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Windows Forum / Windows XP / New Users / September 2006Dual Boot Windows XP
I had a dual boot system with two hard drives. Windows XP Pro (D:) on one and Windows XP Home (C:) on the other with a large partition for all of my important files(E:). I decided to go back to a one OS system. I have a couple of files and folders on (E:) that I can not open since the change. Is there anyway to get these files back? > I had a dual boot system with two hard drives. Windows XP Pro (D:) on > one and Windows XP Home (C:) on the other with a large partition for > all of my important files(E:). I decided to go back to a one OS > system. I have a couple of files and folders on (E:) that I can not > open since the change. Is there anyway to get these files back? Please help us to help you. What does " I can not open" mean? What happens when you try? If you get an error message, please quote it verbatim. For information on how to make a good newsgroup posting, read http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.html But perhaps this is your issue: Take ownership: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421  SignatureKen Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup An error box pops up that says E: not accessable. > > I had a dual boot system with two hard drives. Windows XP Pro (D:) on > > one and Windows XP Home (C:) on the other with a large partition for [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User > Please reply to the newsgroup > An error box pops up that says E: not accessable. Exactly how did you go about going back to a "one OS system"? Which XP version did you get rid of and how? If you got rid of Home, and you sure you didn't create a new single partition on that drive? SignatureKen Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup >>> I had a dual boot system with two hard drives. Windows XP Pro (D:) >>> on one and Windows XP Home (C:) on the other with a large partition [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User >> Please reply to the newsgroup I got rid of home it was on a my 20g drive that is not partitioned and was the only thing on that drive. Pro is on a 250g drive which is partitioned to 50g that has the pro on it. I formatted the 20g and then I reinstalled pro onto the 50g partition. > > An error box pops up that says E: not accessable. > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > >> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User > >> Please reply to the newsgroup > I formatted the 20g and then Then if your data you are trying to locate was on that 20 GB partition and you formatted it, then poof! it's gone - did you not see the warning about data loss when you began the format process? I suggest you get a GOOD book about how computers work and read it. You really shouldn't mess with things that you don't know about! (I'm not trying to be sarcy, just to help you retain your data and sanity). The data is on the large partition on (E:) the only thing on (C:) was the Home OS > > I formatted the 20g and then > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > that you don't know about! > (I'm not trying to be sarcy, just to help you retain your data and sanity). > I got rid of home it was on a my 20g drive that is not partitioned and > was the only thing on that drive. Pro is on a 250g drive which is > partitioned to 50g that has the pro on it. I formatted the 20g and > then I reinstalled pro onto the 50g partition. So the E: drive you can't access was the second partition of 200GB on the same physical drive as Pro? How did you reinstall Pro? Did you do a clean reinstallation? If so, did you perhaps tell it to use the entire drive for it? If you go to Windows Explorer or My Computer, what hard drives are lised there? Do you see C:, D:, and E: there? If E: is there, is it shown as 200GB or 2GB? SignatureKen Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup >>> An error box pops up that says E: not accessable. >> [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] >>>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User >>>> Please reply to the newsgroup > > I got rid of home it was on a my 20g drive that is not partitioned and > > was the only thing on that drive. Pro is on a 250g drive which is > > partitioned to 50g that has the pro on it. I formatted the 20g and > > then I reinstalled pro onto the 50g partition. > > It shows C: 20g D: 50g and E: 200g. I can access all the files on E: ( I am using about 50 g of that ) except for a few folders which have several small word doc. in it. > So the E: drive you can't access was the second partition of 200GB on the > same physical drive as Pro? [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] > >>>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User > >>>> Please reply to the newsgroup A box pops up with a red x that say's E:/ file name is not accessible access denied > > I had a dual boot system with two hard drives. Windows XP Pro (D:) on > > one and Windows XP Home (C:) on the other with a large partition for [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User > Please reply to the newsgroup >A box pops up with a red x that say's > > E:/ file name is not accessible access denied Look up "Taking ownership of files and folders" in Help and Support...... Thanks for the help, I will try that. > >A box pops up with a red x that say's > > > > E:/ file name is not accessible access denied > > Look up "Taking ownership of files and folders" in Help and Support...... |
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