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Installed new HD, can't read old one.
My hard drive crashed, phone support indicated the operating system (XP Pro) was corrupt. They said I will have to reformat. However, I would like to copy some of my data from it before I format it.
Here's what I did...
First, I bought a brand new HD (serial ATA ). Installed it as the primary drive & installed XP on it. I disconnected the old one (also a serial ATA). I plugged the new drive into the motherboard where the old one was plugged in. I got the Dimension up and running & everything is fine.
Now I would like to hook the old drive back up. I plugged it into the second ATA slot on the mother board. The machine booted up just fine, but I'm not seeing the second drive?
I did not do anything with the jumpers, the manual said it was not necessary. Do I have to modify something in the bios? Did I miss a step? Or could the drive be toast?
Thanks.
jls
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Message Edited by Majestic on 04-03-2007 07:12 AM
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Message Edited by Majestic on 04-05-2007 01:39 PM