Windows 10: Old disks

Discus and support Old disks in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; Why am I not allowed to access old disks in Windows 10? I'm sure that I on some of them have stored data pictures, documents etc. while having Win 10... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by TE®JE, Jul 7, 2023.

  1. TE®JE Win User

    Old disks


    Why am I not allowed to access old disks in Windows 10? I'm sure that I on some of them have stored data pictures, documents etc. while having Win 10 as OS. Some of them may be have been initialized in Win 7. When connecting, I just get the message to initialize the disk, it's not shown in File Explorer. Another disk can turn up in File Explorer, but then I get the message that it's impossible to access the disk.Is this a problem with the version of Win 10 that I now have on my computer, Windows 10 pro, version 22H2? I use a cable set that's relatively old....about 15 years, if that means an

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    TE®JE, Jul 7, 2023
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  2. Suupala Win User

    Disk boot failure after removing old Vista partition

    Thank you for the reply, muchomurka! As I indicated in my post, I have already tried all the steps you suggested to no avail:

    - I cannot choose startup repair since the computer does not boot from the installation media
    - I cannot use command prompt since the computer does not boot further than the POST screen
    - I have disconnected and tried out all hard drives individually.

    Since I had Win 10 up and running a few hours ago, I can say with 100% certainty that none of the hardware is faulty.

    The real mystery is, how come the system won't boot from any media without an empty disk containing an old Vista boot sector being on top of the boot priority list? And which steps to take now that I've cleaned this disk and it does not exist anymore?

    Would appreciate any ideas and pointers!
     
    Suupala, Jul 7, 2023
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  3. old email addresses

    Thank you for updating me HA.111

    Here is the step to remove that old email address.

    Start typing an email address into the “To” field. As soon as you see the old email address being recommended as one of the potential candidates, use the down arrow key to scroll through the list of suggestions. Once you highlight the old email address, type the delete key. In many cases, this will actually remove the entry not only from the current list of suggestions but from future suggestions as well. You may even find that as you mouse over the drop-down list the highlighted item will have an “x” to explicitly allow you to delete it.

    Just do this step and your good to go.

    Continue to have an escellent day HA.111

    Best regards,

    Anthony C. De Jesus

    Independent Advisor
     
    Anthony1129, Jul 7, 2023
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  4. Old disks

    Disk management console view is not up-to-date

    i dont know how to fix your disk management, but i can fix your partition problems...




    open up Command Prompt with admin rights. (Right click, run as admin)


    enter in
    DISKPART
    list disk

    then find the Disk number for your Raid array... lets call it number 7 ( you can tell what disk is what by the total size)
    type in

    Select Disk 7
    List Partition (will give you a list of all the partitions..)
    Select Partition 1 (im assuming you only have 1 partition on Disk 7) repeat this step if you have more partitions.
    ASSIGN


    that should get the array up and running ready to use.


    EDITED.

    any problems, post back ^^


    Still EDITING *Stick Out Tongue Old disks :p

    side question, have you tried restarting the PC?
     
    slyfox2151, Jul 7, 2023
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