Computer Science Canada Harddrive Problems |
| Author: | ProgrammingFun [ Sat Mar 13, 2010 3:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Harddrive Problems |
I recently downgraded my Windows 7 computer to Windows XP (for my dad) but have faced many problems. First of all, I had 4 partitions on Windows 7: two physical harddrives: HDD 1 = 1 partition (Operating System) HDD 2 = 3 partitions I formatted and installed XP on HDD 1 but now my computer won't recognize the other 3 partitions. 
It only shows me C and D and when I click on D, it says to format it before using. 
I really need the data on those three partitions, so...any suggestions? Thanks |
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| Author: | BigBear [ Sat Mar 13, 2010 10:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Harddrive Problems |
At first I thought that win 7 was NTFS and Xp wasn't but then I remembered there wasn't two versions so it must have been NTFS. This might help you |
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| Author: | ProgrammingFun [ Mon Mar 15, 2010 6:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Harddrive Problems |
Thanks but it turned out that my XP was corrupted so I reinstalled and voila, I could see my harddrives!  |
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| Author: | Sophie Johnson [ Tue Mar 16, 2010 3:57 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Harddrive Problems |
I have 2 hard drives on my computer, a 2 Gig, that has Windows installed on it (C  and a 10 Gig, for files and stuff (D . They are two totally separate drives, not partitions.
Anyway, one day I booted up the computer and Windows wouldn't recognize the D: drive. The BIOS read it fine. I concluded that my hard drive crashed. Is there any way I can recover the data? I have tried to access the D: drive in DOS, but It doesn't want to read it for some unknown reason. Please help me out from this problem.... Thanks in Advance Sophie Johnson http://www.datarecoverysoftware.com/datarecoverysoftware/downloads.html |
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| Author: | SNIPERDUDE [ Tue Mar 16, 2010 4:24 am ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Harddrive Problems |
2 and 10G hard-drives? Are you running a flashdrive as your HDD?  |
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| Author: | ProgrammingFun [ Tue Mar 16, 2010 11:08 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: RE:Harddrive Problems |
SNIPERDUDE @ Tue Mar 16, 2010 4:24 am wrote: 2 and 10G hard-drives? Are you running a flashdrive as your HDD?
LOL, she probably is. But anyway, you could try re-installing your operating system (it could be an OS problem like the one I had) or you could check your hardware to see if the drive is properly plugged in (although this shouldn't be the problem). |
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