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Thanks for the response, but when I right click and attempt to change drive letter everything is greyed out except for 'help'.
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Thanks for the response, but when I right click and attempt to change drive letter everything is greyed out except for 'help'.

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Does Disk Management show the partitions (like the first screenshot in <a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/12280/" rel="ugc">my article</a>)?<br />
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When you right-click, is the Properties item clickable? If so, click on it and look in the General tab — does it say that the device is working properly? Then click the Volumes tab — does it show the volumes?
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Does Disk Management show the partitions (like the first screenshot in my article [https://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/12280/])?

When you right-click, is the Properties item clickable? If so, click on it and look in the General tab — does it say that the device is working properly? Then click the Volumes tab — does it show the volumes?

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It does look like that, it does say thatit's working properly. Keep in mind that this is a GPT Partition..
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It does look like that, it does say thatit's working properly. Keep in mind that this is a GPT Partition..

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Even if your system is an MBR system, it should be able to view a GPT partition, although there are reports of problems, such as this one:<br />
<a href="http://www.forensicfocus.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=11431/" rel="ugc">http://www.forensicfocus.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=11431/</a><br />
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Note that the author claims to have spoken with Microsoft directly (copied here under &quot;Fair Use&quot;): &quot;Microsoft says an MBR partitioned OS should be able to treat a GPT partitioned hard drive as an external data drive just fine.&quot;<br />
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So it shouldn't matter, but for the record, are you trying to read it on an MBR or GPT system?
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Even if your system is an MBR system, it should be able to view a GPT partition, although there are reports of problems, such as this one:
http://www.forensicfocus.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=11431/ [http://www.forensicfocus.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=11431/]

Note that the author claims to have spoken with Microsoft directly (copied here under "Fair Use"): "Microsoft says an MBR partitioned OS should be able to treat a GPT partitioned hard drive as an external data drive just fine."

So it shouldn't matter, but for the record, are you trying to read it on an MBR or GPT system?

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The hard drive, make and model? It might be secured through tpm, or other means and is only writeable in the system from which it came.
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The hard drive, make and model? It might be secured through tpm, or other means and is only writeable in the system from which it came.

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Pictures speak louder than words. &nbsp;Can you post a screen shot and someone may be able to answer you instantly with what's going on...
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Pictures speak louder than words.  Can you post a screen shot and someone may be able to answer you instantly with what's going on...

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Thanks guys! I followed the advice here: <a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28101990/How-can-I-get-data-from-a-working-hard-drive-marked-GPT-protective-partition.html" rel="ugc">https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28101990/How-can-I-get-data-from-a-working-hard-drive-marked-GPT-protective-partition.html</a>&nbsp;and connected it directly to my desktop system and it worked.
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Thanks guys! I followed the advice here: https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28101990/How-can-I-get-data-from-a-working-hard-drive-marked-GPT-protective-partition.html [https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28101990/How-can-I-get-data-from-a-working-hard-drive-marked-GPT-protective-partition.html] and connected it directly to my desktop system and it worked.

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Great news! Thanks for letting us know what worked. Regards, Joe
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Great news! Thanks for letting us know what worked. Regards, Joe

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I pulled a hard drive out of a laptop and connected to my pc through a drive case. The drive doesnt pop up in Windows explorer but I can see it in disk management and device manager. It says that it is a healthy GPT Partition. How can I access the data on this drive?
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I pulled a hard drive out of a laptop and connected to my pc through a drive case. The drive doesnt pop up in Windows explorer but I can see it in disk management and device manager. It says that it is a healthy GPT Partition. How can I access the data on this drive?

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