Hey everyone-
Before anyone jumps on me for posting a similar thread that has been posted here before, I promise that I did my research and verified that my case is different. The most similar thread I found was topic #60377 - but my case is slightly different (and it doesn't seem the solutions posed in that thread worked for me)
Here's my problem:
1. I had a desktop tower with 4 SATA HDDs - (1) for the OS and (3) for file storage
2. The computer crashed and I decided to junk the desktop for a laptop
3. To move personal data from my (3) storage HDDs, I purchased an external HDD case with USB 2.0 connect
4. I installed one of the storage HDDs into the new external case
5. I connected via USB to the new laptop (running XP Pro)
6. Laptop and OS recognizes the drive and gives me the "read to use" note
7. I find the drive unmapped in Windows Explorer
8. In 'Disk Management' the drive shows up as: active, healthy, NTFS & with the name I gave the drive "Storage" - yet no letter drive assignment
9. When I right click, the only option available is to 'Delete Partition'
10. I open up a DOS window and type 'diskpart' and type 'list volume' and only the DVD drive and internal laptop HDD appear
11. I type 'list disk' and the internal HDD appears as Disk 0 while my external HDD does appear as Disk 1
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From here, I'm at a loss. It has to do with these particular HDDs that were part of my old computer. To test, I attached my WD My Book Pro External HDD to my laptop and that maps completely without problem.
My (3) storage HDDs were being run on XP Pro in my old machine and I'm not sure if they were dynamic drives - perhaps 1 or 2 of them but not all 3.
Ultimately, I want to pull all my personal data from my (3) old HDDs and drop it onto my new ReadyNASDuo.
Any suggestions would be helpful. And I apologize in advance if someone points out the solution on these boards that I totally missed.
Happy Holidays!
J
Before anyone jumps on me for posting a similar thread that has been posted here before, I promise that I did my research and verified that my case is different. The most similar thread I found was topic #60377 - but my case is slightly different (and it doesn't seem the solutions posed in that thread worked for me)
Here's my problem:
1. I had a desktop tower with 4 SATA HDDs - (1) for the OS and (3) for file storage
2. The computer crashed and I decided to junk the desktop for a laptop
3. To move personal data from my (3) storage HDDs, I purchased an external HDD case with USB 2.0 connect
4. I installed one of the storage HDDs into the new external case
5. I connected via USB to the new laptop (running XP Pro)
6. Laptop and OS recognizes the drive and gives me the "read to use" note
7. I find the drive unmapped in Windows Explorer
8. In 'Disk Management' the drive shows up as: active, healthy, NTFS & with the name I gave the drive "Storage" - yet no letter drive assignment
9. When I right click, the only option available is to 'Delete Partition'
10. I open up a DOS window and type 'diskpart' and type 'list volume' and only the DVD drive and internal laptop HDD appear
11. I type 'list disk' and the internal HDD appears as Disk 0 while my external HDD does appear as Disk 1
----------------------
From here, I'm at a loss. It has to do with these particular HDDs that were part of my old computer. To test, I attached my WD My Book Pro External HDD to my laptop and that maps completely without problem.
My (3) storage HDDs were being run on XP Pro in my old machine and I'm not sure if they were dynamic drives - perhaps 1 or 2 of them but not all 3.
Ultimately, I want to pull all my personal data from my (3) old HDDs and drop it onto my new ReadyNASDuo.
Any suggestions would be helpful. And I apologize in advance if someone points out the solution on these boards that I totally missed.
Happy Holidays!
J