike Hall - MVP
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx

12-24-2007	#1 (permalink)
srcstcbstrd n/a posts	Vista Home Premium Won't Recognize My Old Hard Drives I recently purchased a new system with Vista Home Premium 32bit OS. I have a couple of hard drives (Maxtor) that I would like to recover some files from but when plugged into the new computer, they just don't register. Can't see anything when using IDE or have the hard drives on an adaptor for SATA. The old drives do have XP Pro on them. Is there a clash between OS? How can I read and recover the info I need? I have gone to the Microsoft site to make sure I have all the updates. I have gone to Maxtor to download the up to date installation software. Still nothing. I have checked the BIOS and the SATA ports are initiated (and have talked to the manufacturer HP about the issue and they can't see a problem). I have been able to recognize the old hard drives when I still had the old computer (cleaned it up and gave it to my son with a new hard drive installed). Would like to recover data and start using the old drives as a back up system. Any suggestions or am I pooched?
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12-25-2007	#2 (permalink)
Mike Hall - MVP n/a posts	Re: Vista Home Premium Won't Recognize My Old Hard Drives "srcstcbstrd" <srcstcbstrd@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:5251295A-83D8-46B4-9FDC-0B5191810F21@xxxxxx Quote: >I recently purchased a new system with Vista Home Premium 32bit OS. I have >a > couple of hard drives (Maxtor) that I would like to recover some files > from > but when plugged into the new computer, they just don't register. Can't > see > anything when using IDE or have the hard drives on an adaptor for SATA. > The > old drives do have XP Pro on them. Is there a clash between OS? How can I > read and recover the info I need? I have gone to the Microsoft site to > make > sure I have all the updates. I have gone to Maxtor to download the up to > date > installation software. Still nothing. I have checked the BIOS and the SATA > ports are initiated (and have talked to the manufacturer HP about the > issue > and they can't see a problem). I have been able to recognize the old hard > drives when I still had the old computer (cleaned it up and gave it to my > son > with a new hard drive installed). Would like to recover data and start > using > the old drives as a back up system. Any suggestions or am I pooched? Ensure that the drive jumpers are set correctly. Go to this website for Maxtor info http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.js...00dd04090aRCRD -- Mike Hall - MVP http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx
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