Drive D not formatted after reinstall

[smashie]

Hello,

I've got a bit of a problem that I can't seem to find help for.

I've upgraded my pc (new MB,CPU,RAM & GFX) so I figured it was time for a new install of XP.

I backed everything up onto drive d and reinstalled XP. Now this has worked fine the new install flies along with no issues BUT I van't read drive D?

Whenever I try to access it from disk management it claims not to be formatted and would I like to do so now?

Well, actually, NO.

I just want my old files back. I'm sure this is something really basic I'm missing but I'm stumped.

Thanks in advance,

Mark

[sfonvill]

Have you tried an initialize it.

It happened a few times with me, its really simple, open computer management , right click the drive or partition an click initialize

Dont know if this helps, though

[smashie]

Hmmm, I don't seem to have the option to initialize it.

The drive is showing as healthy and active, although it says it's formatted as 'raw'

[KJxp]

What does BootItNG say from DOS? It has some kind of Undelete partition utility, but use at your own risk, because I don't know what it does.

[smashie]

I don't know about bootit NG, I don't have a floppy drive that works at the moment. unless I 'borrow' one

[tguy]

Maybe you could create something like a BartPE boot cd, www.nu2.nu, and use the cd to access your D: partition.

[sean70653]

Hello

Sir, Maybe you fdisk ur hard driver so that ur D has been delete , ur data maybe delete, try to check ur disk space . if it not equal to before . ur data has been delete( ps: my english is bad , i want to say more , but cant to express more)

[smashie]

Thanks for all your suggestions.

In the end I got a copy 'Stellar Phoenix' (from work all legitimate) and it's recovering files now

**** I'm happy