i have a huge data in drive D: in my new sata HDD. but when i try to access that data xp tells me to format that drive. but 4 days back i was scanning my computer with some antivirus tool which i got from some site for Trojan removal. that tool scanned whole drive perfectly and it also showed me the files which are in that drive. but still i can access that drive so anybody can help me with that? plz guys i need that data badly

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