Re: Mysterious local disk
- From: "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:45:48 GMT
It's likely a partition that is part of the Dell recovery process. This
partition is normally hidden. Somehow, it's now visible. You should
Explorer into the drive (H:) and check the content. Be very careful
with Dynamic drive operations. They aren't intended for normal XP
day-to-day use. Disk maintenance tools (PQMagic, BootItNG can
re-"Hide" the partition.
"Quintin" <Quintin @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7D2E2718-64FB-44E8-B970-1D4F0BA49996@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hey this is Quintin (the MVP wannabe... i cant sign in but here's some
> help)
>
> What you need to do is called spanning. You wilol reconnect you new
> partition to one of the others on your computer, which means you will
> retain
> the HDD space but delete the new drive letter.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/maintain/operate/11w2kada.mspx
> is where to get the info on how to do it... here is an extract
>
> Extending a Simple or Spanned Volume
>
> Windows 2000 provides several ways to extend NTFS volumes that aren't part
> of a mirror set or a stripe set. You can extend a simple volume and you
> can
> extend existing volume sets. When you extend volumes, you add free space
> to
> them.
>
> Note: When extending volume sets, there are many things you can't do. You
> can't extend boot or system volumes. You can't extend volumes that use
> mirroring or striping. You can't extend a volume onto more than 32 disks,
> either. Additionally, you can't extend FAT or FAT 32 volumes-you must
> first
> convert them to NTFS. And you can't extend simple or spanned volumes that
> were upgraded from basic disks. As you work with volume sets, please keep
> these exceptions in mind.
>
> To extend an NTFS volume, complete the following steps:
>
> 1.
>
>
> In Disk Management, right-click the simple or spanned volume that you want
> to extend, and then select Extend Volume. This starts the Extend Volume
> Wizard. Read the welcome dialog box, and then click Next.
>
> 2.
>
>
> You can now select dynamic disks that are a part of the volume, and size
> the
> volume segments on those disks as described in steps 5-7 of the "Creating
> Volumes and Volume Sets" section of this chapter.
>
> Note: A volume set that spans multiple drives can't be mirrored or
> striped.
> Only simple volumes can be mirrored or striped.
>
> 3.
>
>
> Click Next and then click Finish.
>
> Good luck
>
> Cheers
>
> Quintin
> MVP wannabe
>
> "chris1089" wrote:
>
>> I have a dell 4600 running XP SP2 Windows Media Edition with 2 hard
>> drives
>> formatted as NTFS. A 3rd local disk labeled as "(H:) Local Disk" recently
>> appeared. The properties classify it as a Local Disk with the file system
>> "Fat" with a capacity of 31.2MB. I have not run any partitioning
>> software. I
>> did run Norton Ghost on my C: drive when I bought the computer last year.
>>
>> Any ideas of how to remove this?
.
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