partitions not found on win7 but there on xp?


  1. adwb
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    partitions not found on win7 but there on xp?


    I have hdd that was installed on a win7 home machine. i had a message saying fault and explorer closed and two partitions out of three on a 1trb drive are shown now as not available.
    I put the drive in a caddy and connected to a old laptop running xp and there I can see the partitions and the contents but not when plugged into the usb on the win 7 machine.
    any ideas why this is? and is it fixable?
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  3. cyanna
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    try a different usb port on the Windows 7 machine, preferably one at the other end of the computer (back posr if you have previously used front)
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  4. gregrocker
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    Back up your files from the XP machine which can read the drive.

    Then run a full Disk Check.
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