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Nissan101
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_ 		27. October 2006 @ 16:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i just reinstalled my copy of windows xp on my MAXTOR 31024h2 10 GB hard drive. Now when I want to play movies from my WD hd, a box says the disk drive is not formatted. I have very important stuff on that hard drive and I want to make sure the drive is not messed up.

can someone please tell me why this suddenly popped out and if there is a way that I can fix it?

any help would be appreciated

thnx
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Hankster
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_ 		28. October 2006 @ 02:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ill let u know anything that i find out about formating hard drive so as not to lose your info Hank
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elokito
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_ 		28. October 2006 @ 03:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
make sure the disk is set up to slave or cable select this happened to me when i bought an hd external enclosure i had it on master and it said it needed format but i changed it to slave and it worked
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Nissan101
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_ 		28. October 2006 @ 06:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
both my drives are set up to cable select tho
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jacka$$
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_ 		28. October 2006 @ 07:54 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i was always told, to set one HD to master and the other to slave, and im having no problms with doing that, i have a 160GB HD set to master and a 80GB HD set to salve and i can get to both with no problems.
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