Can't access the old hdd in a new build

[csit1020]

I have a problem accessing the old drive from my old computer, that is now a second drive in my new computer.

I run the Vista64 in the new one and the old drive has a XP Pro 32 on it. The second drive shows up under the Disk Management, but when I right-click on it, none of the options are available, except delete volume.

It does not have a letter assigned to it, and that option is not even available. It says that it has 100% free space on it and under it's size it says: Online( Healthy, Primary partition )

Another difference with the primary drive is that under File System, it says nothing under it , while the main drive has NTFS written there.

How could I access the files on that old drive?

thanks

[glc]

Is it flagged in Disk Management as a "foreign disk"? If so, import foreign disk should be an option when you right click on it. If not, sorry, your data is gone, it's a dynamic disk. The only way to get it back is put it back in the old computer and copy the data you need to something else to bring it over.

[csit1020]

It does not say anything about being foreign disk. I guess I 'm going to just put it back in the old computer then.

[glc]

Give that a shot. It's your best chance to get your data without screwing it up worse. You could also *try* to use a USB adapter.