Re: upgraded to XP from Win98 and now OS dosen't recognize second drive

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"Pawz" <pawz@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

>According to disk management there is not a drive letter listed, but I found
>it listed under the boot drive (c:) under properties and the hardware tab
>which says it is in location 1 (1) and working properly...but disk
>management itself, windows explorer and my computer do not show it listed as
>a seperate drive anywhere.
>
>Any help is greatly appreciated...
>

Use Start - Run - DISKMGMT.MSC

Locate the entry for your "missing" drive, right-click on it and
assign it a drive letter.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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