Vista - transferring files from old xp hdd to new vista hdd

my old pc died so i go on adn got a new one,
while the old pc runs on xp, the new one runs on vista
after installing my old xp hdd to be the slave on my new pc,
when i try to open up the xp hdd it says that i have to format it
what should i do?


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"urameshi" wrote:

Urameshi,
Sometimes Vista is very slow to recognize an additional drive that already
has data or an operating system on it such as XP. There are a couple of
things you can try. I'm sure you've probably already done at least one of
these.

#1 - Shutdown all the way and restart and try to look at the drive. May
have to do this 2-3 times before Vista recognizes the drive. There are also
things you can try in diskmgmt.msc, as the others have mentioned.

#2 - Purchase a usb adapter and connect your XP drive to it. The first
time you plug it in, Vista will probably have problems and you will not see
it in My Computer. Going to diskmgmt.msc will ask you to intialize the
drive. Do Not do that if you have data you want to keep. Instead, do the
Shutdown, unplug the usb drive, Restart, logon to windows, plug the drive
back in, attempt to view it in My Computer. After the 2nd or 3rd time, you
will see the disk and be able to 'explore' the files.

If this doesn't work, then you may need to try a different adapter or your
disk is bad. Try the adapter & disk on someone else's computer (preferably
with XP) to check.

Rho


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