Re: Can't explore to slave drive

> Although you may have used the same user name as you had before, it is
> not the same account and Win XP knows it. You now have to Take
> Ownership of the files and folders on the drive D:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421&sd=tech

That's all well and good. However, the above article pre-supposes you have
access to browse/explore the file structure on the drive. That isn't the
case
for me. The ONLY way I'm even able to see that windows is recognizing the
drive (though, not letting me access it) is through the 'Disk Management'
when
using the 'Computer Management' administration tool.

> You must be logged on to the computer with an account that has
> administrative credentials. If you are running Microsoft Windows XP
> Home Edition, you must start the computer in safe mode, and then log
> on with an account that has Administrative rights to have access to
> the Security tab.

Except the only place you can get to the 'Security Tab' is via Windows
Explorer,
which won't display my slave drive. In disk management, when I right click
on
the item for the drive (Disk 1), the only options I see (depending on what
part I
right click on) are:

Properties
Delete Partition (which I really don't want to do)
Convert to Dynamic Disk
Help

Now, one odd thing I noticed when I clicked on 'Properties' -- on the
'Volumes'
tab, it is showing the 'Partition style:' as "Master Boot Record (MBR)".
Now, that
is very odd particularly because that drive hasn't been anything other than
a slave.
Is it possible that since the disk is showing as having a MBR, it's throwin
things off
and not allowing me to access it via Windows Explorer? That seems very
questionable
to me because I remember many times in the past I've taken an old primary
drive
with an old Windows installation and made that a slave so I can use it to
copy old
settings from. So I'm not sure how that could be causing a problem.

>From the disk management functionality, everything about the drive seems
normal.
It's showing the right capacity, when I click on the properties, it's
showing the right
device type on the 'General' tab, it's showing the right location on that
same tab...
I'm just at a total loss as to why it's not accessable via explorer...

thnx,
Christoph


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