Why can't I access the data on my slave drive after
reinstalling Windows 2000 or XP on the master drive?
have a western digital internal eide as a slave. had to
format primary now cant get into slave

Is it assigned a drive letter...

Right click on My Computer, select Manage.... on the following screen click
on Disk Management. Providing the drive is seen and correctly identified by
the BIOS, it will appear on the right hand side of the screen.

You may have to 'take ownership' of the files and folders... in which case,
see the Help & Support section of XP, but ensure it's assigned a drive
letter first!
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Cari
MS-MVP Windows Technologies - Printing/Imaging/Hardware
www.coribright.com

"riz" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:2c3e201c469cc$d59827a0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Why can't I access the data on my slave drive after
> reinstalling Windows 2000 or XP on the master drive?
> have a western digital internal eide as a slave. had to
> format primary now cant get into slave

Also, if you had it as a dynamic disk before, and now you are using XP
Home, you will not be able to access it. Dynamic disks will only work
in Windows 2000 and Windows XP Professional. You may also have to
import the drive as it may be viewed as foreign.

Nathan McNulty

Cari (MS-MVP) wrote:

> Is it assigned a drive letter...
>
> Right click on My Computer, select Manage.... on the following screen click
> on Disk Management. Providing the drive is seen and correctly identified by
> the BIOS, it will appear on the right hand side of the screen.
>
> You may have to 'take ownership' of the files and folders... in which case,
> see the Help & Support section of XP, but ensure it's assigned a drive
> letter first!