SATA hard drive form XP is not recognized by Win 7

Hello
I recently changed my media playing computer from an old Pentium 4 ruining XP, to a modern slim HP computer with Win 7.
Because much all of my data was stored on one SATA hard drive, I removed it and placed it in my new machine.
after a short time messing about I was able to "import" the disk to the Win 7 OS.
one of the things I tried was setting the new HD to offline and than back to online.
The current problem I am facing began after installing new nVidia drivers, the HD is listed as "invalid" in the disk manege screen and I am unable to do anything with it

any suggestion
should I try and re install drivers? it is listed as "working properly"
will the disk be recognized in XP?

Hi Ariel and welcome to SevenForums,

please post a snapshot of your disk managment output.





HOW TO POST A SNAPSHOT OF DISK MANAGEMENT DISPLAY

Run disk management:
WIN | type DISKMGMT.MSC | ENTER
WIN is the key with the wavy flag.

Maximize the output of Disk Management:
ALT Spacebar key combo | X key
Drag the field separators (such as between Status and Capacity) to show entire field.

Make a snapshot:
WIN | type SNIPPING | ENTER
Click the New button.
Drag the cursor around the area you want to snip.
File | Save as | select save location and name | Save button

Post the snapshot:
Screenshot - How to post



This site might be able to help:
MS Fix it Center Online

I added screen capture of the disk management and WD lifeguard utility report

I took them using a remote application so they are not of the pest quality, sorry

Ariel,

Being honest, the quality is not sufficient.

Any reason why you can't use the Snipping tool (Win | type SNIPP |ENTER) ?

I am not at home, I will upload better photos later
thanks any way

problem turned out to be a faulty cable

I switched cables between the CD and HD and it now works great

thanks

Ariel,
Glad to hear that you solved the problem and thanks for getting back to us with how you solved the problem.