Re: Drives not recognized by XP

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From: Cecelia (Cecelia_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/24/04 

Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 16:07:02 -0700

Rick,
In the disk managment all the drives are showing. If I right click on C: there is no import option. If I try to open the message says: C:\ is not accessable, Access denied

"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:

> Hi Cecelia,
>
> Start/run diskmgmt.msc, if you right-click a volume that is currently
> unavailable, is "import" one of the options?
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Cecelia" <Cecelia@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5FD6B646-6A77-4EB4-80C9-18EA87EAFF15@microsoft.com...
> > I posted a message earlier today about how I accidently upgraded my 2K to
> XP instead of doing an install so I could dual boot. I received a reply that
> I can't go back to 2K. I have a 60G hard drive with 7 partitions and a 13G
> hard drive with two partitions. XP recognizes and allows acces to all the
> partitions on the 13G drive. It will only recognize and allow access to 2
> partitions on the 60G. The other five show as local disks but I can't access
> them. Under 2K all the drives had unique labels, now the drives I can't
> access are labeled local disk.
> >
> > What is driving me crazy is that it allowed me to install another copy of
> XP on my C drive which I have done. But I can't access the drive itself. Any
> suggestions on how to obtain access. Re-installing doesn't appear to be the
> solution? Any help someone could give would be greatly appreciated. This is
> seriously affecting my small business. l
> >
>
>
>

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