Setting up a new computer which is running Windows 7, moved an old SATA drive from my previous system to the new one. BIOS recognized correctly, but Windows did not.
When going into Device Manager, the drive was listed. Going to Properties, Volumes, and clicking "Populate" received error:
"volume information for this disk can not be found"
Solution:
Went to Control Panel->Administrative Tools (search for it, or list items by large/small icon) then selected "Create and Format Hard Disk Partitions".
This opened the Disk Management Tools window.
One of the Disks listed had an exclamation mark on it and said "Foreign Disk".
Right-click, select "Import foreign disk", then okay, and there it is! Volumes populated, windows explorer sees it, everything's good.
Weird problem. Hope this helps anybody else!
Sunday, September 5, 2010
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