How do I add a second hard drive (within Virtual PC) without formatting it?

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Published on 2010-03-12T21:01:45Z Indexed on 2010/03/12 21:07 UTC
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I'm trying to add a second hard drive within Virtual PC without formatting it. I followed the instructions for adding a second hard drive but when I add go the the Computer Management>Disk Management console it wants to format it.

The reason I want to add this second hard drive is that it has data on it that I want available to this instance of Virtual PC

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