Assigning a Drive letter to External USB connected Hard Drive

September 24, 2007

How can I assign the Drive letter M to a newly connected (USB) external

hard drive? The external hard drive is presently showing up in the

Device Manager as:

- Acronis Devices

Acronis True Image Backup Archive Explorer

I tried to follow the following instructions:

1. In the System option in Control Panel, click the Device Manager tab.

--This I was able to do.

2. In the hardware list, double-click the item that represents the

removable device. Removable devices are typically found under CD-ROM or

Disk Drives.

--My device is reflected as depicted above. I was able to click the

Acronis True Image Backup Archive Explorer entry.

3. In the Properties dialog box, click the Settings tab.

--The Properties dialog box is not present...thus, this is where I am

stopped.

4. In the Reserved Drive Letters list, select the last drive to be

assigned to this device. Click OK.

--The last letter assigned to this device was M.

In the End Drive Letter, list, select the last drive to be assigned to

this device. Click OK.

--All of this I can't do.

5. To close the System Properties dialog box, click OK.

--Can't do this one either.

6. When prompted, restart the computer.

-----

I'm stuck again. I am now attempting to recover lost files from my

earlier computer disaster. Here is where I am in this process:

I have a formatted 120GB hard drive installed in my system.

I have an external 120GB hard drive connected to my system via USB plug

(peviously in my system as Drive M).

On this hard drive is a backup copy of my system prior to my computer

melt-down.

I have a 30GB hard drive that is not presently in my system. This hard

drive is the one created after my recent melt-down. Be assured that

this hard drive is off in a safe place during this backup-restore process.

I have a backup of my earlier system on an external USB connected 120GB

hard drive. This backup was made with Acronis software. I also made

several sets of backup restore disks (CD and floppies) for use when it

became necessary to restore my system. I attempted to use the floppy

disks, and both sets were faulty. I then attempted to use the CD. (By

the way, for all who helped me with my recovery problems, the CD was

found during the startup process.) The CD disk did work, but it did not

find my external USB connected hard disk where the backup is stored.

I next loaded a Image for DOS backup copy of my 30 GB - C Drive on to

the 120GB internal drive. That worked without any problems.

I then was notified during startup that a new device was found...the USB

connected external hard drive.

That is where I am at the moment. My plan, once a letter is assigned to

the external hard drive, is to cut a new CD boot disk...hopefully, one

that shows the USB connected external hard drive.

I hope that all of this makes some sense, and I am again able to access

my lost data.

Thanks for any help sent my way.

Frog

September 24, 2007

Re: Assigning a Drive letter to External USB connected Hard Drive

"Frog" <frog@pond.com> wrote in message

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> How can I assign the Drive letter M to a newly connected (USB) external

> hard drive?

If all else fails, use TweakUI to disable drive letters

(say) H I J K L N O P Q R S T

leaving M as (next after all your other drives) the

only vacant and available logical drive after reboot.

(We assume your ext USB drive should be

connected only after boot.)

--

Don Phillipson

Carlsbad Springs

(Ottawa, Canada)

September 24, 2007

Re: Assigning a Drive letter to External USB connected Hard Drive

Don Phillipson wrote:

> "Frog" <frog@pond.com> wrote in message

> news:OxU6cIt$HHA.4752@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>

>> How can I assign the Drive letter M to a newly connected (USB) external

>> hard drive?

>

> If all else fails, use TweakUI to disable drive letters

> (say) H I J K L N O P Q R S T

> leaving M as (next after all your other drives) the

> only vacant and available logical drive after reboot.

> (We assume your ext USB drive should be

> connected only after boot.)

>

Thanks for your help.

Subsequent to receiving your message I did the following:

1. I removed:

- Acronis Devices

Acronis TrueImage Backup Archive Explorer

from the device manager. I initially, while the system was off, plugged

the external hard drive into the USB port. I then started my computer.

On start-up, the computer quickly flashed a small screen that said

something to the effect that a new USB device was found. Next, another

window appeared wanting to install a driver for this device. I clicked

cancel on this window. I then made a visit to Device Manager and found

the following:

- Acronis Devices

Acronis TrueImage Backup Archive Explorer

In no way am I able to find a way to identify this external drive as

drive M.

2. I unplugged the external hard drive from the system--restarted the

system--and then plugged the external hard drive into the system. The

same two windows were observed during start-up (i.e., new hardware found

and the one about finding a driver for the new hardware). I next made

another visit to the device manager--the external hard drive could not

be found.

I did not do the TweakUI bit as I am not able to get close to

assigning a drive letter to this external hard drive. Did I miss

something in your instructions?

Frog

September 24, 2007

Re: Assigning a Drive letter to External USB connected Hard Drive

"Frog" <frog@pond.com> wrote in message

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> Don Phillipson wrote:

> > "Frog" <frog@pond.com> wrote in message

> > news:OxU6cIt$HHA.4752@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> >

> >> How can I assign the Drive letter M to a newly connected (USB) external

> >> hard drive?

> >

> > If all else fails, use TweakUI to disable drive letters

> > (say) H I J K L N O P Q R S T

> > leaving M as (next after all your other drives) the

> > only vacant and available logical drive after reboot.

>

> Subsequent to receiving your message I did the following:

> [ snip ]

>

> I did not do the TweakUI bit as I am not able to get close to

> assigning a drive letter to this external hard drive. Did I miss

> something in your instructions?

My advice concerned only TweakUI so you missed

nothing because you did not use this tool. You may

be making the task unnecessarily complicated.

--

Don Phillipson

Carlsbad Springs

(Ottawa, Canada)

September 24, 2007

Re: Assigning a Drive letter to External USB connected Hard Drive

Comments inline.....

"Frog" <frog@pond.com> wrote in message

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> snip

> 1. I removed:

> - Acronis Devices

> Acronis TrueImage Backup Archive Explorer

> from the device manager. I initially, while the system was off, plugged the

> external hard drive into the USB port. I then started my computer. On start-up,

> the computer quickly flashed a small screen that said something to the effect that

> a new USB device was found. Next, another window appeared wanting to install a

> driver for this device. I clicked cancel on this window. I then made a visit to

> Device Manager and found the following:

> - Acronis Devices

> Acronis TrueImage Backup Archive Explorer

> In no way am I able to find a way to identify this external drive as drive M.

Why would you expect to, from removing and reinstalling the Acronis Devices? The

Acronis Devices> Acronis True Image Backup Archive Explorer has nothing to do with

your external USB hard drive.....it is a driver that allows you to mount an Acronis

backup archive in Windows Explorer so you can view and extract individual files from

the backup.

On startup, when a new USB device was found and Windows wanted to install a driver,

why did you click Cancel? It sounds like Windows is trying to install the driver

for the USB hard drive. Have you installed the Win98 driver for the USB hard drive

yet, from the CD that came with the drive or from a download from the manufacturer

of the hard drive?

> 2. I unplugged the external hard drive from the system--restarted the system--and

> then plugged the external hard drive into the system. The same two windows were

> observed during start-up (i.e., new hardware found and the one about finding a

> driver for the new hardware). I next made another visit to the device

> manager--the external hard drive could not be found.

Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+

http://dts-l.org/

http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

September 25, 2007

Re: Assigning a Drive letter to External USB connected Hard Drive

"Frog" <frog@pond.com> wrote in message

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| Don Phillipson wrote:

| > "Frog" <frog@pond.com> wrote in message

| > news:OxU6cIt$HHA.4752@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

| >

| >> How can I assign the Drive letter M to a newly connected (USB) external

| >> hard drive?

| >

| > If all else fails, use TweakUI to disable drive letters

| > (say) H I J K L N O P Q R S T

| > leaving M as (next after all your other drives) the

| > only vacant and available logical drive after reboot.

| > (We assume your ext USB drive should be

| > connected only after boot.)

| >

| Thanks for your help.

|

| Subsequent to receiving your message I did the following:

|

| 1. I removed:

| - Acronis Devices

| Acronis TrueImage Backup Archive Explorer

| from the device manager. I initially, while the system was off, plugged

| the external hard drive into the USB port. I then started my computer.

| On start-up, the computer quickly flashed a small screen that said

| something to the effect that a new USB device was found. Next, another

| window appeared wanting to install a driver for this device. I clicked

| cancel on this window. I then made a visit to Device Manager and found

| the following:

| - Acronis Devices

| Acronis TrueImage Backup Archive Explorer

| In no way am I able to find a way to identify this external drive as

| drive M.

|

| 2. I unplugged the external hard drive from the system--restarted the

| system--and then plugged the external hard drive into the system. The

| same two windows were observed during start-up (i.e., new hardware found

| and the one about finding a driver for the new hardware). I next made

| another visit to the device manager--the external hard drive could not

| be found.

|

| I did not do the TweakUI bit as I am not able to get close to

| assigning a drive letter to this external hard drive. Did I miss

| something in your instructions?

|

| Frog

You should have allowed Device Manager/Find New Hardware to install the USB

device, that would have been the base files necessary for access. Do you

presently show anything listed under Universal Serial Bus Controllers?

Without the hub and USB channel drivers, you will have no access.

As an aside: I have been noticing an issue which I have apparently

localized to installation of TweakUI regarding newer CDROM/DVD drives. On

several computers in which the customer had installed Tweak, the drives

eventually failed.

The setting [NoDriveTypeAutoRun] modified in the registry {or some other}

is apparently causing some type of conflict with the chip code, drive

requirement, or something similar. I have no idea why it would, just that

the same make and model drives are failing faster in systems in which

TweakUI has been installed.

--

MEB

http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com

________

September 25, 2007

Re: Assigning a Drive letter to External USB connected Hard Drive

Oops sorry Glen, should have waited for your response..

--

MEB

http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com

________

September 25, 2007

Re: Assigning a Drive letter to External USB connected Hard Drive

Glen,

I am totally confused at this point. Let me see if I can get this

hard drive back on track with a drive letter. The external USB

connected hard drive is a 120GB Western Digital hard drive (MDL:

WD1200BB-23RDAO). This hard drive is mounted an a Hi-Speed USB 2.0

case. I have exchanged the 30GB internal hard drive with another 120GB

Western Digital hard drive. I did this without installing any drivers,

and it immediately found the 120GB hard drive with no problem. I am

lost as to what to do next. As I said in an earlier message, I removed

the Acronis entry from the Device Manager. How do I get this back?

Secondly, I was in Safe Mode; and I found an entry as follows: -Human

Interface Device---USB Human Interface Device. Should this stay or

should it be removed? I believe it would be easier for me to remove

that entry also and start over again. Is that the best road for me to

take? As I remember the Acronis entry in normal Device Manager, it had

an MS driver assigned to it.

Sorry for my lack of knowledge at this point, but it is as it is.....

Help!

Frog

glee wrote:

> Comments inline.....

>

> "Frog" <frog@pond.com> wrote in message

> news:e0%23seyu$HHA.1168@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> snip

>> 1. I removed:

>> - Acronis Devices

>> Acronis TrueImage Backup Archive Explorer

>> from the device manager. I initially, while the system was off,

>> plugged the external hard drive into the USB port. I then started my

>> computer. On start-up, the computer quickly flashed a small screen

>> that said something to the effect that a new USB device was found.

>> Next, another window appeared wanting to install a driver for this

>> device. I clicked cancel on this window. I then made a visit to

>> Device Manager and found the following:

>> - Acronis Devices

>> Acronis TrueImage Backup Archive Explorer

>> In no way am I able to find a way to identify this external drive as

>> drive M.

>

> Why would you expect to, from removing and reinstalling the Acronis

> Devices? The Acronis Devices> Acronis True Image Backup Archive

> Explorer has nothing to do with your external USB hard drive.....it is a

> driver that allows you to mount an Acronis backup archive in Windows

> Explorer so you can view and extract individual files from the backup.

>

> On startup, when a new USB device was found and Windows wanted to

> install a driver, why did you click Cancel? It sounds like Windows is

> trying to install the driver for the USB hard drive. Have you installed

> the Win98 driver for the USB hard drive yet, from the CD that came with

> the drive or from a download from the manufacturer of the hard drive?

>

>> 2. I unplugged the external hard drive from the system--restarted the

>> system--and then plugged the external hard drive into the system. The

>> same two windows were observed during start-up (i.e., new hardware

>> found and the one about finding a driver for the new hardware). I

>> next made another visit to the device manager--the external hard drive

>> could not be found.

>

> Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+

> http://dts-l.org/

> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

>

September 25, 2007

Re: Assigning a Drive letter to External USB connected Hard Drive

Your external WD hard drive is installed into a USB 2.0 enclosure. That enclosure

should have Win98 drivers that need to be installed before you can recognise and use

the enclosure in Win98. Those drivers should be on a CD that came with the

enclosure, or else you can probably download them from the maker of the enclosure.

Have you installed these drivers yet?

What brand and model is the *enclosure*?

--

Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+

http://dts-l.org/

http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

"Frog" <frog@pond.com> wrote in message

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> Glen,

>

> I am totally confused at this point. Let me see if I can get this hard drive

> back on track with a drive letter. The external USB connected hard drive is a

> 120GB Western Digital hard drive (MDL: WD1200BB-23RDAO). This hard drive is

> mounted an a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 case. I have exchanged the 30GB internal hard drive

> with another 120GB Western Digital hard drive. I did this without installing any

> drivers, and it immediately found the 120GB hard drive with no problem. I am lost

> as to what to do next. As I said in an earlier message, I removed the Acronis

> entry from the Device Manager. How do I get this back? Secondly, I was in Safe

> Mode; and I found an entry as follows: -Human Interface Device---USB Human

> Interface Device. Should this stay or should it be removed? I believe it would

> be easier for me to remove that entry also and start over again. Is that the best

> road for me to take? As I remember the Acronis entry in normal Device Manager, it

> had an MS driver assigned to it.

>

> Sorry for my lack of knowledge at this point, but it is as it is.....

>

> Help!

> Frog

> glee wrote:

>> Comments inline.....

>>

>> "Frog" <frog@pond.com> wrote in message

>> news:e0%23seyu$HHA.1168@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>> snip

>>> 1. I removed:

>>> - Acronis Devices

>>> Acronis TrueImage Backup Archive Explorer

>>> from the device manager. I initially, while the system was off, plugged the

>>> external hard drive into the USB port. I then started my computer. On start-up,

>>> the computer quickly flashed a small screen that said something to the effect

>>> that a new USB device was found. Next, another window appeared wanting to

>>> install a driver for this device. I clicked cancel on this window. I then made

>>> a visit to Device Manager and found the following:

>>> - Acronis Devices

>>> Acronis TrueImage Backup Archive Explorer

>>> In no way am I able to find a way to identify this external drive as drive M.

>>

>> Why would you expect to, from removing and reinstalling the Acronis Devices? The

>> Acronis Devices> Acronis True Image Backup Archive Explorer has nothing to do

>> with your external USB hard drive.....it is a driver that allows you to mount an

>> Acronis backup archive in Windows Explorer so you can view and extract individual

>> files from the backup.

>>

>> On startup, when a new USB device was found and Windows wanted to install a

>> driver, why did you click Cancel? It sounds like Windows is trying to install

>> the driver for the USB hard drive. Have you installed the Win98 driver for the

>> USB hard drive yet, from the CD that came with the drive or from a download from

>> the manufacturer of the hard drive?

>>

>>> 2. I unplugged the external hard drive from the system--restarted the

>>> system--and then plugged the external hard drive into the system. The same two

>>> windows were observed during start-up (i.e., new hardware found and the one

>>> about finding a driver for the new hardware). I next made another visit to the

>>> device manager--the external hard drive could not be found.

>>

>> Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+

>> http://dts-l.org/

>> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

>>

September 25, 2007

Re: Assigning a Drive letter to External USB connected Hard Drive

glee wrote:

> Your external WD hard drive is installed into a USB 2.0 enclosure.

Yes

That

> enclosure should have Win98 drivers that need to be installed before you

> can recognise and use the enclosure in Win98. Those drivers should be

> on a CD that came with the enclosure, or else you can probably download

> them from the maker of the enclosure.

>

> Have you installed these drivers yet?

No

>

> What brand and model is the *enclosure*?

All I see on the exterior of the enclosure is--

Hi-Speed USB2.0

Model no: PHR-100A

Macally USA

Mace Group Inc.

15861 Tapia Street,

Irwindale, CA 91706

email: sales@macally.com

website: http://www.macally.com

I found the box that the enclosure was in at the store---and there was a

disk titled Devices Drivers Manuals. Here is the list of drivers on

this CD:

Driver CD(V07.05)

PHC-500B

Drivers

PI-022

PI-042UB

PHC-500BC

Drivers

PI-019

PI-042

PHC-500BF

PHR-100A

Drivers

PI-004

PI-036UB

PHR-100AC

Drivers

PI-002

PI-010

PI-023

PI-036

PHR-100ACB

PHR-100ACE

Drivers

PI-053

PHR-100AF

PHR-250A

Drivers

PHR-250CC

Drivers

PI-017

PI-035

PI-062

PHR-250CE

Drivers

PI-050

PHR-250CU

Drivers

PI-017UB

PI-035UB

PHR-250OTH

Drivers

Each of the Drivers listed will open a manual. My only problem is I

don't have any to open these manuals on my XP machine. I will open them

tomorrow on my 98SE machine.

Now with all of the above, what should I do first? I'm thinking of

formatting the internal C drive first. Then, I will reinstall the C

drive backup from my 30GB drive onto the 120GB internal drive. From

that point on is where I get lost.

Well, that is some progress toward my goal of recovering my lost data--I

hope.

Frog

September 25, 2007

Re: Assigning a Drive letter to External USB connected Hard Drive

"Frog" <frog@pond.com> wrote in message news:eqybb4y$HHA.4880@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> glee wrote:

>> Your external WD hard drive is installed into a USB 2.0 enclosure.

>

> Yes

>

> That

>> enclosure should have Win98 drivers that need to be installed before you can

>> recognise and use the enclosure in Win98. Those drivers should be on a CD that

>> came with the enclosure, or else you can probably download them from the maker of

>> the enclosure.

>>

>> Have you installed these drivers yet?

>

> No

You need to install them.

>>

>> What brand and model is the *enclosure*?

>

> All I see on the exterior of the enclosure is--

>

> Hi-Speed USB2.0

> Model no: PHR-100A

>

> Macally USA

> Mace Group Inc.

> 15861 Tapia Street,

> Irwindale, CA 91706

> email: sales@macally.com

> website: http://www.macally.com

>

> I found the box that the enclosure was in at the store---and there was a disk

> titled Devices Drivers Manuals. Here is the list of drivers on this CD:

> Each of the Drivers listed will open a manual. My only problem is I don't have any

> to open these manuals on my XP machine. I will open them tomorrow on my 98SE

> machine.

You mat not have the app to open them on 98 either unless it's on the CD.

From macally support:

http://www.macally.com/EN/Techsupport/

<quote>

Note:

All drivers are in hqx format and you'll need Stuffit Expander 5.5 or above for

decompress and decode all the files.

To view the manuals, you'll need Adobe Acrobat reader 4.0.

Macally Input Manager ver1.0 driver for Bluetooth Mouse BTMouse, Btmini and MTMicro

in Mac 10.4 and above.

*Please make sure to delete the old drivers before installing a new one.

</quote>

>

> Now with all of the above, what should I do first? I'm thinking of formatting the

> internal C drive first. Then, I will reinstall the C drive backup from my 30GB

> drive onto the 120GB internal drive. From that point on is where I get lost.

If you have a true image created by ATI you don't have to reformat. Restoring the

image will overwrite everything on the disk.

Question: If you have the backup image on the 30GB drive, why are you messing with

the external drive for now until after you get the system back in order?

--

Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }

Conflicts start where information lacks.

http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

September 25, 2007

Re: Assigning a Drive letter to External USB connected Hard Drive

"MEB" <meb@not here@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> I have been noticing an issue which I have apparently

> localized to installation of TweakUI regarding newer CDROM/DVD drives. On

> several computers in which the customer had installed Tweak, the drives

> eventually failed.

> The setting [NoDriveTypeAutoRun] modified in the registry {or some other}

> is apparently causing some type of conflict with the chip code, drive

> requirement, or something similar. I have no idea why it would, just that

> the same make and model drives are failing faster in systems in which

> TweakUI has been installed.

It seems surprising that a Registry setting could cause

either ROM coded chips to malfunction or IDE to fail.

Can you be more specific?

--

Don Phillipson

Carlsbad Springs

(Ottawa, Canada)

September 25, 2007

Re: Assigning a Drive letter to External USB connected Hard Drive

glee wrote:

> Your external WD hard drive is installed into a USB 2.0 enclosure. That

> enclosure should have Win98 drivers that need to be installed before you

> can recognise and use the enclosure in Win98. Those drivers should be

> on a CD that came with the enclosure, or else you can probably download

> them from the maker of the enclosure.

>

> Have you installed these drivers yet?

Yes. I, however, haven't gotten to my lost files yet. I now have the

Acronis driver for PHR-100A/Drivers/PI-036 installed for this device. I

also know that I am unable to get a drive letter assigned to this

device. The following quote is from the manual for the external hard

drive device:

Quote

Note: If you don't see the new drive letter added in My Computer after

driver is loaded properly, the reason could be the hard disk has no

partition and format yet, please partition and format the drive in the

enclosure before using it.

Unquote

I know I can't take the actions they suggest--the files would be lost.

Are there any other possible steps I can take to assign a drive letter

to this device?

Here is what I am seeing on my system:

Device Manager

1.

- Acronis Devices

Acronis TrueImage Backup Archive Explorer

The General tab under properties for this entry is as follows:

Acronis TrueImage Backup Archive Explorer

Device type: Acronis Devices

Manufacturer: Acronis

Hardware version: Not Available

Device Status: This device is working properly.

Device Usage:

(Not Checked) Disable in the hardware profile.

(Not Checked) Remove from this hardware profile.

The Driver tab under properties for this entry is as follows:

Acronis TrueImage Backup Archive Explorer

Provider: Acronis

Date: 9-21-2007

To view details about the driver files loaded for this device, click

Driver File Details. To update the driver files for this device, click

Update Driver.

The Driver File Details are as follows:

Acronis TrueImage Backup Archive Explorer

Driver files:

---C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\IOSUBSYS\timntr.pdr

|

---C:\wINDOWS\SYSTEM\VMM32\IOS.VXD

Provider: Acronis

File version: 1.1 build 111

2.

- Disk drives

GENERIC IDE DISK TYPE47

GENERIC NEC FLOPPY DISK

IOMEGA ZIP 100

WDCWD12 00JB-00REAO

The General tab under properties for WDCWD12 00JB-00REAO is as follows:

WDCWD12 00JB-00REAO

Device type: Disk drives

Manufacturer: (Standard disk drives)

Hardware version: Not available

Device status: This device is working properly.

The Settings tab under properties for this entry is as follows:

WDCWD12 00JB-00REAO

Target ID: 0

Frameware revision: 0000

Logical unit number: 0

Options

(Checked) Disconnect

(Not checked) Removable

(Checked) Sync data transfer

(Checked) Int 13 unit

(Grayed out) Auto insert notification

Current (Grayed out) Drive letter assignment

(Grayed out) Reserved drive letters:

(Grayed out) Start drive letter

(Grayed out) End drive letter

The Driver tab under properties for this entry is as follows:

WDCWD12 00JB-00REAO

Provider: (Standard disk drives)

Date: 4-23-1999

No driver files are required or have been loaded for this device. To

update the driver files for this device, click Update Driver.

3. (Found in Safe Mode only.)

- Human Interface Device

USB Human Interface Device

The General tab under properties for this entry is as follows:

USB Human Interface Device

Device type: Human Interface Device

Manufacturer: (Standard device)

Hardware version: Not Available

Device status: Status is not available when Windows is running in Safe Mode.

Device usage:

(Not checked) Disable in this hardware profile.

(Checked) Exists in all hardware profiles.

The Driver tab under properties for this entry is as follows:

Provider: Microsoft

Date: 4-23-1999

To view details about the driver files loaded for this device, click

Driver File Details. To update the driver files for this device, click

Update Driver.

Driver-File details:

Unknown Device

Driver files:

--C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\hidusb.sys

|

--C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\VMM32.VXD (ntkern.vxd)

|

--C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\HIDPARSE.SYS

|

--C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\HIDCLASS.SYS

Provider: Microsoft Corporation

File version: 4.10.222

>

> What brand and model is the *enclosure*?

I hope someone can help me figure this dilemma out.

Frog

September 25, 2007

Re: Assigning a Drive letter to External USB connected Hard Drive

MEB wrote:

> "Frog" <frog@pond.com> wrote in message

> news:e0%23seyu$HHA.1168@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> | Don Phillipson wrote:

> | > "Frog" <frog@pond.com> wrote in message

> | > news:OxU6cIt$HHA.4752@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> | >

> | >> How can I assign the Drive letter M to a newly connected (USB) external

> | >> hard drive?

> | >

> | > If all else fails, use TweakUI to disable drive letters

> | > (say) H I J K L N O P Q R S T

> | > leaving M as (next after all your other drives) the

> | > only vacant and available logical drive after reboot.

> | > (We assume your ext USB drive should be

> | > connected only after boot.)

> | >

> | Thanks for your help.

> |

> | Subsequent to receiving your message I did the following:

> |

> | 1. I removed:

> | - Acronis Devices

> | Acronis TrueImage Backup Archive Explorer

> | from the device manager. I initially, while the system was off, plugged

> | the external hard drive into the USB port. I then started my computer.

> | On start-up, the computer quickly flashed a small screen that said

> | something to the effect that a new USB device was found. Next, another

> | window appeared wanting to install a driver for this device. I clicked

> | cancel on this window. I then made a visit to Device Manager and found

> | the following:

> | - Acronis Devices

> | Acronis TrueImage Backup Archive Explorer

> | In no way am I able to find a way to identify this external drive as

> | drive M.

> |

> | 2. I unplugged the external hard drive from the system--restarted the

> | system--and then plugged the external hard drive into the system. The

> | same two windows were observed during start-up (i.e., new hardware found

> | and the one about finding a driver for the new hardware). I next made

> | another visit to the device manager--the external hard drive could not

> | be found.

> |

> | I did not do the TweakUI bit as I am not able to get close to

> | assigning a drive letter to this external hard drive. Did I miss

> | something in your instructions?

> |

> | Frog

>

> You should have allowed Device Manager/Find New Hardware to install the USB

> device, that would have been the base files necessary for access. Do you

> presently show anything listed under Universal Serial Bus Controllers?

> Without the hub and USB channel drivers, you will have no access.

I believe there may be some duplicates in my Universal Serial Bus

Controllers list. Nevertheless, here is the list:

Universal Serial Bus controllers

Generic USB Hub

USB Root Hub

USB Storage Adapter AT2 (TPP)

VIA Tech 3088 PCI to USB Universal Host Controller

>

> As an aside: I have been noticing an issue which I have apparently

> localized to installation of TweakUI regarding newer CDROM/DVD drives. On

> several computers in which the customer had installed Tweak, the drives

> eventually failed.

> The setting [NoDriveTypeAutoRun] modified in the registry {or some other}

> is apparently causing some type of conflict with the chip code, drive

> requirement, or something similar. I have no idea why it would, just that

> the same make and model drives are failing faster in systems in which

> TweakUI has been installed.

>

I have TweakUI on my system, however, it has only been used once or twice.

September 25, 2007

Re: Assigning a Drive letter to External USB connected Hard Drive

Thanks for you help once again...I'm starting to wonder if I will ever

find the end of this melt-down happening.

Brian A. wrote:

> "Frog" <frog@pond.com> wrote in message

> news:eqybb4y$HHA.4880@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>> glee wrote:

>>> Your external WD hard drive is installed into a USB 2.0 enclosure.

>>

>> Yes

>>

>> That

>>> enclosure should have Win98 drivers that need to be installed before

>>> you can recognise and use the enclosure in Win98. Those drivers

>>> should be on a CD that came with the enclosure, or else you can

>>> probably download them from the maker of the enclosure.

>>>

>>> Have you installed these drivers yet?

>>

>> No

>

> You need to install them.

Drivers are now installed--see my message replying to Glen in this

thread. Thanks.

>

>>>

>>> What brand and model is the *enclosure*?

>>

>> All I see on the exterior of the enclosure is--

>>

>> Hi-Speed USB2.0

>> Model no: PHR-100A

>>

>> Macally USA

>> Mace Group Inc.

>> 15861 Tapia Street,

>> Irwindale, CA 91706

>> email: sales@macally.com

>> website: http://www.macally.com

>>

>> I found the box that the enclosure was in at the store---and there was

>> a disk titled Devices Drivers Manuals. Here is the list of drivers on

>> this CD:

> <snipped>

>> Each of the Drivers listed will open a manual. My only problem is I

>> don't have any to open these manuals on my XP machine. I will open

>> them tomorrow on my 98SE machine.

>

> You mat not have the app to open them on 98 either unless it's on the CD.

> From macally support:

> http://www.macally.com/EN/Techsupport/

> <quote>

> Note:

> All drivers are in hqx format and you'll need Stuffit Expander 5.5 or

> above for decompress and decode all the files.

> To view the manuals, you'll need Adobe Acrobat reader 4.0.

I was able to open the manuals today with Adobe Acrobat on my Win98SE

computer.

>

> Macally Input Manager ver1.0 driver for Bluetooth Mouse BTMouse, Btmini

> and MTMicro in Mac 10.4 and above.

>

> *Please make sure to delete the old drivers before installing a new one.

> </quote>

>

>>

>> Now with all of the above, what should I do first? I'm thinking of

>> formatting the internal C drive first. Then, I will reinstall the C

>> drive backup from my 30GB drive onto the 120GB internal drive. From

>> that point on is where I get lost.

>

> If you have a true image created by ATI you don't have to reformat.

> Restoring the image will overwrite everything on the disk.

> Question: If you have the backup image on the 30GB drive, why are you

> messing with the external drive for now until after you get the system

> back in order?

I attempted, I think, to do as you suggested. The internal 120GB hard

drive was formatted soon after my melt-down occurred. Thus, I thought I

could simply put the Acronis startup disk in the CD drive and read the

backup off of the external 120GB USB connected drive back to the

formatted internal hard drive. That did not work because it could not

find the external hard drive (no drive letter was assigned to the

external device). Thus, I was attempting to have a drive letter

assigned to the external hard drive. The reason for messing with the

external hard drive when I have a backup image of the 30GB hard drive is

simple, the backup of the 30GB hard drive was originally made over a

year ago and it does not include all of my files. The backup on the

external hard drive was made a week or two before my melt-down occurred.

Hope this makes sense...I just want to gain access to my genealogy

files, photos, and other recent data files.

>

Frog

September 26, 2007

Re: Assigning a Drive letter to External USB connected Hard Drive

"Frog" <frog@pond.com> wrote in message news:%23E3s4y5$HHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> glee wrote:

>> Your external WD hard drive is installed into a USB 2.0 enclosure. That enclosure should have Win98 drivers that need to be

>> installed before you can recognise and use the enclosure in Win98. Those drivers should be on a CD that came with the enclosure,

>> or else you can probably download them from the maker of the enclosure.

>>

>> Have you installed these drivers yet?

>

> Yes. I, however, haven't gotten to my lost files yet. I now have the

> Acronis driver for PHR-100A/Drivers/PI-036 installed for this device. I also know that I am unable to get a drive letter assigned

> to this device. The following quote is from the manual for the external hard drive device:

>

> Quote

> Note: If you don't see the new drive letter added in My Computer after driver is loaded properly, the reason could be the hard

> disk has no partition and format yet, please partition and format the drive in the enclosure before using it.

> Unquote

>

> I know I can't take the actions they suggest--the files would be lost. Are there any other possible steps I can take to assign a

> drive letter to this device?

So the device is being seen now? Only MS type partitions are assigned

drive letters by Windows.

Did you image or copy the source partition?

If the device is visible, I would do a partinfo on the drive to see what is

in the partition tables and corresponding boot sectors, (if anything).

Partinfo will not write to drive. Only read it.

To write the output to a file, at a command prompt do

partinfo > partinfo.txt

ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/tools/pq/utilities/partinfo.zip

If the device is not being seen, that's a different matter.

September 26, 2007

Re: Assigning a Drive letter to External USB connected Hard Drive

Frog,

Please see Bill Blanton's reply. I'm going to wait till you have followed his

suggestions.

--

Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+

http://dts-l.org/

http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

"Frog" <frog@pond.com> wrote in message

news:%23E3s4y5$HHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> glee wrote:

snip

September 26, 2007

Re: Assigning a Drive letter to External USB connected Hard Drive

I do have one question though: If you cannot see the USB hard drive when starting

with the Acronis bootable CD, why not just install Acronis True Image to the C:

drive, then run it from Windows and see if the USB drive is visible from there?

--

Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+

http://dts-l.org/

http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

"glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com> wrote in message

news:erXD0d%23$HHA.5328@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

> Frog,

> Please see Bill Blanton's reply. I'm going to wait till you have followed his

> suggestions.

> --

> Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+

> http://dts-l.org/

> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

>

> "Frog" <frog@pond.com> wrote in message

> news:%23E3s4y5$HHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> glee wrote:

> snip

September 26, 2007

Re: Assigning a Drive letter to External USB connected Hard Drive

"Don Phillipson" <d.phillipsonSPAMBLOCK@rogers.com> wrote in message

news:O3wQyh2$HHA.4836@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

| "MEB" <meb@not here@hotmail.com> wrote in message

| news:uX0wESx$HHA.3716@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

|

| > I have been noticing an issue which I have apparently

| > localized to installation of TweakUI regarding newer CDROM/DVD drives.

On

| > several computers in which the customer had installed Tweak, the drives

| > eventually failed.

| > The setting [NoDriveTypeAutoRun] modified in the registry {or some

other}

| > is apparently causing some type of conflict with the chip code, drive

| > requirement, or something similar. I have no idea why it would, just

that

| > the same make and model drives are failing faster in systems in which

| > TweakUI has been installed.

|

| It seems surprising that a Registry setting could cause

| either ROM coded chips to malfunction or IDE to fail.

| Can you be more specific?

|

| --

| Don Phillipson

| Carlsbad Springs

| (Ottawa, Canada)

|

I wish I had a concrete answer, but as indicated it really makes no sense

to me either... perhaps it just coincidence ... or perhaps something now

placed within the chips which, being designed more for XP and VISTA and

their different methods, is affected somehow.. perhaps the access routines

or something . . .

--

MEB

http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com

________

September 26, 2007

Re: Assigning a Drive letter to External USB connected Hard Drive

glee wrote:

> I do have one question though: If you cannot see the USB hard drive

> when starting with the Acronis bootable CD, why not just install Acronis

> True Image to the C: drive, then run it from Windows and see if the USB

> drive is visible from there?

I did this one and still no luck. I installed the Acronis software on

my machine. I next clicked restore. I then got many windows (with many

different sector numbers) as follows "Error, failed to read from the

sector 538,989,519 of the hard disk 2." Once I got through all of the

sector problem windows (some 25 I would guess), I got to a normal window

that included a restore selection--I click restore. That action

resulted in the following error message: "Error - E000101F9: Cannot get

write access to the hard disk drive(s). OK" The details for this error

were: "Another Acronis application has write access to the hard disk

drive(s). Only one Acronis application can have write access to the

hard disk drive at a time." I am unable to proceed further with

restore. It appears it is seeing something when started but I am not

sure if it is the internal or external drive.

Frog

September 26, 2007

Re: Assigning a Drive letter to External USB connected Hard Drive

Bill Blanton wrote:

> "Frog" <frog@pond.com> wrote in message news:%23E3s4y5$HHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> glee wrote:

>>> Your external WD hard drive is installed into a USB 2.0 enclosure. That enclosure should have Win98 drivers that need to be

>>> installed before you can recognise and use the enclosure in Win98. Those drivers should be on a CD that came with the enclosure,

>>> or else you can probably download them from the maker of the enclosure.

>>>

>>> Have you installed these drivers yet?

>> Yes. I, however, haven't gotten to my lost files yet. I now have the

>> Acronis driver for PHR-100A/Drivers/PI-036 installed for this device. I also know that I am unable to get a drive letter assigned

>> to this device. The following quote is from the manual for the external hard drive device:

>>

>> Quote

>> Note: If you don't see the new drive letter added in My Computer after driver is loaded properly, the reason could be the hard

>> disk has no partition and format yet, please partition and format the drive in the enclosure before using it.

>> Unquote

>>

>> I know I can't take the actions they suggest--the files would be lost. Are there any other possible steps I can take to assign a

>> drive letter to this device?

>

> So the device is being seen now?

It appears so. I see indications in the Device Manager that makes me

believe it is being seen. I did load the backup (Acronis) software on

my system, and then attempted to restore the backup from there. It did

not succeed (see response to Glen's message for further details).

Only MS type partitions are assigned

> drive letters by Windows.

The 120GB external hard drive was not partitioned when previously

installed (including when the backup was made. The only data recorded

on this external hard drive was one complete backup of my system.

>

> Did you image or copy the source partition?

I made an image of my system...at least I believe that is what I did.

The software is titled "Acronis True Image".

>

> If the device is visible, I would do a partinfo on the drive to see what is

> in the partition tables and corresponding boot sectors, (if anything).

> Partinfo will not write to drive. Only read it.

>

> To write the output to a file, at a command prompt do

>

> partinfo > partinfo.txt

>

> ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/tools/pq/utilities/partinfo.zip

I downloaded/ran the software package. The info on the screen really

goes by in a hurry. I then attempted to find a way to do the second

part of your suggestion---write the output to a file. I attempted to

type the command at the bottom of the window with the data--it stopped

me...I decided to open MS-DOS and no luck there...help, how do I get it

to write to a file?

>

> If the device is not being seen, that's a different matter.

An aside comment--since attempting to restore the backup (see message to

Glen), I am now getting an error window when opening the Acronis

software package (no anything clicked). The error message is one of

those that I got while attempting to do the restore (i.e., "Error -

Failed to read from the sector ...,...,... of the hard disk 2"--sector

number continues to change when OK clicked. I don't know if Acronis is

busy doing something to restore or to change the backup to fit what is

presently on the internal hard drive. In any event, it keeps giving me

the same type of error message when opening Acronis.

>

September 26, 2007

Re: Assigning a Drive letter to External USB connected Hard Drive

Further to my comments to your message:

I have another piece of information and a question:

I was thinking that the Acronis software that I used while attempting to

restore the backup is located on the C drive. The backup on the

external hard drive is a complete image of what was on the hard drive

(drives C, D, E, F and G). Could it be that a conflict exists with

writing over Acronis software, while it is restoring the backup? That

got me to thinking about continuing to search for an answer to getting a

drive letter assigned to the external hard drive. Then, it would be

possible to restore the backup from the data that is contained on the

CD. Of course, I would create a new CD once a drive letter was assigned

to the external hard drive (hoping that Acronis from a CD would be able

to find the backup). So far, have I got you laughing so hard that you

are about to fall out of your chair? If not, my "superb technical

skills" will continue with my thoughts. I then decided to see if I

could locate where drive letter information is stored in the registry.

That probably has you shaking in your shoes, doesn't it? Well, be

assured that I am smart enough on this subject to know better than to do

anything in the registry without sound and trusted advice. I just

wanted to see what I could find. Here (in my own typing, since I can't

remember how to get the information from the registry to a message

otherwise) is what I found:

LEFT SIDE OF THE WINDOW:

- My Computer

- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

- Enum

- SCSI

- WDC_WD1200JB-00REA0____0

The line below is a sub folder of WDC_WD1200JB-00REA0____0.

TPPIOSTB&DISK&VEN_WDC_WD12&PROD_00JB-00REA0&REV_0000&DEF10BA3B326&000

RIGHT SIDE OF THE WINDOW

Name - Data

(Default) - (value not set)

Capabilities - 14 00 00 00

Class - "DiskDrive"

ClassGUID - "{4d36e967-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}"

ConfigFlags - 00 00 00 00

CurrentDriveLetter - '"'

Device Desc - "WDCWD11200JB-00REA0 "

DeviceType - 00

Disconnect - 01

Driver - "DiskDrive\0004"

HardwareID -

"WDC_WD1200JB-00REA0____0,GenDisk,SCSI\WDC_WD1200JB-00REA0____0"

Int13 - 01

Manufacturer - WDCWD12"

Mfg - "(Standard disk drives)"

PModelnt13 - 01

Productld - "00JB-00REA0 "

Removable - 00

RevisionLevel - "0000"

SCSILUN - "0"

SCSITargetID - "0"

SyncDataXfer - 01

Now to my question--is there some way in the registry to assign a drive

letter to the external hard drive? I know, you are laughing at my

superior technical skills and logic again. I just thought the above

information might lead to a solution for my problem.

Keep smiling, I'm loaded with many more off-the-wall thoughts.

Frog

glee wrote:

> I do have one question though: If you cannot see the USB hard drive

> when starting with the Acronis bootable CD, why not just install Acronis

> True Image to the C: drive, then run it from Windows and see if the USB

> drive is visible from there?

September 26, 2007

Re: Assigning a Drive letter to External USB connected Hard Drive

"Frog" <frog@pond.com> wrote in message news:OpuX0OEAIHA.2268@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> Bill Blanton wrote:

>> So the device is being seen now?

>

> It appears so. I see indications in the Device Manager that makes me

> believe it is being seen. I did load the backup (Acronis) software on

> my system, and then attempted to restore the backup from there. It did not succeed (see response to Glen's message for further

> details).

>

> Only MS type partitions are assigned

>> drive letters by Windows.

>

> The 120GB external hard drive was not partitioned when previously

> installed (including when the backup was made. The only data recorded

> on this external hard drive was one complete backup of my system.

>>

>> Did you image or copy the source partition?

>

> I made an image of my system...at least I believe that is what I did.

> The software is titled "Acronis True Image".

Ok, but the image should be written as a file to a formatted volume/(partition).

>>

>> If the device is visible, I would do a partinfo on the drive to see what is

>> in the partition tables and corresponding boot sectors, (if anything).

>> Partinfo will not write to drive. Only read it.

>>

>> To write the output to a file, at a command prompt do

>>

>> partinfo > partinfo.txt

>>

>> ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/tools/pq/utilities/partinfo.zip

>

> I downloaded/ran the software package. The info on the screen really goes by in a hurry. I then attempted to find a way to do

> the second part of your suggestion---write the output to a file. I attempted to type the command at the bottom of the window with

> the data--it stopped me...I decided to open MS-DOS and no luck there...help, how do I get it to write to a file?

What do you mean it stopped you? It was locked up? Partinfo is a DOS

program that can be run from pure DOS, or a command prompt (DOS

window) from within windows. To redirect output to a file in the current

directory, you'd type.

partinfo > partinfo.txt

the ">" character denotes device redirection. If successful you won't see any

video output. (as it has been "redirected")

>>

>> If the device is not being seen, that's a different matter.

>

> An aside comment--since attempting to restore the backup (see message to Glen), I am now getting an error window when opening the

> Acronis software package (no anything clicked). The error message is one of those that I got while attempting to do the restore

> (i.e., "Error - Failed to read from the sector ...,...,... of the hard disk 2"--sector number continues to change when OK clicked.

That's not a good sign. Is disk 2 the one we're talking about? Either way

it sounds like disk 2 is dying.

> I don't know if Acronis is busy doing something to restore or to change the backup to fit what is presently on the internal hard

> drive. In any event, it keeps giving me the same type of error message when opening Acronis.

September 26, 2007

Re: Assigning a Drive letter to External USB connected Hard Drive

Thanks for sticking with me on this--I will respond under your comments.

Bill Blanton wrote:

> "Frog" <frog@pond.com> wrote in message news:OpuX0OEAIHA.2268@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> Bill Blanton wrote:

>

>>> So the device is being seen now?

>> It appears so. I see indications in the Device Manager that makes me

>> believe it is being seen. I did load the backup (Acronis) software on

>> my system, and then attempted to restore the backup from there. It did not succeed (see response to Glen's message for further

>> details).

>>

>> Only MS type partitions are assigned

>>> drive letters by Windows.

>> The 120GB external hard drive was not partitioned when previously

>> installed (including when the backup was made. The only data recorded

>> on this external hard drive was one complete backup of my system.

>>> Did you image or copy the source partition?

>> I made an image of my system...at least I believe that is what I did.

>> The software is titled "Acronis True Image".

>

> Ok, but the image should be written as a file to a formatted volume/(partition).

Both the external 120GB USB connected hard drive and the internal 120GB

hard drives are less than two months old. The external hard drive was

formatted and given a drive letter M, before all of my problems started.

No, the external hard drive was not partitioned. I had planned to use

this drive for system backup images only. I remember the backup file

that was made on the external hard drive had a file name---one that I

did not write down at the time.

>

>>> If the device is visible, I would do a partinfo on the drive to see what is

>>> in the partition tables and corresponding boot sectors, (if anything).

>>> Partinfo will not write to drive. Only read it.

>>>

>>> To write the output to a file, at a command prompt do

>>>

>>> partinfo > partinfo.txt

>>>

>>> ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/tools/pq/utilities/partinfo.zip

>> I downloaded/ran the software package. The info on the screen really goes by in a hurry. I then attempted to find a way to do

>> the second part of your suggestion---write the output to a file. I attempted to type the command at the bottom of the window with

>> the data--it stopped me...I decided to open MS-DOS and no luck there...help, how do I get it to write to a file?

>

> What do you mean it stopped you? It was locked up?

When I click partinfo.exe on my desktop, I immediately see a window open

with a black background and information flying by. At the end of this

window there is a _ blinking. I attempted to type the partinfo >

partinfo.txt at this location. It would not let me type anything

following the blinking _. I then opened my system in MS-DOS and typed

in the command there, and immediately I got a message "Bad command or

file name" window. I then paid a visit to partinfo.exe > Memory tab >

Expanded (ESM) Memory where I see a comment "The computer is not

configured for expanded memory in MS-DOS sessions. I next clicked the

Details button and got the following window:"The 'device=EMM' line in

your CCONFIG.SYS contains the 'noems' keyword. To enable expanded

memory, use Notepad to remove that keyword and restart the system".

Could this be the reason that I can make the command work in DOS?

Secondly, do I run the .exe program on the desktop before going to

MS-DOS and entering the command, or do I simply go to MS-DOS and type in

the command? I hope this sheds some light on my inability to make the

command work. If not, let me know; and I will give it another try.

Partinfo is a DOS

> program that can be run from pure DOS, or a command prompt (DOS

> window) from within windows. To redirect output to a file in the current

> directory, you'd type.

>

> partinfo > partinfo.txt

>

> the ">" character denotes device redirection. If successful you won't see any

> video output. (as it has been "redirected")

????? Where does it get redirected to? I know that I'm not to this

point; but will I know where to find the file, so I can include it my

message?

>

>>> If the device is not being seen, that's a different matter.

>> An aside comment--since attempting to restore the backup (see message to Glen), I am now getting an error window when opening the

>> Acronis software package (no anything clicked). The error message is one of those that I got while attempting to do the restore

>> (i.e., "Error - Failed to read from the sector ...,...,... of the hard disk 2"--sector number continues to change when OK clicked.

>

> That's not a good sign. Is disk 2 the one we're talking about? Either way

> it sounds like disk 2 is dying.

I know that both disks are new and should be in good shape, but.....

>

>> I don't know if Acronis is busy doing something to restore or to change the backup to fit what is presently on the internal hard

>> drive. In any event, it keeps giving me the same type of error message when opening Acronis.

>

Frog

September 26, 2007

Re: Assigning a Drive letter to External USB connected Hard Drive

"Frog" <frog@pond.com> wrote in message news:ukP4hDJAIHA.3916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> Thanks for sticking with me on this--I will respond under your comments.

>

> Bill Blanton wrote:

>> "Frog" <frog@pond.com> wrote in message news:OpuX0OEAIHA.2268@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>> Bill Blanton wrote:

>>

>>>> So the device is being seen now?

>>> It appears so. I see indications in the Device Manager that makes me

>>> believe it is being seen. I did load the backup (Acronis) software on

>>> my system, and then attempted to restore the backup from there. It did not succeed (see response to Glen's message for further

>>> details).

>>>

>>> Only MS type partitions are assigned

>>>> drive letters by Windows.

>>> The 120GB external hard drive was not partitioned when previously

>>> installed (including when the backup was made. The only data recorded

>>> on this external hard drive was one complete backup of my system.

>>>> Did you image or copy the source partition?

>>> I made an image of my system...at least I believe that is what I did.

>>> The software is titled "Acronis True Image".

>>

>> Ok, but the image should be written as a file to a formatted volume/(partition).

>

> Both the external 120GB USB connected hard drive and the internal 120GB hard drives are less than two months old. The external

> hard drive was formatted and given a drive letter M, before all of my problems started.

If it was formatted, then it was partitioned. A partition of one is still a partition.

> No, the external hard drive was not partitioned. I had planned to use this drive for system backup images only. I remember the

> backup file that was made on the external hard drive had a file name---one that I did not write down at the time.

>>

>>>> If the device is visible, I would do a partinfo on the drive to see what is

>>>> in the partition tables and corresponding boot sectors, (if anything).

>>>> Partinfo will not write to drive. Only read it.

>>>>

>>>> To write the output to a file, at a command prompt do

>>>>

>>>> partinfo > partinfo.txt

>>>>

>>>> ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/tools/pq/utilities/partinfo.zip

>>> I downloaded/ran the software package. The info on the screen really goes by in a hurry. I then attempted to find a way to do

>>> the second part of your suggestion---write the output to a file. I attempted to type the command at the bottom of the window

>>> with the data--it stopped me...I decided to open MS-DOS and no luck there...help, how do I get it to write to a file?

>>

>> What do you mean it stopped you? It was locked up?

>

> When I click partinfo.exe on my desktop, I immediately see a window open with a black background and information flying by. At

> the end of this window there is a _ blinking. I attempted to type the partinfo > partinfo.txt at this location. It would not let

> me type anything following the blinking _.

Copy/paste the following line into the "Run..." dialog (Start menu > Run... > (rightclick/paste))_

C:\WINDOWS\Desktop\partinfo.exe > C:\WINDOWS\Desktop\partinfo.txt

The file should now be on the desktop.

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