HDD not formatted?

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  1. Nissan101

    Nissan101 Regular member

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    i just reinstalled my copy of windows xp on my MAXTOR 31024h2 10 GB hard drive. Now when I want to play movies from my WD hd, a box says the disk drive is not formatted. I have very important stuff on that hard drive and I want to make sure the drive is not messed up.

    can someone please tell me why this suddenly popped out and if there is a way that I can fix it?

    any help would be appreciated

    thnx
     
    Nissan101, Oct 27, 2006
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  2. Hankster

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    Ill let u know anything that i find out about formating hard drive so as not to lose your info Hank
     
    Hankster, Oct 28, 2006
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  3. elokito

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    make sure the disk is set up to slave or cable select this happened to me when i bought an hd external enclosure i had it on master and it said it needed format but i changed it to slave and it worked
     
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  4. Nissan101

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    both my drives are set up to cable select tho
     
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    i was always told, to set one HD to master and the other to slave, and im having no problms with doing that, i have a 160GB HD set to master and a 80GB HD set to salve and i can get to both with no problems.
     
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