Re: Drives (partitions) disappeared

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From: R. C. White (RCWhite_at_msn.com)
Date: 08/15/04 

Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 21:54:51 -0500

Hi, Ryan.

By "Computer Management" do you mean "Disk Management", which is a component
of both Win2K and WinXP? If not, then please drill down one step lower to
run that "snap-in" to the Microsoft Management Console. Or, at the Run
prompt, enter: diskmgmt.msc

Does Disk Management show both HDDs? Which is Disk 0 and which is Disk 1?
What does the graphical view show for each HDD? Are these answers different
when you boot into WinXP or Win2K?

Your second HDD is 9 GB? That's an unusual size for an IDE drive, but it is
quite common for SCSI drives. (My boot device is a 9 GB IBM SCSI.) What
are the interfaces for your HDDs: IDE? SCSI? SATA? or ??

Are you using the dual-boot system built into all Windows versions since
WinNT4 that use the NT platform? Or are you using a third-party boot
manager, such as Boot Magic?

Darn! Seems that I have more questions than you do. :^{ But this
information will help us help you solve your problem. Without it, we're
only guessing.

RC 

-- 
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@corridor.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
"Ryan" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:5e8d01c4821a$7f3c5f00$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>I have 2 HDD. The 1st HDD has three partitions (C: [10G]
> D: [10G] and E: [40G]) and the 2nd HDD has only one
> partition (F: [9G])
>
> Win2000 is installed in C: and WinXP is installed in D:.
> When I boot up from WinXP, all the drives (C, D, E, F)
> can be seen normally but if I boot up from Win2000, the
> D: and E: drives are disappear. Only C: and F: are shown
> in "My Computer" and "Computer Management".
>
> Please anyone help to solve this problem. Thanks in
> advance.

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