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SomeYoungGuy · 07-09-2009, 03:00 PM

Strange one here:

I have 2 Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus 500G NTFS drives (Drive A and Drive B).

I recently shut down my computer (XP), unplugged Drive A, then plugged in Drive B, then turned my computer back on.

Now my computer sees the directory of the Drive A when looking at Drive B. When I try Drive B on a different computer, the second computer sees the drive letter, but does not think it has permission to see it.

When I access Drive B on the original computer, I can access directories common to both drives, such as drivers, and access those files. When I try to access directories unique to Drive A when looking at Drive B, it says file or directory is corrupt or unreadable (obviously, as they do not exist).

I rand the Maxtor test drive utility, and it says it is functioning just fine.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

07-09-2009, 03:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
SomeYoungGuy Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 3 OS: XP	Maxtor - Lost directory structure when swapping two drives Strange one here: I have 2 Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus 500G NTFS drives (Drive A and Drive B). I recently shut down my computer (XP), unplugged Drive A, then plugged in Drive B, then turned my computer back on. Now my computer sees the directory of the Drive A when looking at Drive B. When I try Drive B on a different computer, the second computer sees the drive letter, but does not think it has permission to see it. When I access Drive B on the original computer, I can access directories common to both drives, such as drivers, and access those files. When I try to access directories unique to Drive A when looking at Drive B, it says file or directory is corrupt or unreadable (obviously, as they do not exist). I rand the Maxtor test drive utility, and it says it is functioning just fine. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.