re: XP won't recognize Old XP Drive on same computer Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 10:04 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Steve (23810 messages posted) Sometimes when installing Windows that also has another Partition or Drive attached the Partition Table on the other Drive accidently gets damaged during the install causing the problem of Windows no longer being able to read the Drive. The theory I once read is, if just 1 stray Bit of data gets written to the partition Table during the install, that Windows thinks the Drive is no longer formated. I had this actually happen twice in 2002. Ever since I disconnect any Drives with data on them when installing Windows, or make sure any Data Partitions are empty or Backed up somewhere off computer. Written in response to: re: XP won't recognize Old XP Drive on same computer (Todd Foster: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 9:08 pm) Responses to this message: re: XP won't recognize Old XP Drive on same computer (MartinM: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 4:31 am) re: XP won't recognize Old XP Drive on same computer (arney: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 4:31 am) All messages in this thread [show all] XP won't recognize Old XP Drive on same computer (Todd Foster: Thu, Nov 19, 2009, 4:42 pm) re: XP won't recognize Old XP Drive on same computer (Sgt: Thu, Nov 19, 2009, 5:16 pm) re: XP won't recognize Old XP Drive on same computer (Todd Foster: Thu, Nov 19, 2009, 5:21 pm) re: XP won't recognize Old XP Drive on same computer (Sgt: Thu, Nov 19, 2009, 5:29 pm) re: XP won't recognize Old XP Drive on same computer (Todd Foster: Thu, Nov 19, 2009, 9:08 pm) re: XP won't recognize Old XP Drive on same computer (C K: Thu, Nov 19, 2009, 9:54 pm) re: XP won't recognize Old XP Drive on same computer (Steve: Thu, Nov 19, 2009, 10:04 pm) re: XP won't recognize Old XP Drive on same computer (MartinM: Fri, Nov 20, 2009, 4:31 am) re: XP won't recognize Old XP Drive on same computer (arney: Fri, Nov 20, 2009, 4:31 am) re: XP won't recognize Old XP Drive on same computer (Steve: Fri, Nov 20, 2009, 9:01 am) re: XP won't recognize Old XP Drive on same computer (Sgt: Fri, Nov 20, 2009, 4:39 am) re: XP won't recognize Old XP Drive on same computer (alex: Fri, Nov 20, 2009, 5:37 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum