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nusnammj -> Can't access second hard drive!!!! (9/4/2006 18:45:35)

Hi,

I have just re-installed windows xp as i was having some difficulties with it. I have a system with two hard drive one for my OS and one for all my data.

I used the xp recovery disk to format and reinstall xp on my os disk and all went well until i tried to access my other hard drive. It is showing up on device manager but i haven't got any way to access it through windows. I have also just looked at the disk management tool and the hard drive is showing on there with the info on it (It 80% empty) but it will not allow me to assign a drive letter to it!!!! the only option is to delete the partition which i don't want to do as all my info is on there!!!!!!!!

The first time i re-installed windows i had the second hard drive connected and so i tried reinstalling again but with it disconnected then once up and running i connected it again and install the drive which happens fine except there is no way to access it!!!!! ( all that done powered down off course!!! lol)

Can anyone please please help as this is driving me crazy!!!

much thanks in advance

Matty




rdouglass -> RE: Can't access second hard drive!!!! (9/5/2006 12:37:43)

Hi and Welcome to OutFront.

Is the partition active and not hidden? IIRC that can be done using FDISK but be very, very sure you don't do anything to your boot partition.

If not that, try upgrading the disk to a Dynamic Disk.

Hope thaqt helps.



nusnammj -> RE: Can't access second hard drive!!!! (9/5/2006 13:03:17)

will give it a go when i get home mate, cheers for the suggestion! [:)][:)]



nusnammj -> RE: Can't access second hard drive!!!! (9/7/2006 8:58:42)

Well now it works under very strange circumstances!!!

Just so people now in case they get stuck like me here is what I did.

I turned on the pc and it loaded as normal then I checked My Computer and still one hard drive. Sort of give up and decided to start loading all me programmes onto my OS hard drive so I installed Norton Firewall 2006, this finished and told me to restart which I did.

Once the system rebooted I checked My Computer and still only one hard drive so I installed Norton Systemworks 2006. Again this told me to restart my pc which I did.

Upon restarting as the system booted up the windows scandisk facility thing that comes up before windows appeared. It said Drive D (my other hard drive!!!) was inconsistent and needed scanning which it scanned, found no problems and finished loading windows. I then checked My Computer and there it was [:D] hurray!!!! [:)]

It is now there like it always was and I haven't got the faintest idea why!!!!!! But i don't care anymore!! lol

Obviously got something to do with Norton being installed but what or why I have no idea!!!



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