Can Win XP system read a Vista Home Premium harddisk?

[Ace Hung]

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

 

[DL]

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]

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]

Well glad its all ok

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