Re: can't read hd in enclosure
"anon" <[email protected]>
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"Porpoise" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > > "anon" <[email protected]> wrote in message > news:[email protected]... >> >> "Porpoise" <[email protected]> wrote in message >> news:[email protected]... >>> >>> "anon" <[email protected]> wrote in message >>> news:[email protected]... > >> >> ** >> 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. >> >> 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.) > > If it's already formatted and it's a M$ format, then it should be readable > from XP so I don't know what the problem could be in this instance. Have > you tried using a Knoppix bootable CD on the host system and using that to > copy the files? ** What do you mean by copy files? What is Knoppix? Actually I have a complete backup of all files onto CDs (a few months old, but no problem updating onto new CDs.) I was just trying to find the easiest/fastest method of transferring the files from one computer to the other. -- A SpamCop user and forum reader, Not Admin *** > > Or maybe it's something to do with the interface?!?