please help with hard disk

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Hi i need help my friend has added his old hardisk to new
computer there is loads of stuff he needs on it and was
going to copy it over now it says format disk when he
tries to get into it and obviously doesnt want to do this
please any ideas to how to get into old hardisk.
 
If he/she still has the old computer first thing to do is to put the
HDD back and see if the files are still accessible. If so then the
problem is not in the HDD but in incompatability with the new
configuration.
 
-- Hi,
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First of all, did your Friend set the old HD up as the
Slave or did he set it up as the Primary Hard drive. It
makes a difference. Also is the new system, the same as
the old one, ie win98 or win xp or what. I am not sure ,
but the old Hard drive may not be compatable with the new
system he has now. It may be, that in order to read the
files on the old HD, he would need that system to do so.
That is my own humble opinion. I hope it is of help to you.

J L.---Original Message-----
 
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