Vista Home Premium Won't Recognize My Old Hard Drives
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couple of hard drives (Maxtor) that I would like to recover some files from
but when plugged into the new computer, they just don't register. Can't see
anything when using IDE or have the hard drives on an adaptor for SATA. The
old drives do have XP Pro on them. Is there a clash between OS? How can I
read and recover the info I need? I have gone to the Microsoft site to make
sure I have all the updates. I have gone to Maxtor to download the up to date
installation software. Still nothing. I have checked the BIOS and the SATA
ports are initiated (and have talked to the manufacturer HP about the issue
and they can't see a problem). I have been able to recognize the old hard
drives when I still had the old computer (cleaned it up and gave it to my son
with a new hard drive installed). Would like to recover data and start using
the old drives as a back up system. Any suggestions or am I pooched?
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