RE: FN-FORUM: Recovering data from a WinXP laptop HDD

date posted 8th January 2007 13:21

Might just be that the HDD isnt being detected by windows properly.

try going in to control panel, then admin tools, then computer management and finally click the disc management icon on the left. theres options in there to allow windows to discover the HDD properly if it isnt doing so already (which it should tell you at this point)

hope that helps




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>I am trying to recover some data from a WinXP laptop HDD. I do not
>have a working compatible laptop to stick it in, so I got hold of a
>USB IDE adaptor. When connected the hard drive seems to spin up fine,
>and the USB device is detected OK, but the host Windows system does
>not seem to be able "read" it; at this point it sounds like the drive
>keeps "resetting".
>
>If the drive is working, bearing in mind it is a WinXP boot drive,
>should another WinXP system be able to access it in this way, or do I
>need to use some special software?
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>David Nye
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