a 200gb pata hdd that is partitioned into (approx) 170 and 30 gb NTFS partitions using norton partitionmagic is showing up as one unformatted hdd with 0 space and no file system in win2k, where i intend to use it as a data hdd. the 170gb partition is the primary master hdd where xp was installed in a separate computer -one now dead due to an unrelated incident.
what i would like to do now is to find some way to make both partitions on this hdd accessible on my win2k machine (which i must continue using indefinitely because there are programs i use which require a windows os). i do not intend on 'upgrading' to xp or vista.
the jumper is correctly set.
i can confirm that all the data is secure on the hdd; it is perfectly accessible with a linuxmint livecd.
service pack 4 is installed on this win2k machine using ntfs.
here's a screenshot of the partitioned drive in gparted, if it may help: http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/6141/screenshotecc.th.png
i have another weird thing to report: gparted, the partitioning software in linuxmint, reports the 172.2GB partition as being 160.40GiB and the 25.5GB partition as being 25.91GiB; in other words, unlike the linux file browser, gparted reports the size of the larger partition as being smaller and the smaller partition is reported as being slightly larger... now that is really weird and highly suspect. can anyone explain this WTFery?
i've heard from multiple sources that it's common for partitioned hdds to show up as unformatted in windows, particularly in xp, but sadly no one remembers precisely how this problem is fixed. apparently the partition table or master boot record needs to be reset or something -however, i'm very hesitant to proceed without knowing exactly what to do, being sure that at the end of the process none of the data will be lost.
EDIT: sadly, i am no longer in possession of an xp or win2k install disk; anyone know a way to create setup disks or enter the recovery console without it?