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Welcome all - this is my first post on this forum.

Here's my situation: my desktop computer has died, but its (SATA) hard-drive still functions correctly. I have a suitable hard drive enclosure, so I thought I would simply be able to slide the hard drive in and copy the data from it onto my notebook (or any other computer, for that matter) via USB 2.0 .

The notebook sees the drive and thinks it functions correctly, but it does not appear in the "My Computer" list of drives. The only way I can find it is by doing the following:

• right-click on "My Computer" > manage > hard drives,

...and there it is, listed as "unknown". I have the option to format the drive, but that's not what I want... I wonder whether there is any way to make my notebook read the data that is already on the drive?

Both computers run Windows XP Service Pack 2; the Notebook is a Toshiba Satellite. I don't know what other information is relevant to the issue, but I will happily provide whatever you think could be helpful.