Can't access 2nd HDD

[Drew]

Just upgraded the computer by adding new motherboard, RAM, CPU and installing
Vista 64 Home Basic. I cannot access my 2nd HDD in windows but windows can
see it in the Device Manager and I can see it in my motherboards BIOS section
also. Can anyone suggest a fix? I don't want to format the drive because I
need all the info on there, that's why I had the second drive for storage.
Thanks in advance.

If you don't want to post here pls feel free to email me at
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[Bob F.]

Just upgraded the computer by adding new motherboard, RAM, CPU and
installing
Vista 64 Home Basic. I cannot access my 2nd HDD in windows but windows can
see it in the Device Manager and I can see it in my motherboards BIOS
section
also. Can anyone suggest a fix? I don't want to format the drive because I
need all the info on there, that's why I had the second drive for storage.
Thanks in advance.

If you don't want to post here pls feel free to email me at
(e-mail address removed)

When you: Start > RT click Computer > Manage > Disk Management, What do you
see? Can you do anything with the drive you are interested in? Does it
show up?

--
BobF.
Lincoln actually got it right but was way ahead of his time when he said,
"You can have some of you computer working all of the time and all of your
computer working some of the time but..." It was he that said that, wasn't
it?

 

[Drew]

I can see the drive and it says it's Dynamic and offline. When I right click

 

[Drew]

If I try to convert to basic disc it says I will loose my data

 

[Bob F.]

I can see the drive and it says it's Dynamic and offline. When I right
click

OK, If you've saved a copy of this drive, then click "Convert To Basic Disc
and Properties".
--
BobF.
Lincoln actually got it right but was way ahead of his time when he said,
"You can have some of you computer working all of the time and all of your
computer working some of the time but..." It was he that said that, wasn't
it?

 

[Bob F.]

If I try to convert to basic disc it says I will loose my data

ok...not good, you need to save the data first. Or I'm assuming that's what
you wan to do. Do you have access to Acronis 11 or any other disk copy /
clone software? ... And a place to put said software?

--
BobF.
Lincoln actually got it right but was way ahead of his time when he said,
"You can have some of you computer working all of the time and all of your
computer working some of the time but..." It was he that said that, wasn't
it?

 

[Drew]

Looks like I need to get a copy of the drive, but alas I don't have one.

 

[Bob F.]

Looks like I need to get a copy of the drive, but alas I don't have one.

You might try to get a copy of disk utility tools from the drive
manufacturer. I use Seagate products most often and Seatools are pretty
rich and will be able to mount this drive for you without hurting the data
if it were a Seagate drive. Other manufacturers should have similar tools
and be downloaded from their respective web site.
--
BobF.
Lincoln actually got it right but was way ahead of his time when he said,
"You can have some of you computer working all of the time and all of your
computer working some of the time but..." It was he that said that, wasn't
it?

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Can you remove the drive and put it in another computer or in an external
drive that you can then attach to any computer?

 

[Bob F.]

Can you remove the drive and put it in another computer or in an external
drive that you can then attach to any computer?

You certainly can. You can buy a low cost box that takes a drive and
converts it to USB. Or you can put into another computer. But still face
the same problem. How to get it mounted without destroying the data.
--
BobF.
Lincoln actually got it right but was way ahead of his time when he said,
"You can have some of you computer working all of the time and all of your
computer working some of the time but..." It was he that said that, wasn't
it?

 

[Drew]

Thank you two very much. I will try both of your suggestions and return with
an answer as soon as I've got time.
I'll look for the drive disc utility tools from Maxtor as soon as I get home
today.
If that doesn't work then I've got a friend that has XP still so I'll try
copy the drive w/his computer.
Thanks again!

 

[Drew]

Well, Segate Tools wouldn't work and Maxtor's utility only wanted to erase it
and didn't offer an option to keep the data.
I really just don't understand why the drive wont work! I didn't have an OS
on it, I only had files like: pictures, movies, games etc...
It worked fine with WinXP.
Windows is really making me angry!

Hopefully when I get the chance to go to a friends house I can copy the
files onto another drive or something and just format this one and then put
all the files back on it!

 

[Bob F.]

Well, Segate Tools wouldn't work and Maxtor's utility only wanted to erase
it
and didn't offer an option to keep the data.
I really just don't understand why the drive wont work! I didn't have an
OS
on it, I only had files like: pictures, movies, games etc...
It worked fine with WinXP.
Windows is really making me angry!

Hopefully when I get the chance to go to a friends house I can copy the
files onto another drive or something and just format this one and then
put
all the files back on it!

Seagate has a Disk Wizard tool version that will run stand alone (boot up
disk). You might be able to mount it this way without destroying the data.
Maybe this is all the help it needs and then it will be "seen" by The Vista
OS when it boots.

--
BobF.
Lincoln actually got it right but was way ahead of his time when he said,
"You can have some of you computer working all of the time and all of your
computer working some of the time but..." It was he that said that, wasn't
it?

 

[Drew]

I've been trying to do the ISO disc image thing to make the boot CD, but so
far it has failed to boot from the disc even though I set the BIOS to boot
from that drive when a disc is inserted. I will re-read Seagate's website and
see if I can find what I'm doing wrong.
Just bought an external HDD so I'll try to pull the data off w/a friends
computer, format the HDD in question to Vista specs and hopefully be fine
from there.

 

[Drew]

Ran seagate tool DOS boot up edition and checked both drives and came up with
no errors in either. I'm not sure what else I can do with the tools besides
check for errors or corrupt discs.
If you know something to try with it let me know pls. Thanks

 

[Bob F.]

Ran seagate tool DOS boot up edition and checked both drives and came up
with
no errors in either. I'm not sure what else I can do with the tools
besides
check for errors or corrupt discs.
If you know something to try with it let me know pls. Thanks

Drew,
Somehow you lost the option in your reader to quote previous messages and
that causes others trying to follow this to not understand what you are
talking about. We are now at a point where you have an HD taken from an XP
machine and can read it with Seatools (Self Boot) but can't mount it in
Vista machine. Native Disk management in Vista also lets you see it but it
still won't mount. Right?

--
BobF.
Lincoln actually got it right but was way ahead of his time when he said,
"You can have some of you computer working all of the time and all of your
computer working some of the time but..." It was he that said that, wasn't
it?

 

[Bob F.]

Drew,
Somehow you lost the option in your reader to quote previous messages and
that causes others trying to follow this to not understand what you are
talking about. We are now at a point where you have an HD taken from an
XP machine and can read it with Seatools (Self Boot) but can't mount it in
Vista machine. Native Disk management in Vista also lets you see it but
it still won't mount. Right?

--
BobF.
Lincoln actually got it right but was way ahead of his time when he said,
"You can have some of you computer working all of the time and all of your
computer working some of the time but..." It was he that said that,
wasn't it?

Drew,
Please verify that you have followed these steps:
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Wi...66b0-c23b-44de-8bed-611e736b61531033.mspx#EIB

--
BobF.
Lincoln actually got it right but was way ahead of his time when he said,
"You can have some of you computer working all of the time and all of your
computer working some of the time but..." It was he that said that, wasn't
it?

 

[Drew]

Yes Bob, that's what's going on so far. I tried the link you sent me but I
cannot mount the drive because in Disc Manager the drive in question is
offline and I can't find an option to make it online, but windows says it's
working properly in Properties. I tried to Disable and then Re-Enable but
that's no good either and the drivers are up to date.

Here are some screen shots to show what I'm working with.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a140/DrewIsAmus/Computer Crap/HDDProperties.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a140/DrewIsAmus/Computer Crap/ComputerManagement2.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a140/DrewIsAmus/Computer Crap/ComputerManagement.jpg

 

[Bob F.]

Yes Bob, that's what's going on so far. I tried the link you sent me but I
cannot mount the drive because in Disc Manager the drive in question is
offline and I can't find an option to make it online, but windows says
it's
working properly in Properties. I tried to Disable and then Re-Enable but
that's no good either and the drivers are up to date.

Here are some screen shots to show what I'm working with.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a140/DrewIsAmus/Computer Crap/HDDProperties.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a140/DrewIsAmus/Computer Crap/ComputerManagement2.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a140/DrewIsAmus/Computer Crap/ComputerManagement.jpg

Nice screen shots. Very Useful. I had this problem once before (good news).
The bad news is that I had to reformat to mount the drive and then restore
the data. I noticed the disk you are trying to mount is a dynamic disk.
Most that mount easily are basic disks. Maybe you can see something in
this article that might help understand the problem:
http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=332154

--
BobF.
Lincoln actually got it right but was way ahead of his time when he said,
"You can have some of you computer working all of the time and all of your
computer working some of the time but..." It was he that said that, wasn't
it?

 

[Drew]

Nice screen shots. Very Useful. I had this problem once before (good news).
The bad news is that I had to reformat to mount the drive and then restore
the data. I noticed the disk you are trying to mount is a dynamic disk.
Most that mount easily are basic disks. Maybe you can see something in
this article that might help understand the problem:
http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=332154

--
BobF.
Lincoln actually got it right but was way ahead of his time when he said,
"You can have some of you computer working all of the time and all of your
computer working some of the time but..." It was he that said that, wasn't
it?

That was a great website Bob, but I didn't see anything that helps me with
vista. I just hope my friend's copy of WinXP will be able to read my drive
and then I'll back the info up and then reformate the drive into a basic
drive for Vista. I'll do this Friday night and let everyone know.
A lesson learned: back up your drives! LoL I always knew I needed to just
never did. So until it happens to you...