Cannot find Data on a slaved drive

ginavg · 03-12-2006, 03:35 PM

I took a 20 gig drive that was running win98se and slaved it on my pc running windows 2000. I have done this a couple of times before with no problems.

The drive shows up, but when I open it it shows 15 gig of unused space and 0gigs of used space??

I am really confused as to where the data is?

I would be very grateful to anyone that can help. There cannot be a way that the data was wiped off since I didn't format the drive? Win 2000 is use fat 32 just like win98se.

Thanks for your help

GVG

dai · 03-13-2006, 12:30 PM

error check the drive from within properties

ginavg · 03-13-2006, 06:44 PM

that didn't help

**linderman** · 03-14-2006, 05:09 AM

when the computer boots up does the bios see the drive and report its maker and size correctly ?????

then go to the drive makers website and download the free diagnostic utility to check the mechanical health of the drive

03-12-2006, 03:35 PM	#1 (permalink)
ginavg Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2 OS: all of them	Cannot find Data on a slaved drive I took a 20 gig drive that was running win98se and slaved it on my pc running windows 2000. I have done this a couple of times before with no problems. The drive shows up, but when I open it it shows 15 gig of unused space and 0gigs of used space?? I am really confused as to where the data is? I would be very grateful to anyone that can help. There cannot be a way that the data was wiped off since I didn't format the drive? Win 2000 is use fat 32 just like win98se. Thanks for your help GVG

03-13-2006, 12:30 PM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,539 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	error check the drive from within properties __________________

03-14-2006, 05:09 AM	#4 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,433 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	when the computer boots up does the bios see the drive and report its maker and size correctly ????? then go to the drive makers website and download the free diagnostic utility to check the mechanical health of the drive __________________ I still know nothing and I respect that fact, striving to improve and, along the way, help anyone that comes from the place that I used to be! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial Last edited by linderman; 03-14-2006 at 05:10 AM.

03-13-2006, 06:44 PM	#3 (permalink)
ginavg Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2 OS: all of them	that didn't help