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BryanG · 07-06-2009, 07:43 AM

Cannot access data on my old hard drive from a Compaq presario laptop running XP when now connected to new HP550 laptop running Vista home premium SP2.

Took old hard drive out and connected via an enclosure to the USB port, system recognised new hardway, loaded drivers and said ready to use. I cannot access the drive.

The disc is recognised by the system and appears in disc management but it does not have a volume name or drive path, says layout is simple, type is basic, file system is blank, status is healthy(active, primary partition).

If I right click on drive my only option is delete volume.

Help please as I could do with getting some data I stupidly failed to back up...

PS My old laptop is dead so cant get info any other way.

07-06-2009, 07:43 AM	#1 (permalink)
BryanG Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 6 OS: Vista home premium SP2	[SOLVED] cant access old hard drive as ext drive on new laptop Cannot access data on my old hard drive from a Compaq presario laptop running XP when now connected to new HP550 laptop running Vista home premium SP2. Took old hard drive out and connected via an enclosure to the USB port, system recognised new hardway, loaded drivers and said ready to use. I cannot access the drive. The disc is recognised by the system and appears in disc management but it does not have a volume name or drive path, says layout is simple, type is basic, file system is blank, status is healthy(active, primary partition). If I right click on drive my only option is delete volume. Help please as I could do with getting some data I stupidly failed to back up... PS My old laptop is dead so cant get info any other way.