Hi, my friend have a problem with his HP vista home premium desktop pc. He
said he got important documents in the harddisk. So I took the hd out and
fixed it with my sata to usb cable to my Win XP computer.

I was able to see that his harddisk got 3 partitions- 1st partition about
130GB, 2nd partition about 350 Gb, 3e\rd partion called Recovery.

I browse the 1st and 2nd partition with Windows Explorer but can't see any
files or folders. I didn't see \windows or \users.

Does this mean that Win XP can't see Vista partitions? Is there any special
file system or what that makes it so?

Thanks

-Hung

WinXp can read Vista drives, or any other win drives
What does disk Management say about these partitions

Sata/usb converter cables can be problomatic

"Ace Hung" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:gthail$gp8$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi, my friend have a problem with his HP vista home premium desktop pc. He
> said he got important documents in the harddisk. So I took the hd out and
> fixed it with my sata to usb cable to my Win XP computer.
>
> I was able to see that his harddisk got 3 partitions- 1st partition about
> 130GB, 2nd partition about 350 Gb, 3e\rd partion called Recovery.
>
> I browse the 1st and 2nd partition with Windows Explorer but can't see any
> files or folders. I didn't see \windows or \users.
>
> Does this mean that Win XP can't see Vista partitions? Is there any
> special file system or what that makes it so?
>
> Thanks
>
> -Hung
>

The sata-to-usb cable no problem as I can read other sata harddisks. My
conclusion is that my friend did something that causes the data to
disappear. (I found a recovery disk inside the dvdrom drive)

Using my own sata harddisk and the recovery cd, I was able to install
the HP original Vista into my sata hdd. I was also able to read the
\windows and \users folders when I disconnect the sata hdd and fix it to
my win xp computer.

I conclude that my friend did something though he keeps saying he didn't.

-Hung

DL wrote:
> WinXp can read Vista drives, or any other win drives
> What does disk Management say about these partitions
>
> Sata/usb converter cables can be problomatic
>
> "Ace Hung" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:gthail$gp8$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi, my friend have a problem with his HP vista home premium desktop pc. He
>> said he got important documents in the harddisk. So I took the hd out and
>> fixed it with my sata to usb cable to my Win XP computer.
>>
>> I was able to see that his harddisk got 3 partitions- 1st partition about
>> 130GB, 2nd partition about 350 Gb, 3e\rd partion called Recovery.
>>
>> I browse the 1st and 2nd partition with Windows Explorer but can't see any
>> files or folders. I didn't see \windows or \users.
>>
>> Does this mean that Win XP can't see Vista partitions? Is there any
>> special file system or what that makes it so?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> -Hung
>>
>
>

Well glad its all ok

"Ace Hung" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:gtu0s3$pvq$(E-Mail Removed)...
> The sata-to-usb cable no problem as I can read other sata harddisks. My
> conclusion is that my friend did something that causes the data to
> disappear. (I found a recovery disk inside the dvdrom drive)
>
> Using my own sata harddisk and the recovery cd, I was able to install the
> HP original Vista into my sata hdd. I was also able to read the \windows
> and \users folders when I disconnect the sata hdd and fix it to my win xp
> computer.
>
> I conclude that my friend did something though he keeps saying he didn't.
>
> -Hung
>
> DL wrote:
>> WinXp can read Vista drives, or any other win drives
>> What does disk Management say about these partitions
>>
>> Sata/usb converter cables can be problomatic
>>
>> "Ace Hung" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:gthail$gp8$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Hi, my friend have a problem with his HP vista home premium desktop pc.
>>> He said he got important documents in the harddisk. So I took the hd out
>>> and fixed it with my sata to usb cable to my Win XP computer.
>>>
>>> I was able to see that his harddisk got 3 partitions- 1st partition
>>> about 130GB, 2nd partition about 350 Gb, 3e\rd partion called Recovery.
>>>
>>> I browse the 1st and 2nd partition with Windows Explorer but can't see
>>> any files or folders. I didn't see \windows or \users.
>>>
>>> Does this mean that Win XP can't see Vista partitions? Is there any
>>> special file system or what that makes it so?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> -Hung
>>>
>>