G
George Huszar
Hi,
I have this strange problem where Win2k can not see a
partition on a 200GB disk that was previously used in
Win2003.
The sequence of things is like that:
1. I had Win2003 running on my system (2 HDD, bootable is
40GB, 2-nd 200GB), run into some problems and decided to
install win2k. Before doing that, I saved all my
important files on the 2-nd disk (200GB).
2. Booted with win2k CD-ROM, while loading the files from
the CD into RAM, I got 2 identical messages on the
installation screen saying: "Disk I/O Error status
00000200". They did not affect the installation. When in
the partition selection screen, the partition on the
200GB screen was displayed as "Damaged" (although I
checked it at that point by exiting the install and going
back to win 2003; it was not damaged).
3. Restarted the install and continued it past the
partition selection point by formating the C:\ partition
on my bootable disk to NTFS, but leaving the other
partitions, including the one on the 200GB Disk
untouched. Once in win2k, I can't see files on the 200GB
Disk, although it was formated exactly the same as the 2
partitions I have on the bootable disk.
In explorer the partition on the 200GB disk shows
as "File System : Unknown" with a size of 0.
In Disk Manager the disk shows healthy unformated and
with a size of only 128GB.
Needless to say, the 200GB disk is set as a slave on the
same channel as the bootable disk.
Please help!
Thanks
I have this strange problem where Win2k can not see a
partition on a 200GB disk that was previously used in
Win2003.
The sequence of things is like that:
1. I had Win2003 running on my system (2 HDD, bootable is
40GB, 2-nd 200GB), run into some problems and decided to
install win2k. Before doing that, I saved all my
important files on the 2-nd disk (200GB).
2. Booted with win2k CD-ROM, while loading the files from
the CD into RAM, I got 2 identical messages on the
installation screen saying: "Disk I/O Error status
00000200". They did not affect the installation. When in
the partition selection screen, the partition on the
200GB screen was displayed as "Damaged" (although I
checked it at that point by exiting the install and going
back to win 2003; it was not damaged).
3. Restarted the install and continued it past the
partition selection point by formating the C:\ partition
on my bootable disk to NTFS, but leaving the other
partitions, including the one on the 200GB Disk
untouched. Once in win2k, I can't see files on the 200GB
Disk, although it was formated exactly the same as the 2
partitions I have on the bootable disk.
In explorer the partition on the 200GB disk shows
as "File System : Unknown" with a size of 0.
In Disk Manager the disk shows healthy unformated and
with a size of only 128GB.
Needless to say, the 200GB disk is set as a slave on the
same channel as the bootable disk.
Please help!
Thanks