The Mysterious Unformatted Hardrive Prob.

Yokaze · 28-02-2005, 07:12 AM

I have two hard drives, one is my master boot drive (60 gigs) and the other is my slave storage drive (160 gigs) I recently had to replace the old hard drive due to a fatal crash. I installed the new hard drive (a 60 gig, both hard drives are maxtor brand) then reinstalled my OS (XP Pro) However, after the OS set up finished, I couldn't access my 160 gig hard drive. When I try, it tells me that it is unformatted. Is there any way to fix this without formating it, and losing all the files I had backed up on it??

Thanks for your time

~Scott

Waffle · 28-02-2005, 07:59 AM

What version of XP are you using? If its not SP1 or 2, then windows can't detect any hard disks bigger than 120, I think.

If thats the case, go to windows update and get the latest updates for your system. Then you shoul be able to access it.

Yokaze · 28-02-2005, 08:12 AM

So then I will have access to the files that were there? Oh yeah, I have SP1, its was one of the first release XP pro disc's. I should probably update anyway, thanks for the tip, I will see if that works.

Yokaze · 28-02-2005, 08:23 AM

That didn't work either, sigh.......

28-02-2005, 07:12 AM	#1 (permalink) Top
Yokaze Geek Trainee Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 3 Status: Offline	The Mysterious Unformatted Hardrive Prob. I have two hard drives, one is my master boot drive (60 gigs) and the other is my slave storage drive (160 gigs) I recently had to replace the old hard drive due to a fatal crash. I installed the new hard drive (a 60 gig, both hard drives are maxtor brand) then reinstalled my OS (XP Pro) However, after the OS set up finished, I couldn't access my 160 gig hard drive. When I try, it tells me that it is unformatted. Is there any way to fix this without formating it, and losing all the files I had backed up on it?? Thanks for your time ~Scott

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28-02-2005, 07:59 AM	#2 (permalink) Top
Waffle Alpha Geek Join Date: Apr 2004 Age: 20 Male Posts: 2,270 Times Helpful: 51 My Mood: Angelic Status: Offline My Computer	What version of XP are you using? If its not SP1 or 2, then windows can't detect any hard disks bigger than 120, I think. If thats the case, go to windows update and get the latest updates for your system. Then you shoul be able to access it.

28-02-2005, 08:12 AM	#3 (permalink) Top
Yokaze Geek Trainee Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 3 Status: Offline	So then I will have access to the files that were there? Oh yeah, I have SP1, its was one of the first release XP pro disc's. I should probably update anyway, thanks for the tip, I will see if that works.

28-02-2005, 08:23 AM	#4 (permalink) Top
Yokaze Geek Trainee Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 3 Status: Offline	That didn't work either, sigh.......

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