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    Vista HD boxed and XP cant see it

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by andy9999, Aug 26, 2009.

  1. andy9999

    andy9999 Newbie

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    My Lenovo X60 Tablet died. It was running Vista. I removed the HD and put it into a Nextar 3 enclosure. The Screen died on the X60 and that is why I removed the HD. I was hoping to get to the files on the HD.

    Well, my XP computer sees the drive but says that it is not formatted. Is there a compatibility issue between Vista and XP? Would hooking it up to a Vista machine allow me to get to the files?
     
    andy9999, Aug 26, 2009
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  2. mattmcss

    mattmcss Notebook Deity

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    have you tried to boot from the HD you pulled from your tablet?

    You should be able to do that, and just save the files onto a flash drive or DVD or some other media format.
     
    mattmcss, Aug 26, 2009
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    andy9999 Newbie

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    Not an option. Was just wondering if it was as simple as a compatibility issue between XP and Vista. My next step will be to track down a friend running Vista and see if it works that way.
     
    andy9999, Aug 26, 2009
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    receph Notebook Evangelist

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    ntfs has several versions.

    I remember once when I was installing w2k to a blank drive and had a secondary one XP formatted. the installer could not see the second drive but instead of ignoring it, wiped its contents clean with no notice.

    so I'd try again on a vista system
     
    receph, Aug 27, 2009
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  5. t30power

    t30power Notebook Deity

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    You should be able to see the files.
    Maybe the HDD is corrupted. Try this on a command box:
    chdksk <drive letter> /f /r

    and let Windows check the drive, maybe the HDD have errors it happens sometimes.
     
    t30power, Aug 29, 2009
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