2nd hard disk not found

[SNair]

when i was using windows xp, i can access to both hard drives (C & D). Now
after reformating the drive C (master drive) and reinstalling windows 98, i
am unable to see 2nd hard disk (D) thru my computer or windows explorer. But
when i start the computer & before windows 98 starts, it says two hard
drives (1 master & 1 slave). i copied all my datas to the 2nd drive (D)
before formating 1st drive (C). Now my C drive is having windows 98 program
only and i am unable to use any of my data from the other hard disk.

highly appreciate if anyone can help me.

snair

[Jon_Hildrum]

The most likely case for this to happen is that the second drive was
formatted using NTFS file system which would not be seen by win98.

Try Fdisk /status and see what it says.

If this is the case you may need a third party utility to convert the drive
from ntfs to FAT32 in order to be able to get your data. Another option
would be to install winXP on the C drive. Then save the important data to
another source like CDs etc. WinXP will not allow you to convert NTFS back
to FAt32

--
Jon Hildrum
DTS MVP

www.hildrum.com
"SNair" > wrote in message
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> when i was using windows xp, i can access to both hard drives (C & D).
Now
> after reformating the drive C (master drive) and reinstalling windows 98,
i
> am unable to see 2nd hard disk (D) thru my computer or windows explorer.
But
> when i start the computer & before windows 98 starts, it says two hard
> drives (1 master & 1 slave). i copied all my datas to the 2nd drive (D)
> before formating 1st drive (C). Now my C drive is having windows 98
program
> only and i am unable to use any of my data from the other hard disk.
>
> highly appreciate if anyone can help me.
>
> snair
>
>
>
>