Re: Hard Drive Alive, But Windows XP Refuses to See It.
From: gav05 (gav05_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/22/04
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Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 19:15:02 -0700
hey which software did u use to see all ur files on ur drive??
"R. C. White" wrote:
> Hi, Ryan.
>
> We don't actually format a whole HDD. We first create one or more
> partitions and format each partition separately. Does Disk Management show
> ANY partitions on that HD?
>
> Terminology gets confusing here because we often use the terms "disk" and
> "drive" as though they are the same thing, but they are not. And "drive"
> means quite different things at different times.
>
> A hard disk drive can be divided into as many as four partitions, of which
> one may be an extended partition; the others are primary partitions. Each
> primary partition can be assigned a "drive" letter and formatted. The
> extended partition is not assigned a drive letter and cannot be formatted.
> However, we can create any number (until we run out of letters in the
> English alphabet) of "logical drives" within the extended partition, each of
> which can be assigned a "drive" letter and separately formatted. To reduce
> the confusion somewhat, I use the term "volume" to refer to a primary
> partition or a logical drive. In other words, anything that can be assigned
> a "drive" letter and formatted is a volume.
>
> If your HDD has never been partitioned, then it has never been formatted.
> Use Disk Management to create at least one partition, which MAY be as large
> as the entire HDD, then assign it a letter and format it.
>
> If that HDD has been partitioned and formatted, but Disk Management does not
> recognize that, then you have a different problem. You might be at risk of
> losing any files there unless you handle it carefully.
>
> By the way, if your newsreader offers a way to quote the prior messages when
> you reply, please use that. Otherwise, we'll have to flip back and forth to
> all the prior messages in the thread to keep our thoughts in context.
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
> rc@corridor.net
> Microsoft Windows MVP
>
> "Ryan" <welziak@snet.net> wrote in message
> news:189b1c22.0408171723.6154aa9f@posting.google.com...
> > (How did I post ONCE and get FOUR posts?!)
> >
> > "Disk Mangement" on XP says the disk is "healthy" but does not have
> > anything under "format" for file format of the drive. How do I give it
> > the right data so it knows the type of drive it is?
>
>
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