I bought a new hard drive, copied all my files from my primary hd onto it, formatted the primary, installed XP to the primary- then went to my primary slave (the new WD 250 gig HD) to retrieve my important, backed up files and xp tells me that it isn't formated- i can't retreive ANY of the files! i called western digital today and stayed on the line for hours, until finally they told me that when formatting slave drives, i must dismount the drive before i reformat my primary. they told me that since i didn't do that, i would have to contact microsoft in order to try and find some software that will "remount" this new hard drive without corrupting the data files. i tried calling microsoft today, but after sitting on the line for ages i gave up...does anyone know how i can "remount " this drive?! is there a utility that can do this without deleting my important files?!!?!? some one please help, i haven't been in a computer situation this bad in years! thank you,
marty
marty
