This is my first post here & in panic!
If this issue has been posted before then I must appologize.
I have Windows XP SP2 in 500GB SATA2 Seagate Drive. It was partitioned in three: 50GB<system>, 200GB, 200GB. I had recently came back from a honeymoon and saved all of my photos and videos in it. I recently purchased 2nd Seagate 320GB hard drive for an additional storage.
I decided to upgrade my OX to Vista for my old hard drive but installation went south, making old drives not accessable. So I then decided to go back to XP. I grabbed my new drive and installed XP. Then I grabbed my old drive and connected hoping to just retrieve data and reformat the drive afterword.
This is when hell broke out.:sigh:....Not only the XP fail to see partitions (50, 200, 200) but popped out with a message "Drive is not formatted". I tried reading other threads and comments that were made, so resolution.
I m devestated in a thought that I might have just wiped out all my honeymoon data.....
I do not know if having OS installed on the old drive plays any part in this but if anyone has advice, please let me know:sigh:.
If this issue has been posted before then I must appologize.
I have Windows XP SP2 in 500GB SATA2 Seagate Drive. It was partitioned in three: 50GB<system>, 200GB, 200GB. I had recently came back from a honeymoon and saved all of my photos and videos in it. I recently purchased 2nd Seagate 320GB hard drive for an additional storage.
I decided to upgrade my OX to Vista for my old hard drive but installation went south, making old drives not accessable. So I then decided to go back to XP. I grabbed my new drive and installed XP. Then I grabbed my old drive and connected hoping to just retrieve data and reformat the drive afterword.
This is when hell broke out.:sigh:....Not only the XP fail to see partitions (50, 200, 200) but popped out with a message "Drive is not formatted". I tried reading other threads and comments that were made, so resolution.
I m devestated in a thought that I might have just wiped out all my honeymoon data.....
I do not know if having OS installed on the old drive plays any part in this but if anyone has advice, please let me know:sigh:.