First off, the Problem: My WD 200gb 7200 8mb cache HD no longer shows up in Windows as having a partition.
How this happened: I was re-arranging IDE cables, and i moved my 200gb drive from Raid to the onboard IDE. When windows came up i noticed that the 200gb drive was missing from my list of drive letters, so i went into Computer Management, and then Logical Disk Manager, and saw that windows now saw it as a 123GB drive that had no partitions. This is when i discovered that my motherboard doesen't support anything bigger then about 123gb's. So i turned off my comp, and connected the HD back up to the RAID. When i loaded up windows it now sees it as a 189GB unallocated (189 cause of that weird windows thing how all drives get smaller).
I've tried: Unplugging the drive, plugging it back in, Unplugging it, starting windows then shutting down and replugging it back in, Tried it in a different system, and i tried a program called Active@ Partition Recoverer v2.1 which couldn't even comprehend a drive of this size as far as i could tell.
So i'm looking for a solution that will allow me to restore my partition, and get all my data back intact. ANY help at all would be great, and I will answer any questions you may have.
--Patrician
How this happened: I was re-arranging IDE cables, and i moved my 200gb drive from Raid to the onboard IDE. When windows came up i noticed that the 200gb drive was missing from my list of drive letters, so i went into Computer Management, and then Logical Disk Manager, and saw that windows now saw it as a 123GB drive that had no partitions. This is when i discovered that my motherboard doesen't support anything bigger then about 123gb's. So i turned off my comp, and connected the HD back up to the RAID. When i loaded up windows it now sees it as a 189GB unallocated (189 cause of that weird windows thing how all drives get smaller).
I've tried: Unplugging the drive, plugging it back in, Unplugging it, starting windows then shutting down and replugging it back in, Tried it in a different system, and i tried a program called Active@ Partition Recoverer v2.1 which couldn't even comprehend a drive of this size as far as i could tell.
So i'm looking for a solution that will allow me to restore my partition, and get all my data back intact. ANY help at all would be great, and I will answer any questions you may have.
--Patrician
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