Installed new hard disc and created slave disk of
original. Now all I get is 2nd hard disk needs formating.
Have important info on 2nd disc. So how can I format/read
2nd hard disk without losing all the info on it.Cant
afford the extravigant prices shops want me to pay.

Its probably there,boot to xp cd,recovery,or go to run,
type:cmd At the curser typeiskPart
Then type:list disk or list volume
If its intact(hasnt been formatted) DiskPart will show
it,if you need help,type:HELP When thru,type:EXIT
Make sure the jumpers are set on both hds correctly.
>-----Original Message-----
>Installed new hard disc and created slave disk of
>original. Now all I get is 2nd hard disk needs formating.
>Have important info on 2nd disc. So how can I format/read
>2nd hard disk without losing all the info on it.Cant
>afford the extravigant prices shops want me to pay.
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