Guest vasanth Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 I am using Windows Xp. In that a having 3 drives all loaded with data. But when i try to open a particular drive, a pop up is thrown asking that do u want to format the drive. Even the drive is not getting recognized form cmd prompt. I tried with all the options but in vain. Is there any option to retrieve the data (through OS) without using any tool provided by other vendors?
Guest DL Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 Re: file revover - fat32 Is the drive visible in Disk Management? Is it recognised in the Bios? "vasanth" <vasanth@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:685960F7-52AE-4FF4-B15B-C335CABF8821@microsoft.com... >I am using Windows Xp. In that a having 3 drives all loaded with data. But > when i try to open a particular drive, a pop up is thrown asking that do u > want to format the drive. Even the drive is not getting recognized form > cmd > prompt. I tried with all the options but in vain. > Is there any option to retrieve the data (through OS) without using any > tool > provided by other vendors? >
Guest vasanth Posted September 6, 2007 Posted September 6, 2007 Re: file revover - fat32 That drive is visible when I open "My Computer" and also able to right click that. When I perform any operations like defragment or bakup option its not working. "DL" wrote: > Is the drive visible in Disk Management? > Is it recognised in the Bios? > > "vasanth" <vasanth@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:685960F7-52AE-4FF4-B15B-C335CABF8821@microsoft.com... > >I am using Windows Xp. In that a having 3 drives all loaded with data. But > > when i try to open a particular drive, a pop up is thrown asking that do u > > want to format the drive. Even the drive is not getting recognized form > > cmd > > prompt. I tried with all the options but in vain. > > Is there any option to retrieve the data (through OS) without using any > > tool > > provided by other vendors? > > > > >
Guest DL Posted September 6, 2007 Posted September 6, 2007 Re: file revover - fat32 Not My Computer, but "Disk Management" what does it say about the drive? "vasanth" <vasanth@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E27A4AEC-E7F4-4FC3-9E15-C8DDEA103807@microsoft.com... > That drive is visible when I open "My Computer" and also able to right > click > that. When I perform any operations like defragment or bakup option its > not > working. > > "DL" wrote: > >> Is the drive visible in Disk Management? >> Is it recognised in the Bios? >> >> "vasanth" <vasanth@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:685960F7-52AE-4FF4-B15B-C335CABF8821@microsoft.com... >> >I am using Windows Xp. In that a having 3 drives all loaded with data. >> >But >> > when i try to open a particular drive, a pop up is thrown asking that >> > do u >> > want to format the drive. Even the drive is not getting recognized form >> > cmd >> > prompt. I tried with all the options but in vain. >> > Is there any option to retrieve the data (through OS) without using any >> > tool >> > provided by other vendors? >> > >> >> >>
Guest Lil' Dave Posted September 6, 2007 Posted September 6, 2007 Re: file revover - fat32 "vasanth" <vasanth@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:685960F7-52AE-4FF4-B15B-C335CABF8821@microsoft.com... >I am using Windows Xp. In that a having 3 drives all loaded with data. But > when i try to open a particular drive, a pop up is thrown asking that do u > want to format the drive. Even the drive is not getting recognized form > cmd > prompt. I tried with all the options but in vain. > Is there any option to retrieve the data (through OS) without using any > tool > provided by other vendors? > In scenarios like that, I've made only one discovery, and its not really XP oriented. Basically what's happening is that XP recognizes the file system by examing the partition. When it goes to the FAT32 file table, the file table makes no sense. Therefore, XP thinks it needs formatting. Have only seen this when a hard drive was moved from another PC. Dave
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