i have just changed from 98se to xp and have now got partitions on my disks
had 280 gig but now have 105 doesnt recognise the rest also cant access any
of my old files what can i do

wish i never changed wrote:

> i have just changed from 98se to xp and have now got partitions on my
> disks had 280 gig but now have 105 doesnt recognise the rest


It sound like you may have installed a pre-SP1 version of XP. At least SP1
is required to fully use drives over 137GB


> also
> cant access any of my old files what can i do


What kind of installation did you do? It sounds like you didn't do an
upgrade, but a clean installation.

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i asked for an upgrade. is there anyway i will be able to use the other
files or will i need to format the drives and reload ?

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

> wish i never changed wrote:
>
> > i have just changed from 98se to xp and have now got partitions on my
> > disks had 280 gig but now have 105 doesnt recognise the rest
>
>
> It sound like you may have installed a pre-SP1 version of XP. At least SP1
> is required to fully use drives over 137GB
>
>
> > also
> > cant access any of my old files what can i do
>
>
> What kind of installation did you do? It sounds like you didn't do an
> upgrade, but a clean installation.
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
>

wish i never changed wrote:

> i asked for an upgrade. is there anyway i will be able to use the
> other files or will i need to format the drives and reload ?


OK, then please provide details on what you mean when you say "cant access
any of my old files." Can you not see the files in My Computer? Can you see
them, but they won't open? If so what happens when you try? If you get an
eror message, please quote it verbatim.

Is your problem perhaps this issue:
http://rickrogers.org/fixes.htm#Taking_ownership


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> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
>
>> wish i never changed wrote:
>>
>>> i have just changed from 98se to xp and have now got partitions on
>>> my disks had 280 gig but now have 105 doesnt recognise the rest
>>
>>
>> It sound like you may have installed a pre-SP1 version of XP. At
>> least SP1 is required to fully use drives over 137GB
>>
>>
>>> also
>>> cant access any of my old files what can i do
>>
>>
>> What kind of installation did you do? It sounds like you didn't do an
>> upgrade, but a clean installation.
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>> Please reply to the newsgroup

i can not see the files at all and its also changed my drive names and not
giving me access to all my hard drive one is fat 32 and one is ntfs.dont
know how this happened

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

> wish i never changed wrote:
>
> > i asked for an upgrade. is there anyway i will be able to use the
> > other files or will i need to format the drives and reload ?
>
>
> OK, then please provide details on what you mean when you say "cant access
> any of my old files." Can you not see the files in My Computer? Can you see
> them, but they won't open? If so what happens when you try? If you get an
> eror message, please quote it verbatim.
>
> Is your problem perhaps this issue:
> http://rickrogers.org/fixes.htm#Taking_ownership
>
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
> > "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
> >
> >> wish i never changed wrote:
> >>
> >>> i have just changed from 98se to xp and have now got partitions on
> >>> my disks had 280 gig but now have 105 doesnt recognise the rest
> >>
> >>
> >> It sound like you may have installed a pre-SP1 version of XP. At
> >> least SP1 is required to fully use drives over 137GB
> >>
> >>
> >>> also
> >>> cant access any of my old files what can i do
> >>
> >>
> >> What kind of installation did you do? It sounds like you didn't do an
> >> upgrade, but a clean installation.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> >> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
>

wish i never changed wrote:

> i can not see the files at all and its also changed my drive names
> and not giving me access to all my hard drive one is fat 32 and one
> is ntfs.dont know how this happened


This is difficult to diagnose from a distance, but it sure sounds to me like
what I said in the first place is right--regardless of what you intended to
do or thought you did, you didn't do an upgrade, but a clean installation.

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
>
>> wish i never changed wrote:
>>
>>> i asked for an upgrade. is there anyway i will be able to use the
>>> other files or will i need to format the drives and reload ?
>>
>>
>> OK, then please provide details on what you mean when you say "cant
>> access any of my old files." Can you not see the files in My
>> Computer? Can you see them, but they won't open? If so what happens
>> when you try? If you get an eror message, please quote it verbatim.
>>
>> Is your problem perhaps this issue:
>> http://rickrogers.org/fixes.htm#Taking_ownership
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>>
>>
>>> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
>>>
>>>> wish i never changed wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> i have just changed from 98se to xp and have now got partitions on
>>>>> my disks had 280 gig but now have 105 doesnt recognise the rest
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It sound like you may have installed a pre-SP1 version of XP. At
>>>> least SP1 is required to fully use drives over 137GB
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> also
>>>>> cant access any of my old files what can i do
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What kind of installation did you do? It sounds like you didn't do
>>>> an upgrade, but a clean installation.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>>>> Please reply to the newsgroup