if it's a readable NTFS/FAT volume, vista should show it... assuming it's not been encrypted on the previous machine.
More likely your drive is fooked
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| Author: | JFK=GCHQ= [ Sun Nov 23, 2008 5:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Reading Data from a harddrive that vista wont read unless... |
Reading Data from a harddrive that vista wont read unless I format it First. anyway around this? Cheers |
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| Author: | happyslappy [ Sun Nov 23, 2008 6:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Reading Data from a harddrive that vista wont read unless... |
why wont it read it - do you know - ie ext3 filesystem ? |
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| Author: | JFK=GCHQ= [ Sun Nov 23, 2008 6:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Reading Data from a harddrive that vista wont read unless... |
Not really sure, Picks up the hdd but when i try and open it vista just says you must format first..., is it just silly vista? think i'll install XP tbh |
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| Author: | LeBeourfCurtaine [ Sun Nov 23, 2008 7:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Reading Data from a harddrive that vista wont read unless... |
Is this a disk out of your old PC? Could be corruption, but I'd try it in an XP box first.... |
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| Author: | happyslappy [ Sun Nov 23, 2008 10:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Reading Data from a harddrive that vista wont read unless... |
personally id download knoppix and mount it and see what i could see before letting windows try and "fix" it |
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| Author: | GeneralPublic=GCHQ= [ Sun Nov 23, 2008 11:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Reading Data from a harddrive that vista wont read unless... |
if it's a readable NTFS/FAT volume, vista should show it... assuming it's not been encrypted on the previous machine. More likely your drive is fooked
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