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How do I import a foreign volume in Windows 2000?
John Savill
January 8, 2000
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A. If you take a disk from another machine and place in a Windows2000 box it will be shown as foreign and its partitions not available, howeverits partition information can be imported and volumes used. Any volumes thatwere part of a set will be deleted during the import phase unless the whole setof disks are imported.
Start the Computer Management MMC (Start - Programs - Administrative Tools- Computer Management)
Expand the Storage branch and select 'Disk Management'
Right click on the volume to be imported and select 'Import ForeignDisks..' from the context menu shown
Click here to view imageClick OK to the displayed dialog of the disk to import. If you importedmultiple disks they will be grouped by the computer they were moved from andcan be selected by clicking the 'Select Disk' button. If the disks imported arenot dynamic they will all be imported regardless of you choices.
A dialog will be shown showing the volumes to import. Click OK
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Notice the partition that was part of a RAID 5 set is not usable.
The data on the imported volumes will now be accessible (you have to refreshin Explorer to see them (press F5)).
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