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How to activate a SATA hdd, without loosing data?


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Hello,

I am using a XP home edition on my PC and i have this problem. The system (with drivers instaled) is able to see my SATA disks, but in Computer management / disk management i must "activate" this disks. I know from a bad experience that activation it is a death sentence for existed data!

The OS is on a IDE disk, is perfect installed, no wrong drivers or else.

There is a metod to make that hdd work without loosing to many data from my SATA's?

TNX!

Edited by Luft_waffe_ss
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Do you have RAID activated on your SATA controller ?

Also there were tons of more intelligent choices for a member name. :huh:

Got my words. The whole worldwar 2 evening is 63 years ahead. So why using such a stupid nick?

My word: The German border is in Google earth 12,3 miles from my home and I've had never issues

with Germans.

I don't like it at all and maybe these are my words, but I should say this.

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Yes....

When i have a problem, i find a lot of people, not so smart to help me, but so pride to think that they are so smart to can judge my nick name. I it is just a nick name! Dot!

It's not a natzy nick.. it is a military one. If you are a son of Israel, be happy, becouse i am happy 4 you, you are so inspired with you cartoon nickname. So mature!

Remember:

History is important, help us not to do same mistakes!

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I believe you should read the forum rules. That's regarding your username. As for your issue, we'd like to know (as Ponch suggested) if those hard-disks were set up in some kind of RAID array before. The more info you provide us with, the more we can help you.

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No, no RAID setting is enable! Not in bios,but, if there is a setting in XP, i don't know were to find it!

When i am opening disk management, i can see the hdd's, but is foreign. To use them, i must "convert to basic" them! But the next step is a window who inform me that convert to basic is a permanet lose of data option. And so it is, i try it some time ago! I can move a IDE hdd how many time i whant, from a PC to other,what is this s*** with SATA? Why is not the same. It locks like a step back!

I will read the forum rulers, but i can bet that if my nick it was US NAVY, RAF or ISRAEL AIR FORCE nobody jump around! (Later edit: i read the rules, nothing from m.p.o.v. so I asked the administrator! )

,, The real danger is not evil, is the stupidity and ignorance of good people." Confucius

P.S. Please, do not give me the "install VISTA" solution! I need some soft that is not working in Vista!

Edited by Luft_waffe_ss
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It sound like you have some dynamic disks. This helped me

http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserve...3.mspx?mfr=true

That duidn't point to where I thought it would.

Just click on foriegn disk.

Accually all you should have to do is right click on the drive in disk managment

and click on import foriegn disk

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