Problem:Partition Not Recognized
The Partition, where I have Windows Vista on, is not recognized by Windows 7. Is there any trick to solve this. I can access the partition through booting into Vista but not in 7. My Harddrive is 1TB Western Digital, partitioned into 800 GB for Windows 7 and 200GB for Vista. The 200GB aren't recognized.
View Replies (Posted: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 8:59 PM)
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