old hdd in external enclosure – vista sees it, asking for format
old HD in USB external enclosure – vista asking for format – NEED HELP!!!
Hi everybody,
After my computer died (HP Pavillion DV 6356), because of a vista problem, I bought an external case (enclosure). It is a sata, USB 2, vista compatible (as it says in the box) enclosure.
After I am connecting both cables in the laptop (it is a Y USB cable), the drive spins up, the LED in the case lights red, the computer recognizes it (I can see the F: and G: icons on “My computer” – F: is the prior C: and G: is the prior “recovery particion”. I can even see the size of the two partitions) but when I double click on any of the two drives, Vista asking me to format it.
I tried the same thing in a computer running XP Pro but the problem is exactly the same.
I am sure that the data aren’t lost, and the hard disk is OK.
I need the old data off the drive.
Any suggestions, or solutions for me?
I’m running vista.
Thanks,
Kostas
