windows wont start

[Barbarossa]

thats the problem the explorer does not show the second hd.but in the right bottom corner it says that a mass storage device is plugged in through usb.why doesnt it show up when i click on my computer?

Whats that have to do with jumpers. Did you change them?

Edit: Now I know. Besides the jumpers. Probably ME HDD is FAT32 & other is NTFS.

But that should be OK

I installed my W98 drive into my XP machine and that's FAT32 and the XP drive is NTFS, and that works OK.

[limesqueezer]

You can view FAT32 if you have Windows on NTFS, but not other way around.

[johnq86]

so does this mean that i cant recoer my old files off my old hd?

[hadfsj]

use the original install disc to run windows repair

[Barbarossa]

so does this mean that i cant recoer my old files off my old hd?

No. You can easily recover your old files, like I said.

How comfortable are you with taking your old hard-drive out of your old PC, and putting it into your new PC as a second hard-drive?

[johnq86]

ok so if i install it internally it will work?because as of right now i have connected it externally and it does not reconize it.

[Barbarossa]

Well I dunno, but it worked for me, so I see no reason why it shouldn't work for you.

[johnq86]

it finnally worked!!thanx for your help guys

[peat moss]

it finnally worked!!thanx for your help guys

Hey wait a minute ,did my PM help ?

I'm teasing what worked ? As Vb says inquiring minds are dieing to know.

[zapjb]

I think we're supposed to guess, peat.