On Friday, April 16, 1999 12:24 AM, Joan Rapier [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
wrote:
> I took a 1GB IDE HD out of an old 386 today and popped it into a new
> system I built - I configured the older drive as Primary IDE Slave.  I
> was gonna pull off all the data files.  The older drive is loaded up w/
> Win95 - the new system is running Win98.  The BIOS on the new system
> recognized the Slave drive fine, however, when I booted into Windows, I
> couldn't see the drive.  I backed out of Windows98 and ran fdisk.  The
> old drive is shown as having one non-Dos partition.
>
> Could the non-Dos partition be a result of the drive having been
> compressed?  If so, should I clone it onto a larger drive and then
> expand (uncompress) it (so I can get at the data files from another
> drive)?  Would I be able to uncompress a drive using Windows98 if the
> drive was originally compressed using Window95 compression utility?
>
> Or could it be that the old system formatted the drive geometry
> differently than it is being detected in the new system?  If so, I just
> need to pop it back into the old system to see what geometry it is being
> detected at and txfr this info to the BIOS of the new system for the
> slave drive.....  yes?
>
> Uh oh.  I just thought of something.  That 1GB drive was in a 386.
> 386's can't see a drive of that capacity.  Someone used EZ Drive or
> something like that on this drive didn't they.  That's why I'm seeing a
> non-DOS partition.
>
> Ok, now what do I do, ya'll.......  Am I stuck w/ this?  Going to have
> to sneaker net off all the data?
>
>
> Joan Rapier
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>

Hi,
        This may seems backwards, but if the Win98 is not on a FAT32 partition,
maybe you could boot off the Win95, copy the files to the Win98HD and then
switch it back?

HTH,
Donald Gaither

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