Why Cant Vista recognize my NTFS Storage Partition

> Correction i have a SATA Drive
>
> "Taps" wrote:
>

>> Hello
>>
>> I have a new Dell Machine with Vista Business and had an old machine with a
>> additional 300 Gig ST330063 SCSCI Drive. I was basically using the drive
>> for storage of photos and some music. However, when i added it to my machine
>> it recognizes it but i cannot access my files. Here are the list of problems
>> that i am having.
>> 1) Says i have to format it to access it
>> 2)Only recognizing 150 Gig instead of 300 and yes i have checked for updates
>> 3)Wont let me make the Partition active (although it does show its active
>> already)
>> Even after Changing Drive Paths it wont recognize it. I have had the info
>> on this drive for 5 years and have had no problems previously in XP pro when
>> i was moving it from PC to PC
>>
>> Thanks You

> Have you tried taking ownership/giving yourself full permissions for the drive
> on the Securities tab of the drive's properties?
>
>
> "Taps" <Taps@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5FA146EB-33CA-4D83-AF72-FF40C771549B@microsoft.com...

> > Correction i have a SATA Drive
> >
> > "Taps" wrote:
> >

> >> Hello
> >>
> >> I have a new Dell Machine with Vista Business and had an old machine with a
> >> additional 300 Gig ST330063 SCSCI Drive. I was basically using the drive
> >> for storage of photos and some music. However, when i added it to my machine
> >> it recognizes it but i cannot access my files. Here are the list of problems
> >> that i am having.
> >> 1) Says i have to format it to access it
> >> 2)Only recognizing 150 Gig instead of 300 and yes i have checked for updates
> >> 3)Wont let me make the Partition active (although it does show its active
> >> already)
> >> Even after Changing Drive Paths it wont recognize it. I have had the info
> >> on this drive for 5 years and have had no problems previously in XP pro when
> >> i was moving it from PC to PC
> >>
> >> Thanks You

>
>

>I checked on the drive and there is no Securities tab on the secondary Sata
> Drive. Any ideas. I really dont want to format this drive. Another issue is
> that Vista is only seeing 128Gig instead of 300G, and on the file system it
> says RAW yet it was NTFS before on the XP machine
>
> "Cal Bear '66" wrote:
>

>> Have you tried taking ownership/giving yourself full permissions for the
>> drive
>> on the Securities tab of the drive's properties?
>>
>>
>> "Taps" <Taps@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:5FA146EB-33CA-4D83-AF72-FF40C771549B@microsoft.com...

>> > Correction i have a SATA Drive
>> >
>> > "Taps" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hello
>> >>
>> >> I have a new Dell Machine with Vista Business and had an old machine with
>> >> a
>> >> additional 300 Gig ST330063 SCSCI Drive. I was basically using the drive
>> >> for storage of photos and some music. However, when i added it to my
>> >> machine
>> >> it recognizes it but i cannot access my files. Here are the list of
>> >> problems
>> >> that i am having.
>> >> 1) Says i have to format it to access it
>> >> 2)Only recognizing 150 Gig instead of 300 and yes i have checked for
>> >> updates
>> >> 3)Wont let me make the Partition active (although it does show its active
>> >> already)
>> >> Even after Changing Drive Paths it wont recognize it. I have had the info
>> >> on this drive for 5 years and have had no problems previously in XP pro
>> >> when
>> >> i was moving it from PC to PC
>> >>
>> >> Thanks You

>>
>>

> Right click Computer>Manage, highlight Disk Management
> What does the graphical window show for your drive?
> Can you assign it a drive letter?
> You can also right click on the drive and it should have a Security tab.
>
>
> "Taps" <Taps@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FFB8CBB9-A90D-4AA7-B2D8-B5C407550531@microsoft.com...

> >I checked on the drive and there is no Securities tab on the secondary Sata
> > Drive. Any ideas. I really dont want to format this drive. Another issue is
> > that Vista is only seeing 128Gig instead of 300G, and on the file system it
> > says RAW yet it was NTFS before on the XP machine
> >
> > "Cal Bear '66" wrote:
> >

> >> Have you tried taking ownership/giving yourself full permissions for the
> >> drive
> >> on the Securities tab of the drive's properties?
> >>
> >>
> >> "Taps" <Taps@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:5FA146EB-33CA-4D83-AF72-FF40C771549B@microsoft.com...
> >> > Correction i have a SATA Drive
> >> >
> >> > "Taps" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Hello
> >> >>
> >> >> I have a new Dell Machine with Vista Business and had an old machine with
> >> >> a
> >> >> additional 300 Gig ST330063 SCSCI Drive. I was basically using the drive
> >> >> for storage of photos and some music. However, when i added it to my
> >> >> machine
> >> >> it recognizes it but i cannot access my files. Here are the list of
> >> >> problems
> >> >> that i am having.
> >> >> 1) Says i have to format it to access it
> >> >> 2)Only recognizing 150 Gig instead of 300 and yes i have checked for
> >> >> updates
> >> >> 3)Wont let me make the Partition active (although it does show its active
> >> >> already)
> >> >> Even after Changing Drive Paths it wont recognize it. I have had the info
> >> >> on this drive for 5 years and have had no problems previously in XP pro
> >> >> when
> >> >> i was moving it from PC to PC
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks You
> >>
> >>

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