Re: HD can not be reactivated by Disk Management

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Leif Nordmand Andersen <lna@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:qcqf81h2rril7b1h9h2lkpc1o7t448m35r@xxxxxxx:

> Hi Richard:
>
>>As per http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=254105, dynamic disks
>>are NOT supported on the Universal Serial Bus (USB) bus!
>>
>>Looks like you're screwed!
>
> I think he has another problem.
>
> I've read the above link (quite awhile ago). I've had an array of
> dynamic disks 250+250+160 GB's as one drive Z: in my computer. Due
> to heat I had to install them in USB boxes. I just took them out
> from the IDE interface inside the computer and put them into the
> USB boxes.
>
> Now they WON'T automount, but have to be mounted manually, However
> this was no problem to do - and my computer is always on, so I
> didn't have to do it often. I've since got a better case, with
> better cooling and reinstalled the drives inside the cabinet on
> the ide device - again the switch was no problem!
>
> The poster said something about:
>
> On each drive I reconfigured drive letter and disk setup so it
> would not remember the rest of drives.
>
> I'm not sure why he did this. I just took them out of the ide
> interface and then straight into the usb boxes. I wonder if this
> has something to do with it.
>
> Regards Leif.

He's only screwed if he's using a system other than Win XP ( Read the
link that tells what systems this KB applies to). Since he is in a
Windows XP newa group, we have to assume he's using XP. RTFKbA
.



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