I have done a fairly deep search but failed to come up with an answer so - here's hoping I am not intruding by asking a repeat question.
First - HP 4600 work station, quite new, 2Gb RAM, Intel duo E6850 @ 3 GHz. 2x 250Gb WD SATA HDD's, partitioned, Kingston USB hub, internal quad card reader, Ultra SCSI card, Nvidia 1700 dual mon vid.
I already use successfully up to three external HDD's for backup etc with no problem - in fact USB anything is pretty OK - (as is the case on my Lenovo XP pro backup machine) . However, this HP machine replaces my old custom machine which went sour recently and tho most data was backed up I have a few items I want to pull off two (partitioned) 150Gb HDD's from it.
I have tried both HDD's in my CompUSA ext'l hard drive enclosure (which has worked on many of my old HDD's) - but I have a problem. The OS ''Sees" the drive and seemingly sets it up as OK - but - does not allocate a darned drive letter so - can't get in! Same on the Lenovo in fact.
I took a peek within Computer management/disk management - and the drive shows but no letter. In the top listing it shows as 35Gb with 4.1Gb spare - well that would be one partition. The lower pictorial representation however shows it as 150Gb, basic, healthy/active - but looking like all one with no partition! Shows too as NTFS. Right click contect menu is all greyed out except for "delete partition' and 'help'
So - here we are - drive ''recognized'' but - no access - thus I am seeking opinion/advice as to what measures I could take to get past this hurdle. Both old drives were set up and partitioned under XP pro on old machine. Really puzzled - when other old drives will show via the external HDD enclosure - and those were used within Win 95 and Win 2k! These are all ATA but that shouldn't matter.
BTW - checked within Removeable Storage/libraries - and the drive does not show - just my flash drives and DVD ROM.
Any advice would be most welcome.