Ok, so I had a 10GB HD as master with Windows XP on it and a 160GB HD as slave with all my stuff(Documents, Video, Games, etc..)
What I tried doing(which I had done with my previous system) is to leave the Slave, and change the Master. I replaced it with a 40GB Master and that one had no OS on it, so on that 40GB I installed XP from an installation disk I had. Afterwards...I expected it to be like before...Everything's new and all my stuff is saved, I just have to redirect "My Documents" to my former D: drive(Slave).
BUT NO!!! I get a little message saying that it needs to be Formatted and that everything on it will be erased!!
That didn't happen before and I did the exact same thing!!
I'm assuming that all my files are still there and I just can't reach them...
Is there a way to save all my files?? Maybe some Tweaking in BIOS???
I don't want to go to those HardDrive Repair People because all of them charge ALOT!!!
SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!!
2007-01-07 10:59:57 · 2 answers · asked by AA 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
My best advice to you short of working with the windows command line prompt window, is to use a linux distribution like Knoppix, and back everything up and start over with them working harmoniously together.
2007-01-07 11:06:21 · answer #1 · answered by techwiz1313 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is it possible that your slave drive is E:\ and not D:\
2007-01-07 19:21:33 · answer #2 · answered by Shawn H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋