Re: can't read hd in enclosure

"David Bolt" <[email protected]> wrote in message 
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> On Mon, 6 Mar 2006, anon <[email protected]> wrote:-
>
>>Actually, the drive was temporarily removed from an actively running 
>>win98se
>>computer.
>>
>>AFAIK the drive satisfied all the requirements required for it to be read 
>>by
>>another computer - in fact, I had installed it as a slave in another
>>computer and it WAS readable. Reset the jumpers and it booted to win 98se.
>
> Is there any reason that you can't do this with the WinXP computer? If
> there isn't, and assuming the WinXP system isn't one of those SATA-only
> systems[0], it'll be a lot quicker than using an external USB enclosure.
>

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That is one of the alternatives - actually installing the w98se drive as a 
slave and copying the files.

Thought I would try other methods first. Instead of opening the wxp computer 
and installing the HD.

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> While it's not as nice as just plugging in and copying, it's not going
> to be that much slower. The main delay is probably going to be in
> shutting down and restarting after inserting and removing the drive. The
> actual transfers should be as fast, if not faster than using a USB
> connection.
>
>>All the suggestions in this thread seem to come down to the conclusion 
>>that
>>the drive needs to be reformatted by the winxp computer to be read - that 
>>is
>>counterproductive as the reason for wanting to read it in the first place 
>>is
>>that I want to copy files from it to the winxp computer (reformatting
>>obviously is not the answer.)
>
> I've yet to have to reformat a drive to make WinXP read from it, so
> can't see why you'd need to.
>
>
> [0] And I _think_ I've only ever seen one of those. That was a Dell
> system that my brother was stupid enough to buy, although I couldn't say
> which one, that came with a SATA HD and IDE DVDRW. When I tried top get
> it to see a second IDE HD, it failed completely. Altering the jumper
> settings didn't make any difference, and neither did any of the BIOS
> settings. The drive itself is perfectly okay, having tested it on
> another IDE-only system.
>
> Regards,
>  David Bolt
>
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