<dvpetta@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm having some issues with transferring a slave hard drive from an old
> xp computer to a new one. The drive in question is Maxtor's 6Y200P0,
> the drive only has data files (pictures, music, applications, etc).
> It's never been used as a "C" drive with windows installed on it. I
> checked Maxtor's website and I think I have the jumper settings correct
> in that I don't have any jumpers on it setting it as a slave. So when
> I boot up the device manger can recognize it but XP doesn't show it in
> "My Computer".
>
> I download Maxtor large drive software, run it to no avail. I run
> Maxtor's hardware software and it comes up with an issue in that the
> drive is "dynamic" and the software cannot proceed with installing it.
>
>
> So I go to Disk Management and see that the drive is listed as dynamic.
> I then did something and now it's "basic" but not all of the . I
> don't think it's deleted any of the data and I'm not sure what to do at
> this point. The drive is showing in Disk Management as "Disk 1",
> basic, with only 189.2GB showing, now this drive is 200GB and the
> 189.2GB amount is the amount of data on the disk I don't want to lose.
> When I right click the shade box for the drive the only options
> available is to create a new partion the drive. Will this erase the
> data on the drive? The next step is a choice between Primary &
> Extended partition, both of which I don't want to touch till I get some
> advice.
>
> Any help will be appreciated. The screwed up thing about it is that
> I've actually don't this transfer process atleast twice before and each
> time it's a damn mystery to me. In the past I've been able to get
> around the disk being "dynamic" and low and behold it shows up. Now
> I've seem to have lost the dynamic designation and dealing with a basic
> disk that has alot of data that I need. The data is backed up to
> DVD-Rs and would be a hassle to have to upload 189GB of data.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Dza

Making any changes in the partition(s) could destroy all the data on this
drive. Has the BIOS been allowed to autodetect this drive?