When you told Windows to re-initialize it using GPT after the move, you wrote a new partition table on the disk. That's when you lost your data. The good news is that it should be recoverable using a GPT-compatible data recovery utility. There isn't anything that keys a disk to a particular port.
-----Original Message----- From: Hardware [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, July 9, 2014 9:14 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [H] GPT_disk_moving?! T - That's because I didn't unmount it first. I just pulled the drive and then hooked it up to an external USB3 SATA cable. I should have unmounted/removed it from Disk Mgmt snap in first. If I had, I'd be fine. Since I hadn't... It might be toast. I'm going to hook it back up today - to the original cable & see just how bad I screwed the pooch. My understanding is the drive gets "keyed" to the position on the SATA ports, basically. Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... "...now these points of data make a beautiful line..." > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [H] GPT_disk_moving?! > From: "Anthony Q. Martin" <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, July 08, 2014 9:20 am > To: [email protected] > > > Thanks for this. I have a box full of GPT drives....I was wondering > what I'd do if I needed to upgrade the host mobo...as it is starting > to get old. As all I have are mkv rips from my blu-ray collection, > this would be a LOT of work to do over. So one day I just want to move > the drives over to a new box. > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [H] GPT_disk_moving?! > From: Thane Sherrington <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, July 08, 2014 9:47 am > To: [email protected] > > > Hi Joeuser, > Thanks for the update. So if you have a GPT disk, you go > into diskmgmt.msc and unmount it? I thought you said that Windows 7 > couldn't see it at all? > > T
