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My SATA HDD has data that I really need, how can I read it?

I had 1 seagate 160 GB HDD. I put a bunch of valuable information on it. I recently bought a second seagate 160 GB HDD, both SATA. I set up a raid and when I went to Windows XP it wanted me to initialize the drives. I am scared to do this as my data is important, thus the reason I bought a second for the raid. But when I remove the 2nd drive, it still does not recognize my drive anymore, and still wants me to initialize. It must have changed something somewhere.

Please, anybody know a lot about this stuff and can guide me safely?

Even if I can just copy the info to another HDD. Please help.

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You should be able to safely copy your data to another disk using Norton Ghost - you just need to install it on another computer to create a bootable floppy, and then you can boot your computer with the important data using the floppy after you attach a new disk.

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Well, I haven't tried anything yet, as I am still afraid of losing my data. I have the Asus A7N8X which has a built in RAID controller into the motherboard. When I loaded the computer then it gives me at startup the option to press F4 to go into the RAID setup utility.

Anyway, does anyone know if the Initialization in Windows XP will format the HDD or just make it so that I can use it again and see my data?

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OK, I ended up buying the GetDataBack for NTFS from http://www.runtime.org/. It worked wonderful and I now have all my data backed up, now I will play with my drive. Thanks for the help.

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Glad to hear it!
now, about that backup strategy...
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