Re: Drives (partitions) disappeared

From: Ryan (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/16/04 

Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 23:03:30 -0700

Yes, I mean the "Disk management". The Disk Management can
show both HDDs correctly (with the correct total size) in
Win2000 and in WinXP.

Graphic view: The 1st HDD (disk 0) should have 3 drives
(C: D: and E:), but in Win2000, it only show one drive(the
C: with the size equal to the entire HD size).
My 2nd HDD is Maxtor IDE HD (size is roughly 9G).

Yes, I use the WinXP dual boot system to boot from WinXP
and Win2000.

I have format the E: drive to NTSF under WinXP. I don't
know if this would screw up the FAT table in Win2000??

Hope this onformation will help you to solve my problem.

Thanks and Regards.

>-----Original Message-----
>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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