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Accessing a GPT partion with XP

post #1 of 3
1/12/09 at 8:01pm
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Hi all,
I am selling my XPS M1730 (specs in the sig, email me if you're interested...asking $2700 soccerstewart3@gmail.com)

anyway, my second hard drive that I had in that machine had all my personal data on it, however it is a GPT Protective Partition according to my interim laptop with XP 32-bit on it.

So, I need to access that hard drive via a usb cable and adapter which I have....but I cant because of the whole GPT thing.

Does anyone know of a way to access a GPT Protective partition from with Windows XP Pro 32-bit....WITHOUT DESTROYING THE DATA.

My life is basically on that hard drive, so losing data whatsoever is not an option.

Thank you in advance!!
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post #2 of 3
1/16/09 at 3:57am
Can you stick the drive back in the original laptop long enough to copy the data off it?

A quick google search reveals GPT Protective Partitions are supported under XP 64 bit, Vista and Windows Server 2003/2008. If you do not have access to such a system, try a Linux live CD on your interim laptop (first search result was someone in a similar situation using Ubuntu's live CD to copy data to another partition).

The data recovery program R-Studio was also mentioned as being able to access GPT partitions without requiring OS support.
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post #3 of 3
1/16/09 at 1:44pm
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Yes I was able to copy my data off of it, I was just wondering if there was some program or driver or update, etc that would allow me to see it with a 32-bit XP install. I'll look into R-Studio.

Thank you
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