2nd hard Drive non Windows 2000 disk

Question

I have a Dimension 4300 with two 40Gb EIDE Western Digital hard drives.  I had to reinstall w2000 after a registery crash.  On reinstall I repartitioned the primary drive and reformated as well for a clean install.  The computer is up and running again but check disk runs at every boot because it thinks second hard drive is a non-windows 2000 disk.  I did not do anything to this disk during reinstall of windows.  Interestingly, the BIOS recognizes both drives, but in explorer window only C drive appears.  Any thoughts would be appreciated, thanks.

ejn63 · Answer

Was the second drive installed using Data Lifeguard from WD originally? If so, an overlay was placed on the boot drive, which was lost on reinstall. You need to install the same overlay again, or the other drive will remain inaccessible.

ejn63 · Answer

Since GoBack alters the boot sector, you may have to reinstall it.

pwidget · Answer

I did not use Data Life Guard.  I did have Norton System Works 2006 installed and attempted GoBack after the registry issue.  It seemed to go back but no help so I reinstalled windows.  During the reinstall, the setup disk recognized both drives, to which I selected the C drive to wipe clean.  One other factor is that both drives were NTFS, clean C drive is still NTFS.

pwidget · Answer

So your thought is that by reinstalling System Works with GoBack, I may be able to recover the data on the second drive?

ejn63 · Answer

Possibly. GoBack alters the boot sector, so without it the second drive will likely remain unreadable.

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