On 6 Feb 2007 at 19:48, alan smith wrote:

> I followed earlier posts on connecting a drive with files as a slave
> and using an external kit. I have an 80Gb drive subbed into "F", "G" ,
> & "H" with files in each unit.I've tried both ways to transfer my data,
> but the computer manage sees the drive but will not accept without
> formatting. And, of course, if I format, I will lose everything. Maybe
> someone knows of a progam that will let me access the drive and do the
> transfer. Is it possible that the registry for these was on my old "C"
> drive (now erased!!) ?? Thank you for any idea,  AL SMITH 

  The "primary" partition table for the drive is held in a specific place on 
the drive itself.  This table can hold only four entries; if the drive is 
bootable, the boot partition must be one of these.
  Microsoft also implements "extended" partitions, where a single table 
entry here is internally subdivided into multiple "volumes"; that 
subdivision information is stored inside the extended partition.

  In order for a volume to be visible in Windows, the space within the 
volume must be formatted -- it must contain a file system structure that 
Windows understands.  The registry lives in files contained within a file 
system; the partition information MUST lie outside of any file system.

  Not all versions of Windows all recognize the same file systems.  Can you 
specify the OS versions and file system types involved here?

David Gillett

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