i have a small problem let me put it like this, i have a 80gig westerndigitel partitioned into a 20 gig and 50 gig i use my 20 gig to install my windows operating system and the 50 for storage, i also have a 250 gig maxter hard drive that is completely full with stuff, now everything was working fine, but after i formatted my hard drives and reinstalled windows my partitioned 80 gig hard drive was working fine, but i noticed that my 250 gig was not showing up in My computer, so i whent to the computer management and it was saying that my maxter 250 gig was un allocated now i don't wan to touch it because i have to much priceless data on that hard drive that i don't want to lose, so dose anyone know how i can get around this? also this is not my first time formatting my hard drive i regularly do it each year for performance resins,but this time i don't know what happen.
Hard Drive Problems!
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seedless
, Apr 12 2006 10:47 AM
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Posted 12 April 2006 - 10:47 AM
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i have a small problem let me put it like this, i have a 80gig westerndigitel partitioned into a 20 gig and 50 gig i use my 20 gig to install my windows operating system and the 50 for storage, i also have a 250 gig maxter hard drive that is completely full with stuff, now everything was working fine, but after i formatted my hard drives and reinstalled windows my partitioned 80 gig hard drive was working fine, but i noticed that my 250 gig was not showing up in My computer, so i whent to the computer management and it was saying that my maxter 250 gig was un allocated now i don't wan to touch it because i have to much priceless data on that hard drive that i don't want to lose, so dose anyone know how i can get around this? also this is not my first time formatting my hard drive i regularly do it each year for performance resins,but this time i don't know what happen.
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Posted 12 April 2006 - 10:49 AM
dsenette
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was the 250 gigger attatched when you formatted and reinstalled? did it accidentally get deleted? have you tried putting the 250 in a diff machine and see if it get's recognized correctly?
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Posted 12 April 2006 - 10:54 AM
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yes it was attached when i formatted it was my 3 storage device besides my 80 gig western and i don't know how it would accidentally get deleted i only formatted my partitioned 80 gig western and i don't have any other computers to test it on. i know the hard drive works i can hear it spinning but i don't know why it says it is unallocated and sugestions would be greatly appreciated?
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Posted 12 April 2006 - 11:16 AM
TakeBK
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It has the black band under it right?Say unallocated.
Is it enabled in the properties?
Right click on it in the disk manager an mark it Initialize Disk,I think it was .I am at work on my 98 machine so I cant remember the "Exact" term but it was one of those.
Edit: It is not set to active,You are looking for the word Initialize on the right click
One of the other guys can confirm this I wont be home for another 9 hours.
TakeBK
Is it enabled in the properties?
Right click on it in the disk manager an mark it Initialize Disk,I think it was .I am at work on my 98 machine so I cant remember the "Exact" term but it was one of those.
Edit: It is not set to active,You are looking for the word Initialize on the right click
One of the other guys can confirm this I wont be home for another 9 hours.
TakeBK
Edited by TakeBK, 12 April 2006 - 11:42 AM.
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