Re: Hidden Drive D:

From: Shenan Stanley (news_helper_at_hushmail.com)
Date: 04/28/04


Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 23:01:40 -0500

Dennis wrote:
> My new laptop came with a drive D: but I am not able to use it. It
> is a "recovery console" that I can boot to for restoring my system to
> the factory state. The D: drive has 18 gig of free space available
> and I would like to be able to use the free space but not wipe out
> the recovery data. I can see D: with my virus scanner, CyberScrub
> and with DOS. A DOS DIR command is how I know it has 18 gig free
> space. The problem is I can't see the drive with windows explorer or
> my other file utilities. How do I make my D: drive visible to
> explorer?

A recovery drive with 18GB free space?!
OMG!

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