Are you running SP1 on the system you're talking about? I'm not familiar with this type of format but perhaps the improvements in SP1 for this may be what you need.
http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/B/A/EBA55FE2-373A-4351-9346-6D762B79AA69/Notable%20Changes%20in%20Windows%207%20and%20Windows%20Server%202008%20R2%20Service%20Pack%201.doc Good luck, Joe From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 1:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Advanced Format Drives 512e Yes, I did read through that doc. Maybe I missed something but lets say the OS is corrupt and I need to pull user data off that drive. How in the world do I do it if my W7 box shows the disk partition as raw? From: William Robbins [mailto:[email protected]]<mailto:[mailto:[email protected]]> Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 9:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Advanced Format Drives 512e According to Dell Win7 is *supposed* to be able to read it. There are some tools and steps for formatting here: http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kcs/document?docid=408172 - WJR On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 11:43, Jimmy Tran <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: So I just purchased a Dell Latitude E6520 laptop. In the package I found a yellow notice about 512e drives. So I read about this and it looks like the partitioning of the drive is different. My W7 box doesn't recognize the partition. Does anyone know how I can access the data on this drive from an external box? Jimmy ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
