Can no read Maxtor Serial ATA Disk Partitions from windows XP MC

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Hi,

I have recently upgraded my system with a new motherboard, and
installed window XP Media Center Edition. I had installed a Maxtor
6L200M0 serial ATA Harddrive as a second drive, partitioned it, and was
using it fine in the old system. Now, under windows, there are no
partitions showing up in windows explorer, and in Disk Management it
shows up as an unreadable Dynamic Disk.

I have tried using Paragon Rescue Kit to recover the data, but all I
get is "I/O error on Disk 2!"

Is there anyway that I can recover the data on the disk? Or will I have
to try reformatting the drive?

Appreciate any advice that anyone can give me.
 
zach said:
Hi,

I have recently upgraded my system with a new motherboard, and
installed window XP Media Center Edition. I had installed a Maxtor
6L200M0 serial ATA Harddrive as a second drive, partitioned it, and
was using it fine in the old system. Now, under windows, there are no
partitions showing up in windows explorer, and in Disk Management it
shows up as an unreadable Dynamic Disk.

I have tried using Paragon Rescue Kit to recover the data, but all I
get is "I/O error on Disk 2!"
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Looks like you stuffed something up with the cabling etc.

You sure the drive is powered now ?
Is there anyway that I can recover the data on the disk?
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Depends on what you have done.
Or will I have to try reformatting the drive?
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Unlikely to help if that error is correct.

Try running Maxtor's PowerMax on the drive to see if its working.
 
Hi,

I have run PowerMax on the drive and it passes every test apart from
burn in which I have not run. The drive is detected in windows, but
windows cannot see any partitions. Could the problem be that I
Partitioned the drive under windows XP Professional, and now I am
trying to see them under Media Center Edition?

Thanks for your help
 
I have run PowerMax on the drive and it passes
every test apart from burn in which I have not run.
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OK, then the Paragon Rescue Kit is either getting it wrong or that is
a very poor error message if its just seeing a corrupted partition table.
The drive is detected in windows, but windows cannot see any partitions.
Could the problem be that I Partitioned the drive under windows XP
Professional, and now I am trying to see them under Media Center Edition?
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Shouldnt be, tho I havent actually tried doing that.

I think its more likely that you had the drive setup as
a dynamic disk in the old system. You cant move those
to a different system by just plugging it into a new system.

Can you put it back in the old system and check its status there ?
Particularly check if its setup as a dynamic disk there.
 
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