Thank you all in advance for your help.
I came across 2 old IDE drives that I wanted to see what was on them, then wipe them before throwing them out.
One is a WDCaviar (WD800) the other is an IBM Deskstar 20Gb.
I am using Win 7 Pro 64 bit and CablesToGo USB to IDE Adapter to connect and give power.
Both drives show up the Disk Management, but when I try to assign a drive letter, the menu is greyed out except for Delete Volume and Help.
Using Diskpart I can see the disk being online but again cannot assign a drive letter.
Below are the details for the Western Digital IDE drive.
Your help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you all.
Old Western Digital IDE drive
Shows up in Disk Management as 73.11 GB Healthy (Active, Primary Partition) and 1.42 GB Healthy (Primary Partition), but right clicking to assign drive letter the menu is greyed out.
Tried to use Diskpart
List disk shows
Disk 0 Online 465 GB
Disk 1 Online 1863 GB
Disk 2 Online 74 GB
Selected Disk 2
Disk 2 is now the selected Disk
Assign (and Assign=f)
There is now volume specified
Please select a volume and try again
Doing List volume
Volume 0 D DVD-ROM 0 B no Media
Volume 1 NTFS Partition 100 MB Healthy System
Volume 2 C NTFS Partition 465 GB Healthy Boot
Volume 3 E New Volume NTFS Partition 1863 GB Healthy
While Disk Manager shows
Disk 0 Basic 465.76GB Online 100MB Healthy System C: 465.gg NTFS Healthy Boot, page, etc.
Disk 1 Basic 1863.02GB Online E: 1863.01 NTFS Healthy Primary Partion
Disk 2 Basic 74.53 GB Online No Dirve Letter 73.11GB (Healthy Active Priamry PArtition)
and No Drive Letter 1.42 Healthy Primary Partion
I came across 2 old IDE drives that I wanted to see what was on them, then wipe them before throwing them out.
One is a WDCaviar (WD800) the other is an IBM Deskstar 20Gb.
I am using Win 7 Pro 64 bit and CablesToGo USB to IDE Adapter to connect and give power.
Both drives show up the Disk Management, but when I try to assign a drive letter, the menu is greyed out except for Delete Volume and Help.
Using Diskpart I can see the disk being online but again cannot assign a drive letter.
Below are the details for the Western Digital IDE drive.
Your help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you all.
Old Western Digital IDE drive
Shows up in Disk Management as 73.11 GB Healthy (Active, Primary Partition) and 1.42 GB Healthy (Primary Partition), but right clicking to assign drive letter the menu is greyed out.
Tried to use Diskpart
List disk shows
Disk 0 Online 465 GB
Disk 1 Online 1863 GB
Disk 2 Online 74 GB
Selected Disk 2
Disk 2 is now the selected Disk
Assign (and Assign=f)
There is now volume specified
Please select a volume and try again
Doing List volume
Volume 0 D DVD-ROM 0 B no Media
Volume 1 NTFS Partition 100 MB Healthy System
Volume 2 C NTFS Partition 465 GB Healthy Boot
Volume 3 E New Volume NTFS Partition 1863 GB Healthy
While Disk Manager shows
Disk 0 Basic 465.76GB Online 100MB Healthy System C: 465.gg NTFS Healthy Boot, page, etc.
Disk 1 Basic 1863.02GB Online E: 1863.01 NTFS Healthy Primary Partion
Disk 2 Basic 74.53 GB Online No Dirve Letter 73.11GB (Healthy Active Priamry PArtition)
and No Drive Letter 1.42 Healthy Primary Partion