I had a similar problem with the wife's XP machine and I never did find a
solution or the cause. What I ended up doing was getting all the needed
files off of the partition with data recovery software.

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Ron Badour
MS MVP 1997 - 2007


"noob" <noob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6D2CD698-4FBA-40F0-9E73-EADF15BD8E44@microsoft.com...
>I was using Vista Ultimate RC1. I just bought a Vista Home Premium and do
>an
> installation over my RC1(full installtion not upgrade). But the problem
> now
> is that after the installation, I cant access/read my other partition.
> When I
> click my other partition, it prompted me to format. I didnot format or
> delete
> any partition during the installation process.
>
> How to recover those data save in my other partition. I cant afford to
> loss
> them. Please help!!!!
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> computer idiot