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Can't access old hard drive after new SSD and Windows 7 install
Hey guys this is my first time posting, after searching the web I've found problems similar to this but no clear answers on fixing. I recently purchased a new Mother Board (Gigabyte G1.Guerrilla) not really thinking about the repercussions of changing such a large component. I hooked everything up and of course windows would not load. I did not want to do a clean install as I have 3 years worth of pictures and video on my hard drive. So I looked at this as an opportunity to purchase a new Corsair 60gb SSD.
My thinking was I can use this as by OS drive and would then still be able to access and use the files on my original Seagate 750gb mechanical drive as a data drive. After a couple of hiccups with the Windows installation, (done without the Seagate installed) everything was installed. I then turned off the PC hooked up the second HDD up via SATA II and windows booted fine after setting boot order.
Now when I click on My Computer it shows my SSD fine, but the older HDD shows as a generic disc drive. When I click on it, it says something about being an unsupported or unrecognized file system and asks if I would like to format now? Which I obviously don't want to do. I also have an issue with SATA III but thats for a different post.
Here's my setup:
intel Core i7-920
Gigabyte g1.guerrilla
6gb Corsair XMS 1333 Ram
PNY GTX 470 1.25gb
60gb Corsair Force 3
750gb Seagate Barracuda
Any help would be appreciated!