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More info?)
Actually is is possible to create only an extended partition on your second
drive, the only drawback I know of being you can't boot from it. I don't
really know any advantage though and I always make a primary partition
myself.
"Nathan McNulty" <nospam@msn.com> wrote in message
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> That was correct. When you said this: "I reformatted and unpartitioned
> them" I began to wonder. You must create a partition before you can
> format the drive. You must first make a primary partition before you can
> make an extended partition. Here is a great source for information on
> this:
>
http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/file/structPartitions-c.html
>
>
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> Nathan McNulty
>
>
> Rubix wrote:
>> Thanks, I've tried it and found my missing drive
>>
>> I had to partition and format the unallocated disk and I am not sure
>> what
>> sort of partition was required for a slave drive.( I chose primary, not
>> extended).
>> Rubix
>>
>>
>> "Thane of Lochaber" <NONE> wrote in message
>> news:%23kAquPViEHA.3876@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>
>>>Run diskmgmt.msc and you should see your second drive listed there. Right
>>>click it and select "Change Drive Letters and Paths". Click Change in the
>>>dialog that pops up and you should be able to select a free drive letter.
>>>You might want to change your CD-ROM from D: to E: so you can free up D:
>>
>> for
>>
>>>your hard drive.
>>>
>>>Hope that works
>>>
>>>"Rubix" <chess@charitydays.co.uk> wrote in message
>>>news:412a581d$0$55623$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net...
>>>
>>>>I have two 180+ GB hard drives on my PC. I reformatted and unpartitioned
>>>>them and reinstalled windows XP home edition due to system problems.
>>>>
>>>>Now one of them (the slave drive) has disappeared from view completely
>>>>when
>>>>I go to My Computer and my DVD drive has been relabeled as my new D:
>>>>drive.
>>>>The missing drive shows up on only on the system boot page and the
>>>>BIOS/CMOS
>>>>setup pages.
>>>>
>>>>How can I make my slave drive visible and usable again?
>>>>
>>>>Rubix
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>