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Import Foreign Disk

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by satlogic, 2002/04/16.

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  1. 2002/04/16
    satlogic

    satlogic Inactive Thread Starter

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    Hi,
    I recently had to rebuild my Windows XP PC.
    It has two hard drives. I reblasted the drive containing the OS, but left the other one untouched (since I've backed up some data onto it).

    Anyway - rebuild PC up and running, but I cannot access the 2nd drive. Disk Manager shows it as a "Dynamic" drive with status of "Foreign ". Apparently in Win 2k there is an option to "Import Foreign Drive ", but I cant seem to work out how to do that in Windows XP (Home).

    Any ideas? Please HELP!

    Thanks,
    Sat

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    Arie

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    I don't know if Home and Prof. are the same here, but it works the same way as Windows 2000....

    Start Computer management, select Storage > Disk Management, right click on the disk you have listed as Foreign, and select Import Foreign Disks
     
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    satlogic

    satlogic Inactive Thread Starter

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    I think I've read somewhere that Import Foreign Drive is only available in XP Pro upwards.

    I dont get the "Import" option in XP...all I get is "Convert to Basic Drive" (which would wipe the disk)

    Thanks,
    Sat
     
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    unixfan

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    Are you saying that XP is misreporting the drive as "dynamic "?

    You don't get the import option because, as you say, XP Home doesn't support dynamic disks.
     
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    satlogic

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    No I dont think XP is misreporting.

    I have Windows XP Home - which indeed does not have the "Import Foreign Drive" facility.

    Does anyone know how I can import the blasted drive into XP Home - or do I have to remove my XP Home drive, install a new dummy hard drive, install XP Pro on it, import the dynamic drive, convert it to FAT32 or something so that when I put my XP Home drive back in I can access my "dynamic" hard drive.

    Ta
    Sat

    Bloody Microsoft!
     
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