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Explorer not picking 2nd HDD

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by wellington, 2008/09/26.

  1. 2008/09/26
    wellington

    wellington Inactive Thread Starter

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    I have just installed the 2nd HDD but cannot see it from explorer. Disk Management picks it up . BIOS picks it up as secondary master .

    I badly need the data so I dont want to format either.

    Tried all jumber settings to no avail but need to simply use explorer

    Can anyone help.
     
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    Steve R Jones

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    Disk Management - did it get assigned a drive letter? What is it's status?
     
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    wellington

    wellington Inactive Thread Starter

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    2nd hdd

    Yes it D: is assigned and its Dynamic & Foreign. Status is active
     
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    hawk22

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    is your XP OS Pro or Home, Home does not support Dynamic.
     
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    Arie

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    When you move a dynamic disk from one computer to another this dynamic disk is flagged in Disk Manager as a foreign disk. In order to access this disk you must import it first.

    • Go to Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Disk Management
    • Right click on the Foreign Disk & select Import Foreign Disk

    As hawk22 mentioned, only available in XP-Pro.

    To make the disk accessible in a WinXP Home machine you will need to convert it to a basic disk. However this process will destroy the data on the disk.
     
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  7. 2008/09/29
    wellington

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    2nd HDD

    Thakns guys . Am on XP Pro SP2 . Arie , will I lose my data if I IMPORT foreign disk in Disk Management?. I have Oracle data that I will need to export once I I see this Hdd in Explorer?.


    Your reply
     
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  8. 2008/09/29
    Arie

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    Importing a disk will not cause any data loss. Converting to basic disk will.
     
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