how to access d/drive after formating xp home edition..

my computer was running slow and i decided to format windows, i have two
harddrives. one for operating system and other for storage which i use for
pictures and music etc....after formatting my c/ drive the computer wont
allow me to access d/drive so i can access my important data...can anybody
help please......

regards
knight

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Hi Knight,

Firstly I'd say that the way you categorize your hard drives is a very
good thing. I do it the same way, keeping one for the OS, and other
associated program, and the other drive for everything else. I also
make multiple manageable partitions for each drive.

Coming to the problem at hand, does your HDD show up in Device Manager
? If not, it is possible that it might not have been detected at all,
during setup. If so, you can try the Add/Remove hardware wizard to
search for new hardware.

In case the drive is showing up, but you're getting an Access Denied
message, then it would be a different issue altogether. One that I'll
have to research a bit...

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"knight" <> wrote in message
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> my computer was running slow and i decided to format windows, i have two
> harddrives. one for operating system and other for storage which i use for
> pictures and music etc....after formatting my c/ drive the computer wont
> allow me to access d/drive so i can access my important data...can anybody
> help please......
>
> regards
> knight

Jupiter Jones [MVP]

Hi,
I would check the disk manager.
Right click on my computer, highlight manage and when the new window opens,
choose disk management. If you "d" drive does not show up, check your bios to
make sure that is active on the ide chain.
If it by some chance it still does not show up, even though you did not
remove/or add anything, you could always check your ribbon connections,
perhaps unhook the drive, boot the pc, go to the desktop and let all the
start-up apps load. turn the pc off, hook up your ribbon/power cable and
reboot the pc, (check bios to ensure the active drive is being found). hope
this helps...
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"knight" wrote:

> my computer was running slow and i decided to format windows, i have two
> harddrives. one for operating system and other for storage which i use for
> pictures and music etc....after formatting my c/ drive the computer wont
> allow me to access d/drive so i can access my important data...can anybody
> help please......
>
> regards
> knight

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