Warning: I'm not very tech savvy, so the following is written in a very plain language.
I have Vista installed on my current main harddrive, but wanted to access an old drive which also happens to be a drive with XP installed on it. The problem is, if I hook up the old drive and try to access it through Vista, I can't seem to open the C: partition. It simply isn't there. I'm guessing it's because you can't open the partition which has the OS installed on it while in another OS.
I've tried removing the Vista drive and running the XP drive as the master, but it doesn't seem to be able to recognize the drive as a boot device. The XP drive uses an IDE cable while the Vista drive is on SATA. I tried making the IDE device primary boot device, but it just won't boot from it.
What gives?
And I'm sorry if this is all gibberish.
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Please "talk up" if your comprehension white-shifts. I will use simple-happy language-words to help you understand.
Hmmm. My dad tried to the the same, and it actually made the added HDD the C drive, and remapped his actual HDD. It messed up his computer. I wasn't around when he did that, he just told me about it.
Couldn't you just put the XP hdd back into the XP machine and setup a home network and share the drive so you can access it from the vista machine?
Couldn't you just put the XP hdd back into the XP machine and setup a home network and share the drive so you can access it from the vista machine?
Can't sleep, clown will eat me.
TirithRR the Mundane wrote:
Couldn't you just put the XP hdd back into the XP machine and setup a home network and share the drive so you can access it from the vista machine?
Well, the problem is that the remains of my old computer are now being recycled into beer cans.
Please "talk up" if your comprehension white-shifts. I will use simple-happy language-words to help you understand.
Linux liveCD will access both and let you move whatever you need to the Vista drive.
http://www.ubuntu.com/GetUbuntu/download
Good luck.
http://www.ubuntu.com/GetUbuntu/download
Good luck.
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