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slap_ed · 04-08-2006, 06:35 PM

Before re-formatting and re-installing XP onto my 160GB master disk I backed-up all my data onto my 40GB slave drive. The system boots fine from the master drive but my slave drive is not recognised. Disk management reports that the master drive C: 127.99GB NTFS Healthy (System) and the remainder of the master disk as a partition Z: 25.39GB NTFS Healthy.
My slave drive is reported within disk management as 38.34 GB NTFS Health Active (the right click only gives me the option to delete partiton)

My computer does not report this drive at all.

Any ideas why this disk is not recognised? and is a re-format of this drive the only option, losing all my saved data.

04-08-2006, 06:35 PM	#1 (permalink)
slap_ed New Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 2	Slave hard disk recognition Before re-formatting and re-installing XP onto my 160GB master disk I backed-up all my data onto my 40GB slave drive. The system boots fine from the master drive but my slave drive is not recognised. Disk management reports that the master drive C: 127.99GB NTFS Healthy (System) and the remainder of the master disk as a partition Z: 25.39GB NTFS Healthy. My slave drive is reported within disk management as 38.34 GB NTFS Health Active (the right click only gives me the option to delete partiton) My computer does not report this drive at all. Any ideas why this disk is not recognised? and is a re-format of this drive the only option, losing all my saved data.