replacing the motherboard is such a pain tho as then the HD wont like it and it take forever to do a windows recovery

ototero -- i downloaded that program and it works but doesnt recognise my current partitions on the 2nd drive, it is great on the 1st seeing there is a C: and D: but cant see G:, H: and I: on the second. it isnt a problem as i have deleted / moved the current content but was hoping it would recognise the lot. im gonna clone this evening so i'll post results and / or errors later lol :P