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2nd hard disk not found
when i was using windows xp, i can access to both hard drives (C & D). Now
after reformating the drive C (master drive) and reinstalling windows 98, i am unable to see 2nd hard disk (D) thru my computer or windows explorer. But when i start the computer & before windows 98 starts, it says two hard drives (1 master & 1 slave). i copied all my datas to the 2nd drive (D) before formating 1st drive (C). Now my C drive is having windows 98 program only and i am unable to use any of my data from the other hard disk. highly appreciate if anyone can help me. snair |
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2nd hard disk not found
The most likely case for this to happen is that the second drive was
formatted using NTFS file system which would not be seen by win98. Try Fdisk /status and see what it says. If this is the case you may need a third party utility to convert the drive from ntfs to FAT32 in order to be able to get your data. Another option would be to install winXP on the C drive. Then save the important data to another source like CDs etc. WinXP will not allow you to convert NTFS back to FAt32 -- Jon Hildrum DTS MVP www.hildrum.com "SNair" wrote in message ... when i was using windows xp, i can access to both hard drives (C & D). Now after reformating the drive C (master drive) and reinstalling windows 98, i am unable to see 2nd hard disk (D) thru my computer or windows explorer. But when i start the computer & before windows 98 starts, it says two hard drives (1 master & 1 slave). i copied all my datas to the 2nd drive (D) before formating 1st drive (C). Now my C drive is having windows 98 program only and i am unable to use any of my data from the other hard disk. highly appreciate if anyone can help me. snair |
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