Slaving XP drive on Windows 2000 system - any issues?

[Alex]

Hi folks,

I have an XP drive that will no longer boot, and I'm about 100% sure
the problem is with XP and not the drive. Any issues with me slaving
this drive on a Windows 2000 Pro box to retrieve data? I know they
have different versions of NTFS, but I wasn't sure if 2000 Pro would
read the XP partitions properly.

Thanks for any feedback,

Alex.

 

[Yves Leclerc]

The NTFS format has been changed in XP. XP automatically changes anny older
NTFS partition so as to make them compatible. You may have problems reading
the XP NTFS in Windows 2000.

Y.

 

[sdlomi]

Hi folks,

I have an XP drive that will no longer boot, and I'm about 100% sure
the problem is with XP and not the drive. Any issues with me slaving
this drive on a Windows 2000 Pro box to retrieve data? I know they
have different versions of NTFS, but I wasn't sure if 2000 Pro would
read the XP partitions properly.

Thanks for any feedback,

Alex.

I recently had the same problem. Installed XP on a 3rd (smaller--only
thing I had)harddrive, used it as master, slaved the non-booting hd, copied
my necessary files to the 3rd hd, and then experimented w/the non-booting hd
in an attempt to repair it. Found it to be a defective drive after all.
Meant I had to copy saved files twice, as I still need to copy them to my
replacement drive when it gets here via rma. Too bad I didn't have my
final, replacement hd so as to move the backups just once.
Just for curiosity, would you please describe for me your hd which now
fails to boot? Mine was a 40-gig WD, 7200 rpm, WD400BB-00DEA0, and under
warranty 'til May 2005. If yours happens to be identical, I may just buy a
different type for my 'final' installation.
Anxiously awaiting your description! Thanks and good luck, sdlomi

 

[Ron Martell]

Hi folks,

I have an XP drive that will no longer boot, and I'm about 100% sure
the problem is with XP and not the drive. Any issues with me slaving
this drive on a Windows 2000 Pro box to retrieve data? I know they
have different versions of NTFS, but I wasn't sure if 2000 Pro would
read the XP partitions properly.

Thanks for any feedback,

Have you tried booting with the XP CDROM, choosing the Repair
(Recovery Console) option, and running "CHKDSK /R" ?

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."

 

[Alex]

I recently had the same problem. Installed XP on a 3rd (smaller--only
thing I had)harddrive, used it as master, slaved the non-booting hd, copied
my necessary files to the 3rd hd, and then experimented w/the non-booting hd
in an attempt to repair it. Found it to be a defective drive after all.
Meant I had to copy saved files twice, as I still need to copy them to my
replacement drive when it gets here via rma. Too bad I didn't have my
final, replacement hd so as to move the backups just once.
Just for curiosity, would you please describe for me your hd which now
fails to boot? Mine was a 40-gig WD, 7200 rpm, WD400BB-00DEA0, and under
warranty 'til May 2005. If yours happens to be identical, I may just buy a
different type for my 'final' installation.
Anxiously awaiting your description! Thanks and good luck, sdlomi

Hi Sdlomin,

Actually it's an IBM Travelstar laptop hard drive... and I have a
converter so it'll connect to a standard desktop IDE cable and power
cable. Since I've seen this issue with XP not booting on many systems
since XP was released, I'm betting it's a glitch in the OS... plus in
all cases thus far where XP hosed, reformatting the same drive and
reinstalling has fixed the issue. No drive issues after that (until
XP hoses again anyway).

Thanks for the reply, and take care,

Alex.