Guest Ed Mc Posted August 16, 2008 Posted August 16, 2008 Yesterday I installed a slave drive and with the help of this group I was finally able to get a drive letter assigned and have it recognized by My Computer. THEN, last night when my wife turned off the computer, windows updates were installed. This morning, NO slave drive. Disk Mgmt., Partition Magic and Diskpart all see the drive. I can't seem to get a drive letter assigned to it. I'm trying to do it with diskpart. When I type ASSIGN it just gives me a list of commands again. Both drives are on one ribbon cable and hooked to IDE1. Can anyone advise me? TIA If it's relevant, Partition Magic did see the drive as "hidden". Don't know why, it wasn't yesterday. I unhid it. -- Semper Fi
Guest Michael Jennings Posted August 16, 2008 Posted August 16, 2008 Re: Diskpart help For assign to work you have to give the partition the focus. The command ought to work after you have selected the partition. In the Command Prompt, it would look kind of like this: C:\Documents and Settings\Ed Mc>diskpart Microsoft DiskPart version 5.1.3565 Copyright © On computer: DISKPART> list disk [table of info from diskpart] DISKPART> select disk 1 Disk 1 is now the selected disk. DISKPART> list partition [table of info from diskpart] DISKPART> select partition 1 Partition 1 is now the selected partition DISKPART> assign letter=L [replace L with known good letter] DiskPart successfully assigned the drive letter or mount point. DISKPART> exit Leaving DiskPart... C:\Documents and Settings\Ed Mc> if you aren't sure of the good letter, it'll give you the next available drive letter if you leave off "letter=L" - just command "assign" "Ed Mc" <namvtn@comcast.invalid> wrote in message news:JKKdnWxEya4KvDvVnZ2dnUVZ_vWdnZ2d@comcast.com... > Yesterday I installed a slave drive and with the help of this group I was > finally able to get a drive letter assigned and have it recognized by My > Computer. THEN, last night when my wife turned off the computer, windows > updates were installed. This morning, NO slave drive. Disk Mgmt., Partition > Magic and Diskpart all see the drive. I can't seem to get a drive letter > assigned to it. I'm trying to do it with diskpart. When I type ASSIGN it just > gives me a list of commands again. Both drives are on one ribbon cable and > hooked to IDE1. Can anyone advise me? TIA > If it's relevant, Partition Magic did see the drive as "hidden". Don't > know why, it wasn't yesterday. I unhid it. > -- > Semper Fi
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted August 16, 2008 Posted August 16, 2008 Re: Diskpart help "Ed Mc" <namvtn@comcast.invalid> wrote in message news:JKKdnWxEya4KvDvVnZ2dnUVZ_vWdnZ2d@comcast.com... > Yesterday I installed a slave drive and with the help of this group I > was finally able to get a drive letter assigned and have it recognized by > My Computer. THEN, last night when my wife turned off the computer, > windows updates were installed. This morning, NO slave drive. Disk Mgmt., > Partition Magic and Diskpart all see the drive. I can't seem to get a > drive letter assigned to it. I'm trying to do it with diskpart. When I > type ASSIGN it just gives me a list of commands again. Both drives are on > one ribbon cable and hooked to IDE1. Can anyone advise me? TIA > If it's relevant, Partition Magic did see the drive as "hidden". > Don't know why, it wasn't yesterday. I unhid it. > -- > Semper Fi Why do you want to use diskpart.exe? The GUI equivalent diskmgmt.msc would be far easier to use!
Guest Ed Mc Posted August 16, 2008 Posted August 16, 2008 Re: Diskpart help Pegasus (MVP) wrote: > "Ed Mc" <namvtn@comcast.invalid> wrote in message > news:JKKdnWxEya4KvDvVnZ2dnUVZ_vWdnZ2d@comcast.com... >> Yesterday I installed a slave drive and with the help of this group I >> was finally able to get a drive letter assigned and have it recognized by >> My Computer. THEN, last night when my wife turned off the computer, >> windows updates were installed. This morning, NO slave drive. Disk Mgmt., >> Partition Magic and Diskpart all see the drive. I can't seem to get a >> drive letter assigned to it. I'm trying to do it with diskpart. When I >> type ASSIGN it just gives me a list of commands again. Both drives are on >> one ribbon cable and hooked to IDE1. Can anyone advise me? TIA >> If it's relevant, Partition Magic did see the drive as "hidden". >> Don't know why, it wasn't yesterday. I unhid it. >> -- >> Semper Fi > > Why do you want to use diskpart.exe? The GUI equivalent > diskmgmt.msc would be far easier to use! > > Hi, and thank you. I'm afraid disk management only gives me the option to DELETE PARTITION, when I right click the disk. The other options are all grayed out. I'm not getting very far with diskpart either. -- Semper Fi
Guest Ed Mc Posted August 16, 2008 Posted August 16, 2008 Re: Diskpart help Michael Jennings wrote: > For assign to work you have to give the partition the focus. > The command ought to work after you have selected the partition. > In the Command Prompt, it would look kind of like this: > > C:\Documents and Settings\Ed Mc>diskpart > > Microsoft DiskPart version 5.1.3565 > Copyright © > On computer: > > DISKPART> list disk > > [table of info from diskpart] > > DISKPART> select disk 1 > > Disk 1 is now the selected disk. > > DISKPART> list partition > > [table of info from diskpart] > > DISKPART> select partition 1 > > Partition 1 is now the selected partition > > DISKPART> assign letter=L [replace L with known good letter] > > DiskPart successfully assigned the drive letter or mount point. > > DISKPART> exit > > Leaving DiskPart... > > C:\Documents and Settings\Ed Mc> > > if you aren't sure of the good letter, it'll give you the next available > drive letter if you leave off "letter=L" - just command "assign" > > "Ed Mc" <namvtn@comcast.invalid> wrote in message > news:JKKdnWxEya4KvDvVnZ2dnUVZ_vWdnZ2d@comcast.com... >> Yesterday I installed a slave drive and with the help of this group I was >> finally able to get a drive letter assigned and have it recognized by My >> Computer. THEN, last night when my wife turned off the computer, windows >> updates were installed. This morning, NO slave drive. Disk Mgmt., Partition >> Magic and Diskpart all see the drive. I can't seem to get a drive letter >> assigned to it. I'm trying to do it with diskpart. When I type ASSIGN it just >> gives me a list of commands again. Both drives are on one ribbon cable and >> hooked to IDE1. Can anyone advise me? TIA >> If it's relevant, Partition Magic did see the drive as "hidden". Don't >> know why, it wasn't yesterday. I unhid it. >> -- >> Semper Fi > > Thank you for your instructions. I followed but when I type ASSIGN LETTER=1 it says: please select a volume and try again. Diskpart shows me the drive as DISK1 but no mention of volume. Thanks again. -- Semper Fi
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted August 16, 2008 Posted August 16, 2008 Re: Diskpart help "Ed Mc" <namvtn@comcast.invalid> wrote in message news:aPOdnWgMcJVWRTvVnZ2dnUVZ_o3inZ2d@comcast.com... > Pegasus (MVP) wrote: >> "Ed Mc" <namvtn@comcast.invalid> wrote in message >> news:JKKdnWxEya4KvDvVnZ2dnUVZ_vWdnZ2d@comcast.com... >>> Yesterday I installed a slave drive and with the help of this group >>> I was finally able to get a drive letter assigned and have it recognized >>> by My Computer. THEN, last night when my wife turned off the computer, >>> windows updates were installed. This morning, NO slave drive. Disk >>> Mgmt., Partition Magic and Diskpart all see the drive. I can't seem to >>> get a drive letter assigned to it. I'm trying to do it with diskpart. >>> When I type ASSIGN it just gives me a list of commands again. Both >>> drives are on one ribbon cable and hooked to IDE1. Can anyone advise me? >>> TIA >>> If it's relevant, Partition Magic did see the drive as "hidden". >>> Don't know why, it wasn't yesterday. I unhid it. >>> -- >>> Semper Fi >> >> Why do you want to use diskpart.exe? The GUI equivalent >> diskmgmt.msc would be far easier to use! > Hi, and thank you. I'm afraid disk management only gives me the > option to DELETE PARTITION, when I right click the disk. The other options > are all grayed out. I'm not getting very far with diskpart either. > > -- > Semper Fi Well, so much for the easy GUI tools . . . Try this: - Click Start / Run / cmd{OK} - Type these commands: mountvol > c:\test.txt{Enter} notepad c:\test.txt{Enter} - Copy & paste the text into your reply.
Guest Michael Jennings Posted August 16, 2008 Posted August 16, 2008 Re: Diskpart help "Ed Mc" <namvtn@comcast.invalid> wrote in message news:eYKdnVpiXPhRRzvVnZ2dnUVZ_jmdnZ2d@comcast.com... > Michael Jennings wrote: >> For assign to work you have to give the partition the focus. >> The command ought to work after you have selected the partition. >> >> "Ed Mc" <namvtn@comcast.invalid> wrote in message >> news:JKKdnWxEya4KvDvVnZ2dnUVZ_vWdnZ2d@comcast.com... >>> Yesterday I installed a slave drive and with the help of this group I >>> was finally able to get a drive letter assigned and have it recognized by My >>> Computer. THEN, last night when my wife turned off the computer, windows >>> updates were installed. This morning, NO slave drive. Disk Mgmt., Partition >>> Magic and Diskpart all see the drive. I can't seem to get a drive letter >>> assigned to it. I'm trying to do it with diskpart. When I type ASSIGN it >>> just gives me a list of commands again. Both drives are on one ribbon cable >>> and hooked to IDE1. Can anyone advise me? TIA >>> If it's relevant, Partition Magic did see the drive as "hidden". Don't >>> know why, it wasn't yesterday. I unhid it. >>> -- >>> Semper Fi >> > Thank you for your instructions. I followed but when I type ASSIGN > LETTER=1 it says: please select a volume and try again. Diskpart shows me the > drive as DISK1 but no mention of volume. Thanks again. It seems like Patrick Keenan's advice worked when you tried it: news://msnews.microsoft.com/eKrHl5j$IHA.4032@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl "If there's no data on the drive, delete the partition, then re-create it, and format it. You will be asked what drive letter to assign as part of this. Once that's done, the drive should appear in My Computer." I don't understand your installing Windows ME - I guess you could blank it. DiskPart is intended for OEMs - it is not going to be considerate. If you want to use it, examine its documentation in Start > (?) Help and Support. For example, since you've selected disk 1, besides listing partitions you can also detail disk, which will generate a different table. You do not have to use letter=l - you can leave that part out entirely after selecting the partition. You *do* have to select a partition on disk 1 for assign to work there. It's more likely it was you that screwed up rather than your wife or WU. Hey, c'mon - just looking at probabilities here. Concentrate - be careful.
Guest Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM Posted August 16, 2008 Posted August 16, 2008 Re: Diskpart help "Ed Mc" <namvtn@comcast.invalid> wrote in message news:JKKdnWxEya4KvDvVnZ2dnUVZ_vWdnZ2d@comcast.com... > Yesterday I installed a slave drive and with the help of this group I > was finally able to get a drive letter assigned and have it recognized by > My Computer. THEN, last night when my wife turned off the computer, > windows updates were installed. This morning, NO slave drive. Disk Mgmt., > Partition Magic and Diskpart all see the drive. I can't seem to get a > drive letter assigned to it. I'm trying to do it with diskpart. When I > type ASSIGN it just gives me a list of commands again. Both drives are on > one ribbon cable and hooked to IDE1. Can anyone advise me? TIA > If it's relevant, Partition Magic did see the drive as "hidden". > Don't know why, it wasn't yesterday. I unhid it. > -- > Semper Fi It might be a security program blocking the Registry change it needs to make. A few, but not all, of the programs now doing this are: Ad-aware's Ad-Watch IBM Access Connections Kaspersky McAfee VirusScan and/or Antispyware Norton AV Spyware Blaster Spybot> Tools> IE Tweaks Spybot- Teatimer Spysweeper Spyware Doctor Windows Defender Zone Alarm (free) 6.5 Reported to be fixed in later versions. In the case of Zone Alarm 6.5 or Norton 2007 it actually has to be uninstalled. Make sure the Windows Firewall is turned on until you reinstall Zone Alarm. Boot into Safe Mode with Networking and try the change. -- Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM Do not reply with email
Guest Ed Mc Posted August 16, 2008 Posted August 16, 2008 Re: Diskpart help Pegasus (MVP) wrote: > "Ed Mc" <namvtn@comcast.invalid> wrote in message > news:aPOdnWgMcJVWRTvVnZ2dnUVZ_o3inZ2d@comcast.com... >> Pegasus (MVP) wrote: >>> "Ed Mc" <namvtn@comcast.invalid> wrote in message >>> news:JKKdnWxEya4KvDvVnZ2dnUVZ_vWdnZ2d@comcast.com... >>>> Yesterday I installed a slave drive and with the help of this group >>>> I was finally able to get a drive letter assigned and have it recognized >>>> by My Computer. THEN, last night when my wife turned off the computer, >>>> windows updates were installed. This morning, NO slave drive. Disk >>>> Mgmt., Partition Magic and Diskpart all see the drive. I can't seem to >>>> get a drive letter assigned to it. I'm trying to do it with diskpart. >>>> When I type ASSIGN it just gives me a list of commands again. Both >>>> drives are on one ribbon cable and hooked to IDE1. Can anyone advise me? >>>> TIA >>>> If it's relevant, Partition Magic did see the drive as "hidden". >>>> Don't know why, it wasn't yesterday. I unhid it. >>>> -- >>>> Semper Fi >>> Why do you want to use diskpart.exe? The GUI equivalent >>> diskmgmt.msc would be far easier to use! >> Hi, and thank you. I'm afraid disk management only gives me the >> option to DELETE PARTITION, when I right click the disk. The other options >> are all grayed out. I'm not getting very far with diskpart either. >> >> -- >> Semper Fi > > Well, so much for the easy GUI tools . . . Try this: > - Click Start / Run / cmd{OK} > - Type these commands: > mountvol > c:\test.txt{Enter} > notepad c:\test.txt{Enter} > - Copy & paste the text into your reply. > > > Creates, deletes, or lists a volume mount point. MOUNTVOL [drive:]path VolumeName MOUNTVOL [drive:]path /D MOUNTVOL [drive:]path /L path Specifies the existing NTFS directory where the mount point will reside. VolumeName Specifies the volume name that is the target of the mount point. /D Removes the volume mount point from the specified directory. /L Lists the mounted volume name for the specified directory. Possible values for VolumeName along with current mount points are: \\?\Volume{8ec75793-fb0b-11db-a8ce-806d6172696f}\ C:\ \\?\Volume{dc13c29e-2bd2-11dc-889b-00502c04cf60}\ H:\ \\?\Volume{2dfc2840-bba3-11dc-ab41-806d6172696f}\ E:\ \\?\Volume{8ec75791-fb0b-11db-a8ce-806d6172696f}\ D:\ \\?\Volume{8ec75790-fb0b-11db-a8ce-806d6172696f}\ A:\ \\?\Volume{097890f2-a0e1-11dc-8a42-00502c04cf60}\ F:\ \\?\Volume{097890f3-a0e1-11dc-8a42-00502c04cf60}\ G:\ Thank you Pegasus... It took a little time to apply your instructions correctly. Above is what I think are the results of your suggestion. I hope I got this right. If so, I sure hope it helps you help me. Thanks again. -- Semper Fi
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted August 16, 2008 Posted August 16, 2008 Re: Diskpart help "Ed Mc" <namvtn@comcast.invalid> wrote in message news:2_ydnRXCUKjHyjrVnZ2dnUVZ_tHinZ2d@comcast.com... > Pegasus (MVP) wrote: >> "Ed Mc" <namvtn@comcast.invalid> wrote in message >> news:aPOdnWgMcJVWRTvVnZ2dnUVZ_o3inZ2d@comcast.com... >>> Pegasus (MVP) wrote: >>>> "Ed Mc" <namvtn@comcast.invalid> wrote in message >>>> news:JKKdnWxEya4KvDvVnZ2dnUVZ_vWdnZ2d@comcast.com... >>>>> Yesterday I installed a slave drive and with the help of this >>>>> group I was finally able to get a drive letter assigned and have it >>>>> recognized by My Computer. THEN, last night when my wife turned off >>>>> the computer, windows updates were installed. This morning, NO slave >>>>> drive. Disk Mgmt., Partition Magic and Diskpart all see the drive. I >>>>> can't seem to get a drive letter assigned to it. I'm trying to do it >>>>> with diskpart. When I type ASSIGN it just gives me a list of commands >>>>> again. Both drives are on one ribbon cable and hooked to IDE1. Can >>>>> anyone advise me? TIA >>>>> If it's relevant, Partition Magic did see the drive as "hidden". >>>>> Don't know why, it wasn't yesterday. I unhid it. >>>>> -- >>>>> Semper Fi >>>> Why do you want to use diskpart.exe? The GUI equivalent >>>> diskmgmt.msc would be far easier to use! >>> Hi, and thank you. I'm afraid disk management only gives me the >>> option to DELETE PARTITION, when I right click the disk. The other >>> options are all grayed out. I'm not getting very far with diskpart >>> either. >>> >>> -- >>> Semper Fi >> >> Well, so much for the easy GUI tools . . . Try this: >> - Click Start / Run / cmd{OK} >> - Type these commands: >> mountvol > c:\test.txt{Enter} >> notepad c:\test.txt{Enter} >> - Copy & paste the text into your reply. > > > Creates, deletes, or lists a volume mount point. > > MOUNTVOL [drive:]path VolumeName > MOUNTVOL [drive:]path /D > MOUNTVOL [drive:]path /L > > path Specifies the existing NTFS directory where the mount > point will reside. > VolumeName Specifies the volume name that is the target of the mount > point. > /D Removes the volume mount point from the specified > directory. > /L Lists the mounted volume name for the specified directory. > > Possible values for VolumeName along with current mount points are: > > \\?\Volume{8ec75793-fb0b-11db-a8ce-806d6172696f}\ > C:\ > > \\?\Volume{dc13c29e-2bd2-11dc-889b-00502c04cf60}\ > H:\ > > \\?\Volume{2dfc2840-bba3-11dc-ab41-806d6172696f}\ > E:\ > > \\?\Volume{8ec75791-fb0b-11db-a8ce-806d6172696f}\ > D:\ > > \\?\Volume{8ec75790-fb0b-11db-a8ce-806d6172696f}\ > A:\ > > \\?\Volume{097890f2-a0e1-11dc-8a42-00502c04cf60}\ > F:\ > > \\?\Volume{097890f3-a0e1-11dc-8a42-00502c04cf60}\ > G:\ > > Thank you Pegasus... > It took a little time to apply your instructions correctly. Above is > what I think are the results of your suggestion. I hope I got this right. > If so, I sure hope it helps you help me. Thanks again. > > -- > Semper Fi Out of curiosity: Where was the problem with my instructions? I would have liked them to be clear but obviously they weren't. The output you post tells me a couple of things: - You have drives C:, D:, E:, F:, G on your machine. - You have no partitions that can be assigned to a drive letter. This means that the missing partition either has no file system on it or it has a file system that is not recognised by Windows. You could do this to find out the file system type: - Boot the machine with a Win98 boot disk or CD from http://www.bootdisk.com. - Run ptedit.exe (ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/tools/pq/utilities/) - Make a note of the type of each and every master and child partition. Note that this is an administrator's tool. It will take a little practice to get used to it. Note also that you must not make any changes while inside ptedit. Report your results here.
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted August 16, 2008 Posted August 16, 2008 Re: Diskpart help "Ed Mc" <namvtn@comcast.invalid> wrote in message news:2_ydnRXCUKjHyjrVnZ2dnUVZ_tHinZ2d@comcast.com... > Pegasus (MVP) wrote: >> "Ed Mc" <namvtn@comcast.invalid> wrote in message >> news:aPOdnWgMcJVWRTvVnZ2dnUVZ_o3inZ2d@comcast.com... >>> Pegasus (MVP) wrote: >>>> "Ed Mc" <namvtn@comcast.invalid> wrote in message >>>> news:JKKdnWxEya4KvDvVnZ2dnUVZ_vWdnZ2d@comcast.com... >>>>> Yesterday I installed a slave drive and with the help of this >>>>> group I was finally able to get a drive letter assigned and have it >>>>> recognized by My Computer. THEN, last night when my wife turned off >>>>> the computer, windows updates were installed. This morning, NO slave >>>>> drive. Disk Mgmt., Partition Magic and Diskpart all see the drive. I >>>>> can't seem to get a drive letter assigned to it. I'm trying to do it >>>>> with diskpart. When I type ASSIGN it just gives me a list of commands >>>>> again. Both drives are on one ribbon cable and hooked to IDE1. Can >>>>> anyone advise me? TIA >>>>> If it's relevant, Partition Magic did see the drive as "hidden". >>>>> Don't know why, it wasn't yesterday. I unhid it. >>>>> -- >>>>> Semper Fi >>>> Why do you want to use diskpart.exe? The GUI equivalent >>>> diskmgmt.msc would be far easier to use! >>> Hi, and thank you. I'm afraid disk management only gives me the >>> option to DELETE PARTITION, when I right click the disk. The other >>> options are all grayed out. I'm not getting very far with diskpart >>> either. >>> >>> -- >>> Semper Fi >> >> Well, so much for the easy GUI tools . . . Try this: >> - Click Start / Run / cmd{OK} >> - Type these commands: >> mountvol > c:\test.txt{Enter} >> notepad c:\test.txt{Enter} >> - Copy & paste the text into your reply. > > > Creates, deletes, or lists a volume mount point. > > MOUNTVOL [drive:]path VolumeName > MOUNTVOL [drive:]path /D > MOUNTVOL [drive:]path /L > > path Specifies the existing NTFS directory where the mount > point will reside. > VolumeName Specifies the volume name that is the target of the mount > point. > /D Removes the volume mount point from the specified > directory. > /L Lists the mounted volume name for the specified directory. > > Possible values for VolumeName along with current mount points are: > > \\?\Volume{8ec75793-fb0b-11db-a8ce-806d6172696f}\ > C:\ > > \\?\Volume{dc13c29e-2bd2-11dc-889b-00502c04cf60}\ > H:\ > > \\?\Volume{2dfc2840-bba3-11dc-ab41-806d6172696f}\ > E:\ > > \\?\Volume{8ec75791-fb0b-11db-a8ce-806d6172696f}\ > D:\ > > \\?\Volume{8ec75790-fb0b-11db-a8ce-806d6172696f}\ > A:\ > > \\?\Volume{097890f2-a0e1-11dc-8a42-00502c04cf60}\ > F:\ > > \\?\Volume{097890f3-a0e1-11dc-8a42-00502c04cf60}\ > G:\ > > Thank you Pegasus... > It took a little time to apply your instructions correctly. Above is > what I think are the results of your suggestion. I hope I got this right. > If so, I sure hope it helps you help me. Thanks again. > > -- > Semper Fi I just found that you can look up unknown partition numbers with the Cute Partition Manager (http://www.bluechillies.com/download/39310.html). It is rather limited in its capabilities but it is much easier to use than ptedit. You will need to burn a boot CD.
Guest Ed Mc Posted August 17, 2008 Posted August 17, 2008 Re: Diskpart help Ed Mc wrote: > Yesterday I installed a slave drive and with the help of this group > I was finally able to get a drive letter assigned and have it recognized > by My Computer. THEN, last night when my wife turned off the computer, > windows updates were installed. This morning, NO slave drive. Disk > Mgmt., Partition Magic and Diskpart all see the drive. I can't seem to > get a drive letter assigned to it. I'm trying to do it with diskpart. > When I type ASSIGN it just gives me a list of commands again. Both > drives are on one ribbon cable and hooked to IDE1. Can anyone advise me? > TIA > If it's relevant, Partition Magic did see the drive as "hidden". > Don't know why, it wasn't yesterday. I unhid it. Thank you all who tried to help me with this problem, especially Pegasus. One response told me some programs can interfere with registry changes. Though I only have one operating system I still had BootMagic boot loader installed and working all this time! Looks like it kept making the slave drive hidden. I disabled boot loader, unhid the disk and BINGO, I'm back in business. Again, thank you all. You folks are an enormous source of help and information. At 62 my only problem, now, is trying to retain it all. -- Semper Fi
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted August 17, 2008 Posted August 17, 2008 Re: Diskpart help "Ed Mc" <namvtn@comcast.invalid> wrote in message news:NpWdndk78_OJozXVnZ2dnUVZ_sDinZ2d@comcast.com... > Ed Mc wrote: >> Yesterday I installed a slave drive and with the help of this group >> I was finally able to get a drive letter assigned and have it recognized >> by My Computer. THEN, last night when my wife turned off the computer, >> windows updates were installed. This morning, NO slave drive. Disk Mgmt., >> Partition Magic and Diskpart all see the drive. I can't seem to get a >> drive letter assigned to it. I'm trying to do it with diskpart. When I >> type ASSIGN it just gives me a list of commands again. Both drives are on >> one ribbon cable and hooked to IDE1. Can anyone advise me? TIA >> If it's relevant, Partition Magic did see the drive as "hidden". >> Don't know why, it wasn't yesterday. I unhid it. > > Thank you all who tried to help me with this problem, especially > Pegasus. One response told me some programs can interfere with registry > changes. Though I only have one operating system I still had BootMagic > boot loader installed and working all this time! Looks like it kept making > the slave drive hidden. I disabled boot loader, unhid the disk and BINGO, > I'm back in business. > Again, thank you all. You folks are an enormous source of help and > information. At 62 my only problem, now, is trying to retain it all. > > -- > Semper Fi Thanks for the feedback. Next time you have a problem, please remember to include ALL relevant information. The BootMagic stuff is absolutely vital - yet you kept it to yourself until now . . .
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