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 Jan 14 2007, 10:05 AM
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I have 2 hard disks on my system. The first is divided into 2 drives C:\ and D:\. I use C:\ for installing Windows and small programs. The other drive, which I have problems with, is a "WDC WD800JB-00ETA0", which had the driver letter X:\. I had Windows XP Professional installed, and there was no problems accessing the drive X:\. But there was too much virus on C:\ so I decided to reformat with a fresh copy of Windows XP Home SP2. After I installed Windows XP Home SP2, the 80gb X:\ drive disappeared from My Computer. And of course I cant access it via Run> X:\ , or from DOS for that matter. It shows up in Control Panel> Admin Tools > Computer Management > Disk Management, in the bottom. It says Disk 1: Dynamic and Foreign -- instead of: Basic and Online for the working drives. If I click onto it's properties and Volumes Tab, it says Disk: Disk 1 Type: Dynamic Status: Foreign Partition style: Master Boot Record (MBR) Capacity: 0 MB Unallocated space: 0 MB Reserved space: 0 MB It also shows up in BIOS, as a Slave Master drive with the correct WDC WD800JB-00ETA0 name. I think there is no partition in X:\ now. And I can try the 'Convert to Basic Disk' function when I right click the Drive on Disk Management, but I am afraid to lose all the data on it, since they're irreplaceable data. I have tried uninstalling the driver of the malfunctioning harddrive and getting windows to install them again, but it didn't do no good. Okay I think one of these might have caused the problem. - Installing Windows XP Home SP2 - While repairing a device in my computer (the PCI Sound Card), I tilted the computer box sideways, maybe that caused the wires to haywire? But I have checked the wires of the hard drives and they seemed fine. I even gave them a good shove to make sure they're inserted. - Lettering on X: might have been a problem for the system to recognise. - The malfunctioning drive was using compression, so files on it were smaller. It was NTFS formatted. What do you think I should do?? Reinstall with Windows XP PRO again? Is there a solution to this? Ask me if you need screenshots or some more details. Thanks in advance!! --------[ Summary ]----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Computer: Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition OS Service Pack Service Pack 2 Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180 Computer Name ANOTHERA-80FB5D User Name Rene Logon Domain ANOTHERA-80FB5D Motherboard: CPU Type Intel Pentium 4, 1400 MHz (3.5 x 400) Motherboard Name Asus P4T (5 PCI, 1 AGP Pro, 4 RIMM) Motherboard Chipset Intel Tehama i850 System Memory 256 MB (RDRAM) BIOS Type Award Medallion (03/02/01) Communication Port Communications Port (COM1) Communication Port Communications Port (COM2) Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1) Display: Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 (128 MB) 3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Monitor ViewSonic VG2030wm SERIES [NoDB] (QCC0637A1167) Multimedia: Audio Adapter C-Media CMI8738/C3DX Audio Device Storage: Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive Disk Drive Apple iPod USB Device Disk Drive ST330621A (30 GB, 5400 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100) Disk Drive WDC WD800JB-00ETA0 Optical Drive LITE-ON LTR-48125W (48x/12x/48x CD-RW) Optical Drive PIONEER DVD-ROM DVD-115 (16x/40x DVD-ROM) Partitions: C: (NTFS) 10001 MB (3555 MB free) D: (FAT32) 18605 MB (6965 MB free) Input: Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard Mouse Microsoft USB Wheel Mouse Optical Network: Network Adapter Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC Peripherals: USB Device Microsoft USB Wheel Mouse Optical USB Device USB Mass Storage Device This post has been edited by moonsp9: Jan 14 2007, 10:48 AM --------------------  |
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Jan 14 2007, 11:03 AM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 14-January 07 Member No.: 106,201 |
OKay I have looked around the net and found this
forums.pcworld.co.nz/archive/index.php/t-52122.html People were discussing that Windows XP Home does not support Dynamic drives... So I will try looking foir a Dynamic to Basic disk conversion software... If i can't find one, I'll try installing Windows XP Pro. Anyone with other ideas? -------------------- |
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Jan 14 2007, 06:51 PM
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Try re-installing motherboard drivers{motherboard proggys disk came with computer?}
You may find motherboard drivers have been wiped on re-install. Then seek to upgrade from Asus site This post has been edited by moodyblue: Jan 14 2007, 06:52 PM |
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Jan 14 2007, 07:10 PM
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Dynamic usually means that the drive's partition was linked up with another partition to make a dynamic volume. Any of that sound familiar?
Regardless, there's a partition recovery tool called TestDisk that might be able to help you. Documentation on running it is located at the bottom of the page. --------------------  |
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