Can't read compressed drive

25 Nov 2007 10:53 AM

wvmontani

I have a PC running Windows 2000 Advanced Server. It has a second
hard drive that has been compressed. This is used for data storage.

The C: drive crashed and I lost the operating system. The C: drive
has now been replaced and W2KAS has been reloaded. Trouble is, it
does not recognize the second (compressed) drive.

It sees that a dynamic drive is there under Disk Management, but won't
assign a drive letter.

How can I get the data back? Thanks.

-WVMontani

25 Nov 2007 11:56 AM

philo

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"wvmontani" <wvmont***@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I have a PC running Windows 2000 Advanced Server. It has a second
> hard drive that has been compressed. This is used for data storage.
>
> The C: drive crashed and I lost the operating system. The C: drive
> has now been replaced and W2KAS has been reloaded. Trouble is, it
> does not recognize the second (compressed) drive.
>
> It sees that a dynamic drive is there under Disk Management, but won't
> assign a drive letter.
>
> How can I get the data back? Thanks.
>
> -WVMontani

The problem has nothing to do with the drive being compressed...it's due to
the disk being "dynamic" and created from with another installation.

In disk management there should be an option to "reactivate" the disk.

26 Nov 2007 1:15 AM

wvmontani

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On Nov 25, 6:56 am, "philo" <ph***@privacy.net> wrote:
> "wvmontani" <wvmont***@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> news:26606825-48f5-408c-ba0c-d6d32b6255f0@e23g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>
> > I have a PC running Windows 2000 Advanced Server. It has a second
> > hard drive that has been compressed. This is used for data storage.
>
> > The C: drive crashed and I lost the operating system. The C: drive
> > has now been replaced and W2KAS has been reloaded. Trouble is, it
> > does not recognize the second (compressed) drive.
>
> > It sees that a dynamic drive is there under Disk Management, but won't
> > assign a drive letter.
>
> > How can I get the data back? Thanks.
>
> > -WVMontani
>
> The problem has nothing to do with the drive being compressed...it's due to
> the disk being "dynamic" and created from with another installation.
>
> In disk management there should be an option to "reactivate" the disk.

There is the option to Reactivate Disk, but it is grayed out. The
only available option is Revert to Basic Disk.

-WVMontani

26 Nov 2007 10:31 PM

philo

> > > -WVMontani
> >
> > The problem has nothing to do with the drive being compressed...it's due
to
> > the disk being "dynamic" and created from with another installation.
> >
> > In disk management there should be an option to "reactivate" the disk.
>
> There is the option to Reactivate Disk, but it is grayed out. The
> only available option is Revert to Basic Disk.
>
> -WVMontani

Definately do *NOT * revert to basic disk or you will loose everything.

Did you have any utilites installed such as "go back"?

If so that could be the problem