I have two HP computers that have trojans that I can not get rid of so I backed up everything to computer 2 and then purchased a new Maxtor 6Y120PO drive and installed it on computer 2 with all the information I wanted to save. The instructions did fine and I was able to backup all the information from computer 2 to the new hard drive... then I formated computer 1 and transfered the new hard drive (with the information) to computer 1 but computer 1 will not recognize the new drive. Computer 1 recognizes the hard drive in the bios but I get no drive letter. When I use the MaxBlast 3 software to try to install the new drive in computer 1 it wants to format it first saying there is existing information on it and will be lost... I need to be able to transfer the information from the new hard drive to computer 1...the MaxBlast 3 program says it installed Dynamic Drive Overlay v9.84 on computer 2 but I can't get it to install the DDO on computer 1 without it first wanting to format the drive first... It has the information on it so I do not want it formated ofcourse...HELP please.
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Jump to PostSo, in Windows, computer #1 doesn't see the drive, correct?
You need to browse to Computer Management by right-clicking "My Computer" on your desktop, then clicking "Manage."
From there, you should see the disk in the right-hand pane. You may be able to right-click it and choose "Change …
Jump to Post'Computer management' isn't a feature of the earlier Windows OS's
Are you making sure you are changing the drive id 'jumpers', and using the correct cable connectors, when you're moving these drives from system to system? If you are simply unplgging them from one machine, and plugging them into …
Jump to PostYes, definitely make sure the master/slave jumpers on the drive are set correctly for the drive's location on the new computer's IDE chain.
If the jumpers are set correctly, open a DOS box and see what the "fdisk" has to report about the drive.
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