No 2nd Drive

[Shades997]

When l setup a new drive, 80GB and installed win XP on it, l used my old 80GB main drive as a second drive. The problem is, that l can not see the second drine. Both drives are MAXTOR 80GB 6Y080L0. The only way that l could see the drive, was in the Device Manager/Harddrives/.
l wanted to transfer over the files from my old drive to my new one, and chose certain files to transfer, but keeping the other new files, on the new drive.

Can anybody help, please

 

[Shades997]

l never used any type of overlay software on the old drive.

I have just tried changing the old drive as the only drive, primary master, and it does not even boot up. So l think l will have to use a recovery tool program, as it happened, l do have FILERECOVERY® Professional, which l bought last year, but never used it and l haven't a clue how to use it.
Can't remember why l bought it.

 

[Shades997]

Thanks Freestone (MIS), Garebo (Vendor) for all your help, l think that l will reformat the old drive and then try to start again

 

[garebo]

Hey, shades997, could you email me, please, at:

kron123 (at) cogeco (dot) ca

thanks


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