Accessing 2nd hard drive

[Preston Earle]

Back in December my old computer died suddenly of an acute "motherboard
problem". The old computer used WinME and the new one uses XP Home. I
had the old hard drive moved to the new computer as the D: drive to
transfer files to the new computer. However, Windows Explorer on XP
doesn't see the D: drive.

I removed this old drive and took it to my nephew (family computer
expert who thought he could help). He was able to access the drive on a
Win2000 machine. I copied off the most critical data, but thinking I
then knew how do the same thing in XP (and he was headed to the golf
course), I brought the drive home to do the rest of the data.

I re-installed it and tried to use Settings>>>>Storage>Disk Management
to set-up the drive. It shows up a healthy, active FAT32 drive. However,
there is no drive letter assigned and the choice to "Change Drive Letter
and Paths" is grayed out in the right-click menu for that drive.

Is there any way I can get XP to see the drive without re-formatting it.
--
Preston Earle

[Walter Clayton]

Assuming you have the drive physically mounted, go to
ftp://ftp.powerquest.com/pub/utilities/ and download PartInNT. Extract the
contents and run partinnt. At the bottom of the window is a button labeled
"copy to clipboard". Hit that then paste the results back here.

--
Walter Clayton - MS MVP(WinXP)
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
http://www.dts-l.org
http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/fileversion/default.asp


"Preston Earle" > wrote in message
. com...
> Back in December my old computer died suddenly of an acute "motherboard
> problem". The old computer used WinME and the new one uses XP Home. I
> had the old hard drive moved to the new computer as the D: drive to
> transfer files to the new computer. However, Windows Explorer on XP
> doesn't see the D: drive.
>
> I removed this old drive and took it to my nephew (family computer
> expert who thought he could help). He was able to access the drive on a
> Win2000 machine. I copied off the most critical data, but thinking I
> then knew how do the same thing in XP (and he was headed to the golf
> course), I brought the drive home to do the rest of the data.
>
> I re-installed it and tried to use Settings>>>>Storage>Disk Management
> to set-up the drive. It shows up a healthy, active FAT32 drive. However,
> there is no drive letter assigned and the choice to "Change Drive Letter
> and Paths" is grayed out in the right-click menu for that drive.
>
> Is there any way I can get XP to see the drive without re-formatting it.
> --
> Preston Earle
>
>

[Walter Clayton]

Assuming you have the drive physically mounted, go to
ftp://ftp.powerquest.com/pub/utilities/ and download PartInNT. Extract the
contents and run partinnt. At the bottom of the window is a button labeled
"copy to clipboard". Hit that then paste the results back here.

--
Walter Clayton - MS MVP(WinXP)
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
http://www.dts-l.org
http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/fileversion/default.asp


"Preston Earle" > wrote in message
. com...
> Back in December my old computer died suddenly of an acute "motherboard
> problem". The old computer used WinME and the new one uses XP Home. I
> had the old hard drive moved to the new computer as the D: drive to
> transfer files to the new computer. However, Windows Explorer on XP
> doesn't see the D: drive.
>
> I removed this old drive and took it to my nephew (family computer
> expert who thought he could help). He was able to access the drive on a
> Win2000 machine. I copied off the most critical data, but thinking I
> then knew how do the same thing in XP (and he was headed to the golf
> course), I brought the drive home to do the rest of the data.
>
> I re-installed it and tried to use Settings>>>>Storage>Disk Management
> to set-up the drive. It shows up a healthy, active FAT32 drive. However,
> there is no drive letter assigned and the choice to "Change Drive Letter
> and Paths" is grayed out in the right-click menu for that drive.
>
> Is there any way I can get XP to see the drive without re-formatting it.
> --
> Preston Earle
>
>

[Preston Earle]

PowerQuest PartitionInfo 8.0 -- Windows NT/2000 Version
Date Generated: 04/19/03 14:11:42
Copyright (c)1994-2002, PowerQuest Corporation
Permission is granted for this utility to be freely copied so long
as it is not modified in any way. All other rights are reserved.

PowerQuest, makers of PartitionMagic(r), Drive Image(tm), and
DriveCopy(tm), can be reached at:
Voice: 801-437-8900
Fax: 801-226-8941
Web site: http://www.powerquest.com/support/
E-mail:

General System Information:
Total Physical Memory (bytes): 368,558,080
Used Physical Memory: (bytes): 199,110,656
Maximum Page File Size: (bytes): 896,335,872
Current Page File Size: (bytes): 340,537,344



================================================== ======================
===================================
Disk Geometry Information for Disk 1: 9732 Cylinders, 255 Heads, 63
Sectors/Track
System PartSect # Boot BCyl Head Sect FS ECyl Head
Sect StartSect NumSects
================================================== ======================
===================================
0 0 80 0 1 1 07 1023 254
63 63 156,328,452
Info: End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
Actual values are:
0 0 80 0 1 1 07 9730 254 63 63
156328452

================================================== ======================
===================================
Disk Geometry Information for Disk 2: 4865 Cylinders, 255 Heads, 63
Sectors/Track
System PartSect # Boot BCyl Head Sect FS ECyl Head
Sect StartSect NumSects
================================================== ======================
===================================
0 0 80 0 1 1 44 1023 254
63 63 78,124,032
Info: End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
Actual values are:
0 0 80 0 1 1 44 4862 254 63 63
78124032



================================================== ======================
===================================
Partition Information for Disk 1: 76,340.1 Megabytes
Volume PartType Status Size MB PartSect # StartSect
TotalSects
================================================== ======================
===================================
C: NTFS Pri,Boot 76,332.3 0 0 63
156,328,452
Unallocated Pri 7.8 None -- 156,328,515
16,065


================================================== ======================
===================================
Partition Information for Disk 2: 38,162.2 Megabytes
Volume PartType Status Size MB PartSect # StartSect
TotalSects
================================================== ======================
===================================
Type 44 Pri,Boot 38,146.5 0 0 63
78,124,032
Unallocated Pri 15.7 None -- 78,124,095
32,130


================================================== ======================
===================================
Boot Record for drive C: (Drive: 1, Starting sector: 63, Type: NTFS)
================================================== ======================
===================================
1. Jump: EB 52 90
2. OEM Name: NTFS
3. Bytes per Sector: 512
4. Sectors per Cluster: 8
5. Reserved Sectors: 0
6. Number of FATs: 0
7. Root Dir Entries: 0
8. Total Sectors: 0
9. Media Descriptor: 0xF8
10. Sectors per FAT: 0
11. Sectors per Track: 63 (0x3F)
12. Number of Heads: 255 (0xFF)
13. Hidden Sectors: 63 (0x3F)
14. Total Sectors (>32MB): 0 (0x0)
15. Unused: 0x80008000
16. Total NTFS Sectors: 156328451
17. MFT Start Cluster: 786432
18. MFT Mirror Start Clust: 9770528
19. Clusters per FRS: 246
20. Clusters per Index Blk: 1
21. Serial Number: 0x6000993B009918DC
22. Checksum: 0 (0x0)
23. Boot Signature: 0xAA55



--
Preston Earle



"Walter Clayton" > wrote in message
...
> Assuming you have the drive physically mounted, go to
> ftp://ftp.powerquest.com/pub/utilities/ and download PartInNT. Extract
the
> contents and run partinnt. At the bottom of the window is a button
labeled
> "copy to clipboard". Hit that then paste the results back here.
>
> --
> Walter Clayton - MS MVP(WinXP)
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
> http://www.dts-l.org
> http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/fileversion/default.asp
>
>
> "Preston Earle" > wrote in message
> . com...
> > Back in December my old computer died suddenly of an acute
"motherboard
> > problem". The old computer used WinME and the new one uses XP Home.
I
> > had the old hard drive moved to the new computer as the D: drive to
> > transfer files to the new computer. However, Windows Explorer on XP
> > doesn't see the D: drive.
> >
> > I removed this old drive and took it to my nephew (family computer
> > expert who thought he could help). He was able to access the drive
on a
> > Win2000 machine. I copied off the most critical data, but thinking I
> > then knew how do the same thing in XP (and he was headed to the golf
> > course), I brought the drive home to do the rest of the data.
> >
> > I re-installed it and tried to use Settings>>>>Storage>Disk
Management
> > to set-up the drive. It shows up a healthy, active FAT32 drive.
However,
> > there is no drive letter assigned and the choice to "Change Drive
Letter
> > and Paths" is grayed out in the right-click menu for that drive.
> >
> > Is there any way I can get XP to see the drive without re-formatting
it.
> > --
> > Preston Earle
> >
> >
>

[Preston Earle]

PowerQuest PartitionInfo 8.0 -- Windows NT/2000 Version
Date Generated: 04/19/03 14:11:42
Copyright (c)1994-2002, PowerQuest Corporation
Permission is granted for this utility to be freely copied so long
as it is not modified in any way. All other rights are reserved.

PowerQuest, makers of PartitionMagic(r), Drive Image(tm), and
DriveCopy(tm), can be reached at:
Voice: 801-437-8900
Fax: 801-226-8941
Web site: http://www.powerquest.com/support/
E-mail:

General System Information:
Total Physical Memory (bytes): 368,558,080
Used Physical Memory: (bytes): 199,110,656
Maximum Page File Size: (bytes): 896,335,872
Current Page File Size: (bytes): 340,537,344



================================================== ======================
===================================
Disk Geometry Information for Disk 1: 9732 Cylinders, 255 Heads, 63
Sectors/Track
System PartSect # Boot BCyl Head Sect FS ECyl Head
Sect StartSect NumSects
================================================== ======================
===================================
0 0 80 0 1 1 07 1023 254
63 63 156,328,452
Info: End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
Actual values are:
0 0 80 0 1 1 07 9730 254 63 63
156328452

================================================== ======================
===================================
Disk Geometry Information for Disk 2: 4865 Cylinders, 255 Heads, 63
Sectors/Track
System PartSect # Boot BCyl Head Sect FS ECyl Head
Sect StartSect NumSects
================================================== ======================
===================================
0 0 80 0 1 1 44 1023 254
63 63 78,124,032
Info: End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
Actual values are:
0 0 80 0 1 1 44 4862 254 63 63
78124032



================================================== ======================
===================================
Partition Information for Disk 1: 76,340.1 Megabytes
Volume PartType Status Size MB PartSect # StartSect
TotalSects
================================================== ======================
===================================
C: NTFS Pri,Boot 76,332.3 0 0 63
156,328,452
Unallocated Pri 7.8 None -- 156,328,515
16,065


================================================== ======================
===================================
Partition Information for Disk 2: 38,162.2 Megabytes
Volume PartType Status Size MB PartSect # StartSect
TotalSects
================================================== ======================
===================================
Type 44 Pri,Boot 38,146.5 0 0 63
78,124,032
Unallocated Pri 15.7 None -- 78,124,095
32,130


================================================== ======================
===================================
Boot Record for drive C: (Drive: 1, Starting sector: 63, Type: NTFS)
================================================== ======================
===================================
1. Jump: EB 52 90
2. OEM Name: NTFS
3. Bytes per Sector: 512
4. Sectors per Cluster: 8
5. Reserved Sectors: 0
6. Number of FATs: 0
7. Root Dir Entries: 0
8. Total Sectors: 0
9. Media Descriptor: 0xF8
10. Sectors per FAT: 0
11. Sectors per Track: 63 (0x3F)
12. Number of Heads: 255 (0xFF)
13. Hidden Sectors: 63 (0x3F)
14. Total Sectors (>32MB): 0 (0x0)
15. Unused: 0x80008000
16. Total NTFS Sectors: 156328451
17. MFT Start Cluster: 786432
18. MFT Mirror Start Clust: 9770528
19. Clusters per FRS: 246
20. Clusters per Index Blk: 1
21. Serial Number: 0x6000993B009918DC
22. Checksum: 0 (0x0)
23. Boot Signature: 0xAA55



--
Preston Earle



"Walter Clayton" > wrote in message
...
> Assuming you have the drive physically mounted, go to
> ftp://ftp.powerquest.com/pub/utilities/ and download PartInNT. Extract
the
> contents and run partinnt. At the bottom of the window is a button
labeled
> "copy to clipboard". Hit that then paste the results back here.
>
> --
> Walter Clayton - MS MVP(WinXP)
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
> http://www.dts-l.org
> http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/fileversion/default.asp
>
>
> "Preston Earle" > wrote in message
> . com...
> > Back in December my old computer died suddenly of an acute
"motherboard
> > problem". The old computer used WinME and the new one uses XP Home.
I
> > had the old hard drive moved to the new computer as the D: drive to
> > transfer files to the new computer. However, Windows Explorer on XP
> > doesn't see the D: drive.
> >
> > I removed this old drive and took it to my nephew (family computer
> > expert who thought he could help). He was able to access the drive
on a
> > Win2000 machine. I copied off the most critical data, but thinking I
> > then knew how do the same thing in XP (and he was headed to the golf
> > course), I brought the drive home to do the rest of the data.
> >
> > I re-installed it and tried to use Settings>>>>Storage>Disk
Management
> > to set-up the drive. It shows up a healthy, active FAT32 drive.
However,
> > there is no drive letter assigned and the choice to "Change Drive
Letter
> > and Paths" is grayed out in the right-click menu for that drive.
> >
> > Is there any way I can get XP to see the drive without re-formatting
it.
> > --
> > Preston Earle
> >
> >
>

[Walter Clayton]

Ahhh.

Just to confirm, were you using Goback on the original machine?

--
Walter Clayton - MS MVP(WinXP)
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
http://www.dts-l.org
http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/fileversion/default.asp


"Preston Earle" > wrote in message
. com...
> PowerQuest PartitionInfo 8.0 -- Windows NT/2000 Version
> Date Generated: 04/19/03 14:11:42
> Copyright (c)1994-2002, PowerQuest Corporation
> Permission is granted for this utility to be freely copied so long
> as it is not modified in any way. All other rights are reserved.
>
> PowerQuest, makers of PartitionMagic(r), Drive Image(tm), and
> DriveCopy(tm), can be reached at:
> Voice: 801-437-8900
> Fax: 801-226-8941
> Web site: http://www.powerquest.com/support/
> E-mail:
>
> General System Information:
> Total Physical Memory (bytes): 368,558,080
> Used Physical Memory: (bytes): 199,110,656
> Maximum Page File Size: (bytes): 896,335,872
> Current Page File Size: (bytes): 340,537,344
>
>
>
> ================================================== ======================
> ===================================
> Disk Geometry Information for Disk 1: 9732 Cylinders, 255 Heads, 63
> Sectors/Track
> System PartSect # Boot BCyl Head Sect FS ECyl Head
> Sect StartSect NumSects
> ================================================== ======================
> ===================================
> 0 0 80 0 1 1 07 1023 254
> 63 63 156,328,452
> Info: End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
> Actual values are:
> 0 0 80 0 1 1 07 9730 254 63 63
> 156328452
>
> ================================================== ======================
> ===================================
> Disk Geometry Information for Disk 2: 4865 Cylinders, 255 Heads, 63
> Sectors/Track
> System PartSect # Boot BCyl Head Sect FS ECyl Head
> Sect StartSect NumSects
> ================================================== ======================
> ===================================
> 0 0 80 0 1 1 44 1023 254
> 63 63 78,124,032
> Info: End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
> Actual values are:
> 0 0 80 0 1 1 44 4862 254 63 63
> 78124032
>
>
>
> ================================================== ======================
> ===================================
> Partition Information for Disk 1: 76,340.1 Megabytes
> Volume PartType Status Size MB PartSect # StartSect
> TotalSects
> ================================================== ======================
> ===================================
> C: NTFS Pri,Boot 76,332.3 0 0 63
> 156,328,452
> Unallocated Pri 7.8 None -- 156,328,515
> 16,065
>
>
> ================================================== ======================
> ===================================
> Partition Information for Disk 2: 38,162.2 Megabytes
> Volume PartType Status Size MB PartSect # StartSect
> TotalSects
> ================================================== ======================
> ===================================
> Type 44 Pri,Boot 38,146.5 0 0 63
> 78,124,032
> Unallocated Pri 15.7 None -- 78,124,095
> 32,130
>
>
> ================================================== ======================
> ===================================
> Boot Record for drive C: (Drive: 1, Starting sector: 63, Type: NTFS)
> ================================================== ======================
> ===================================
> 1. Jump: EB 52 90
> 2. OEM Name: NTFS
> 3. Bytes per Sector: 512
> 4. Sectors per Cluster: 8
> 5. Reserved Sectors: 0
> 6. Number of FATs: 0
> 7. Root Dir Entries: 0
> 8. Total Sectors: 0
> 9. Media Descriptor: 0xF8
> 10. Sectors per FAT: 0
> 11. Sectors per Track: 63 (0x3F)
> 12. Number of Heads: 255 (0xFF)
> 13. Hidden Sectors: 63 (0x3F)
> 14. Total Sectors (>32MB): 0 (0x0)
> 15. Unused: 0x80008000
> 16. Total NTFS Sectors: 156328451
> 17. MFT Start Cluster: 786432
> 18. MFT Mirror Start Clust: 9770528
> 19. Clusters per FRS: 246
> 20. Clusters per Index Blk: 1
> 21. Serial Number: 0x6000993B009918DC
> 22. Checksum: 0 (0x0)
> 23. Boot Signature: 0xAA55
>
>
>
> --
> Preston Earle
>
>
>
> "Walter Clayton" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Assuming you have the drive physically mounted, go to
> > ftp://ftp.powerquest.com/pub/utilities/ and download PartInNT. Extract
> the
> > contents and run partinnt. At the bottom of the window is a button
> labeled
> > "copy to clipboard". Hit that then paste the results back here.
> >
> > --
> > Walter Clayton - MS MVP(WinXP)
> > Associate Expert
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> > Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
> > http://www.dts-l.org
> > http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/fileversion/default.asp
> >
> >
> > "Preston Earle" > wrote in message
> > . com...
> > > Back in December my old computer died suddenly of an acute
> "motherboard
> > > problem". The old computer used WinME and the new one uses XP Home.
> I
> > > had the old hard drive moved to the new computer as the D: drive to
> > > transfer files to the new computer. However, Windows Explorer on XP
> > > doesn't see the D: drive.
> > >
> > > I removed this old drive and took it to my nephew (family computer
> > > expert who thought he could help). He was able to access the drive
> on a
> > > Win2000 machine. I copied off the most critical data, but thinking I
> > > then knew how do the same thing in XP (and he was headed to the golf
> > > course), I brought the drive home to do the rest of the data.
> > >
> > > I re-installed it and tried to use Settings>>>>Storage>Disk
> Management
> > > to set-up the drive. It shows up a healthy, active FAT32 drive.
> However,
> > > there is no drive letter assigned and the choice to "Change Drive
> Letter
> > > and Paths" is grayed out in the right-click menu for that drive.
> > >
> > > Is there any way I can get XP to see the drive without re-formatting
> it.
> > > --
> > > Preston Earle
> > >
> > >
> >
>

[Walter Clayton]

Ahhh.

Just to confirm, were you using Goback on the original machine?

--
Walter Clayton - MS MVP(WinXP)
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
http://www.dts-l.org
http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/fileversion/default.asp


"Preston Earle" > wrote in message
. com...
> PowerQuest PartitionInfo 8.0 -- Windows NT/2000 Version
> Date Generated: 04/19/03 14:11:42
> Copyright (c)1994-2002, PowerQuest Corporation
> Permission is granted for this utility to be freely copied so long
> as it is not modified in any way. All other rights are reserved.
>
> PowerQuest, makers of PartitionMagic(r), Drive Image(tm), and
> DriveCopy(tm), can be reached at:
> Voice: 801-437-8900
> Fax: 801-226-8941
> Web site: http://www.powerquest.com/support/
> E-mail:
>
> General System Information:
> Total Physical Memory (bytes): 368,558,080
> Used Physical Memory: (bytes): 199,110,656
> Maximum Page File Size: (bytes): 896,335,872
> Current Page File Size: (bytes): 340,537,344
>
>
>
> ================================================== ======================
> ===================================
> Disk Geometry Information for Disk 1: 9732 Cylinders, 255 Heads, 63
> Sectors/Track
> System PartSect # Boot BCyl Head Sect FS ECyl Head
> Sect StartSect NumSects
> ================================================== ======================
> ===================================
> 0 0 80 0 1 1 07 1023 254
> 63 63 156,328,452
> Info: End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
> Actual values are:
> 0 0 80 0 1 1 07 9730 254 63 63
> 156328452
>
> ================================================== ======================
> ===================================
> Disk Geometry Information for Disk 2: 4865 Cylinders, 255 Heads, 63
> Sectors/Track
> System PartSect # Boot BCyl Head Sect FS ECyl Head
> Sect StartSect NumSects
> ================================================== ======================
> ===================================
> 0 0 80 0 1 1 44 1023 254
> 63 63 78,124,032
> Info: End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
> Actual values are:
> 0 0 80 0 1 1 44 4862 254 63 63
> 78124032
>
>
>
> ================================================== ======================
> ===================================
> Partition Information for Disk 1: 76,340.1 Megabytes
> Volume PartType Status Size MB PartSect # StartSect
> TotalSects
> ================================================== ======================
> ===================================
> C: NTFS Pri,Boot 76,332.3 0 0 63
> 156,328,452
> Unallocated Pri 7.8 None -- 156,328,515
> 16,065
>
>
> ================================================== ======================
> ===================================
> Partition Information for Disk 2: 38,162.2 Megabytes
> Volume PartType Status Size MB PartSect # StartSect
> TotalSects
> ================================================== ======================
> ===================================
> Type 44 Pri,Boot 38,146.5 0 0 63
> 78,124,032
> Unallocated Pri 15.7 None -- 78,124,095
> 32,130
>
>
> ================================================== ======================
> ===================================
> Boot Record for drive C: (Drive: 1, Starting sector: 63, Type: NTFS)
> ================================================== ======================
> ===================================
> 1. Jump: EB 52 90
> 2. OEM Name: NTFS
> 3. Bytes per Sector: 512
> 4. Sectors per Cluster: 8
> 5. Reserved Sectors: 0
> 6. Number of FATs: 0
> 7. Root Dir Entries: 0
> 8. Total Sectors: 0
> 9. Media Descriptor: 0xF8
> 10. Sectors per FAT: 0
> 11. Sectors per Track: 63 (0x3F)
> 12. Number of Heads: 255 (0xFF)
> 13. Hidden Sectors: 63 (0x3F)
> 14. Total Sectors (>32MB): 0 (0x0)
> 15. Unused: 0x80008000
> 16. Total NTFS Sectors: 156328451
> 17. MFT Start Cluster: 786432
> 18. MFT Mirror Start Clust: 9770528
> 19. Clusters per FRS: 246
> 20. Clusters per Index Blk: 1
> 21. Serial Number: 0x6000993B009918DC
> 22. Checksum: 0 (0x0)
> 23. Boot Signature: 0xAA55
>
>
>
> --
> Preston Earle
>
>
>
> "Walter Clayton" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Assuming you have the drive physically mounted, go to
> > ftp://ftp.powerquest.com/pub/utilities/ and download PartInNT. Extract
> the
> > contents and run partinnt. At the bottom of the window is a button
> labeled
> > "copy to clipboard". Hit that then paste the results back here.
> >
> > --
> > Walter Clayton - MS MVP(WinXP)
> > Associate Expert
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> > Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
> > http://www.dts-l.org
> > http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/fileversion/default.asp
> >
> >
> > "Preston Earle" > wrote in message
> > . com...
> > > Back in December my old computer died suddenly of an acute
> "motherboard
> > > problem". The old computer used WinME and the new one uses XP Home.
> I
> > > had the old hard drive moved to the new computer as the D: drive to
> > > transfer files to the new computer. However, Windows Explorer on XP
> > > doesn't see the D: drive.
> > >
> > > I removed this old drive and took it to my nephew (family computer
> > > expert who thought he could help). He was able to access the drive
> on a
> > > Win2000 machine. I copied off the most critical data, but thinking I
> > > then knew how do the same thing in XP (and he was headed to the golf
> > > course), I brought the drive home to do the rest of the data.
> > >
> > > I re-installed it and tried to use Settings>>>>Storage>Disk
> Management
> > > to set-up the drive. It shows up a healthy, active FAT32 drive.
> However,
> > > there is no drive letter assigned and the choice to "Change Drive
> Letter
> > > and Paths" is grayed out in the right-click menu for that drive.
> > >
> > > Is there any way I can get XP to see the drive without re-formatting
> it.
> > > --
> > > Preston Earle
> > >
> > >
> >
>

[Preston Earle]

Yes
--
Preston Earle


"Walter Clayton" > wrote in message
...
> Ahhh.
>
> Just to confirm, were you using Goback on the original machine?
>
> --
> Walter Clayton - MS MVP(WinXP)
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
> http://www.dts-l.org
> http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/fileversion/default.asp
>

[Preston Earle]

Yes
--
Preston Earle


"Walter Clayton" > wrote in message
...
> Ahhh.
>
> Just to confirm, were you using Goback on the original machine?
>
> --
> Walter Clayton - MS MVP(WinXP)
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
> http://www.dts-l.org
> http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/fileversion/default.asp
>

[Walter Clayton]

OK. Win2K will mount non-standard MS partitions. XP was changed, as per
demand, to honor 3rd party partition management stuff and will only mount
standard MS partitions. This has both negative as well as positive
repercussions. Your problem is the fact that the partition ID is 0x44 which
is not a valid MS partition type. That is strictly a Goback managed
partition and it's only coincidently that Win2K will mount and access the
partition correctly.

That stated, you're going to have to do some low level stuff to the drive in
order to mount it on XP. I've not personally tried this with XP since I do
partition management offline using a different set of tools so I don't
really know if this will work or not. I have used this specific tool on 9x
however. Assuming XP doesn't balk, this should work. First, go back to
PowerQuest's site and download ptedit32.zip and extract ptedit32.exe.
Navigate to the second drive and alter the partition ID to 0x0b. Attempt to
mount the drive on XP. Note that you may have to change the partition type
to 0x0c, but it should be fine as 0x0b.

Be aware that Goback has some know issues and that some of the better
partition management software will normally avoid Goback managed partitions
like the plague so be careful.

--
Walter Clayton - MS MVP(WinXP)
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
http://www.dts-l.org
http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/fileversion/default.asp


"Preston Earle" > wrote in message
. com...
> Yes
> --
> Preston Earle
>
>
> "Walter Clayton" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Ahhh.
> >
> > Just to confirm, were you using Goback on the original machine?
> >
> > --
> > Walter Clayton - MS MVP(WinXP)
> > Associate Expert
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> > Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
> > http://www.dts-l.org
> > http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/fileversion/default.asp
> >
>

[Walter Clayton]

OK. Win2K will mount non-standard MS partitions. XP was changed, as per
demand, to honor 3rd party partition management stuff and will only mount
standard MS partitions. This has both negative as well as positive
repercussions. Your problem is the fact that the partition ID is 0x44 which
is not a valid MS partition type. That is strictly a Goback managed
partition and it's only coincidently that Win2K will mount and access the
partition correctly.

That stated, you're going to have to do some low level stuff to the drive in
order to mount it on XP. I've not personally tried this with XP since I do
partition management offline using a different set of tools so I don't
really know if this will work or not. I have used this specific tool on 9x
however. Assuming XP doesn't balk, this should work. First, go back to
PowerQuest's site and download ptedit32.zip and extract ptedit32.exe.
Navigate to the second drive and alter the partition ID to 0x0b. Attempt to
mount the drive on XP. Note that you may have to change the partition type
to 0x0c, but it should be fine as 0x0b.

Be aware that Goback has some know issues and that some of the better
partition management software will normally avoid Goback managed partitions
like the plague so be careful.

--
Walter Clayton - MS MVP(WinXP)
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
http://www.dts-l.org
http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/fileversion/default.asp


"Preston Earle" > wrote in message
. com...
> Yes
> --
> Preston Earle
>
>
> "Walter Clayton" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Ahhh.
> >
> > Just to confirm, were you using Goback on the original machine?
> >
> > --
> > Walter Clayton - MS MVP(WinXP)
> > Associate Expert
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> > Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
> > http://www.dts-l.org
> > http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/fileversion/default.asp
> >
>

[Preston Earle]

"Walter Clayton" > wrote: "Your problem is the
fact that the partition ID is 0x44 which is not a valid MS partition
type. That is strictly a Goback managed partition and it's only
coincidently that Win2K will mount and access the partition correctly.

"That stated, you're going to have to do some low level stuff to the
drive in order to mount it on XP. I've not personally tried this with XP
since I do partition management offline using a different set of tools
so I don't really know if this will work or not. I have used this
specific tool on 9x however. Assuming XP doesn't balk, this should work.
First, go back to PowerQuest's site and download ptedit32.zip and
extract ptedit32.exe. Navigate to the second drive and alter the
partition ID to 0x0b. Attempt to mount the drive on XP. Note that you
may have to change the partition type to 0x0c, but it should be fine as
0x0b.

"Be aware that Goback has some know issues and that some of the better
partition management software will normally avoid Goback managed
partitions like the plague so be careful."
------------------

Uhh, Walter, am I getting ready to make a big mistake? If I do this
("There is no try. There is do or not do." Yoda.), do I risk screwing up
the drive such that even Win2K can't see it? Or is the downside that I
can always take the drive back to my nephew an spend an afternoon
downloading files to a CD?

And thanks for the help so far.

Preston Earle

[Preston Earle]

"Walter Clayton" > wrote: "Your problem is the
fact that the partition ID is 0x44 which is not a valid MS partition
type. That is strictly a Goback managed partition and it's only
coincidently that Win2K will mount and access the partition correctly.

"That stated, you're going to have to do some low level stuff to the
drive in order to mount it on XP. I've not personally tried this with XP
since I do partition management offline using a different set of tools
so I don't really know if this will work or not. I have used this
specific tool on 9x however. Assuming XP doesn't balk, this should work.
First, go back to PowerQuest's site and download ptedit32.zip and
extract ptedit32.exe. Navigate to the second drive and alter the
partition ID to 0x0b. Attempt to mount the drive on XP. Note that you
may have to change the partition type to 0x0c, but it should be fine as
0x0b.

"Be aware that Goback has some know issues and that some of the better
partition management software will normally avoid Goback managed
partitions like the plague so be careful."
------------------

Uhh, Walter, am I getting ready to make a big mistake? If I do this
("There is no try. There is do or not do." Yoda.), do I risk screwing up
the drive such that even Win2K can't see it? Or is the downside that I
can always take the drive back to my nephew an spend an afternoon
downloading files to a CD?

And thanks for the help so far.

Preston Earle

[Walter Clayton]

This is a case of "There is no try....". You either get it right the first
time or things get real iffy.

I'm not going to blow smoke up your kilt (not in my nature anyway). Yes,
there is a very real possibility that you may loose the contents of the
drive unless you do things precisely and assuming Goback hasn't done
anything else non-standard to the drive. Powerquest in particular will not
touch a Goback managed drive. However usually there are no problems. If you
have the ability to mount the drive on a different system and burn an image
of the content, I'd do that before doing anything else.

--
Walter Clayton - MS MVP(WinXP)
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
http://www.dts-l.org
http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/fileversion/default.asp


"Preston Earle" > wrote in message
om...
> "Walter Clayton" > wrote: "Your problem is the
> fact that the partition ID is 0x44 which is not a valid MS partition
> type. That is strictly a Goback managed partition and it's only
> coincidently that Win2K will mount and access the partition correctly.
>
> "That stated, you're going to have to do some low level stuff to the
> drive in order to mount it on XP. I've not personally tried this with XP
> since I do partition management offline using a different set of tools
> so I don't really know if this will work or not. I have used this
> specific tool on 9x however. Assuming XP doesn't balk, this should work.
> First, go back to PowerQuest's site and download ptedit32.zip and
> extract ptedit32.exe. Navigate to the second drive and alter the
> partition ID to 0x0b. Attempt to mount the drive on XP. Note that you
> may have to change the partition type to 0x0c, but it should be fine as
> 0x0b.
>
> "Be aware that Goback has some know issues and that some of the better
> partition management software will normally avoid Goback managed
> partitions like the plague so be careful."
> ------------------
>
> Uhh, Walter, am I getting ready to make a big mistake? If I do this
> ("There is no try. There is do or not do." Yoda.), do I risk screwing up
> the drive such that even Win2K can't see it? Or is the downside that I
> can always take the drive back to my nephew an spend an afternoon
> downloading files to a CD?
>
> And thanks for the help so far.
>
> Preston Earle
>
>

[Walter Clayton]

This is a case of "There is no try....". You either get it right the first
time or things get real iffy.

I'm not going to blow smoke up your kilt (not in my nature anyway). Yes,
there is a very real possibility that you may loose the contents of the
drive unless you do things precisely and assuming Goback hasn't done
anything else non-standard to the drive. Powerquest in particular will not
touch a Goback managed drive. However usually there are no problems. If you
have the ability to mount the drive on a different system and burn an image
of the content, I'd do that before doing anything else.

--
Walter Clayton - MS MVP(WinXP)
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
http://www.dts-l.org
http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/fileversion/default.asp


"Preston Earle" > wrote in message
om...
> "Walter Clayton" > wrote: "Your problem is the
> fact that the partition ID is 0x44 which is not a valid MS partition
> type. That is strictly a Goback managed partition and it's only
> coincidently that Win2K will mount and access the partition correctly.
>
> "That stated, you're going to have to do some low level stuff to the
> drive in order to mount it on XP. I've not personally tried this with XP
> since I do partition management offline using a different set of tools
> so I don't really know if this will work or not. I have used this
> specific tool on 9x however. Assuming XP doesn't balk, this should work.
> First, go back to PowerQuest's site and download ptedit32.zip and
> extract ptedit32.exe. Navigate to the second drive and alter the
> partition ID to 0x0b. Attempt to mount the drive on XP. Note that you
> may have to change the partition type to 0x0c, but it should be fine as
> 0x0b.
>
> "Be aware that Goback has some know issues and that some of the better
> partition management software will normally avoid Goback managed
> partitions like the plague so be careful."
> ------------------
>
> Uhh, Walter, am I getting ready to make a big mistake? If I do this
> ("There is no try. There is do or not do." Yoda.), do I risk screwing up
> the drive such that even Win2K can't see it? Or is the downside that I
> can always take the drive back to my nephew an spend an afternoon
> downloading files to a CD?
>
> And thanks for the help so far.
>
> Preston Earle
>
>

[Preston Earle]

OK "Do, or not do. There is no try."

I downloaded and ran ptedit32.exe. It showed the old drive to be type
"44". I changed that to 0B from the drop down list and went back to Disk
Management. After a fairly long search (30-40 sec.), the detail screen
showed neither hard drive. Gulp. I went back to ptedit32.exe and set the
drive type to 0C from the drop-down list. Back to Disk Management,
another long wait, and again neither hard drive. Gulp again and small
panic. So back to ptedit32.exe, reset the drive 2 type back to 44, and
back to Disk Management, another long wait, and still no hard drives.
Double gulp, larger panic. So I closed Disk Management, said a prayer,
and started back at the beginning: Start>Settings>etc.>Storage>Disk
Management. This time both disks show up in the same status as before I
started today's exercise. (Who says prayers don't work?<G>).

Got any other ideas, or is it off to my nephew's. (It's rainy and cold
here, so he won't be playing golf today.)

Preston Earle


"Walter Clayton" > wrote in message
...
> This is a case of "There is no try....". You either get it right the
first
> time or things get real iffy.
>
> I'm not going to blow smoke up your kilt (not in my nature anyway).
Yes,
> there is a very real possibility that you may loose the contents of
the
> drive unless you do things precisely and assuming Goback hasn't done
> anything else non-standard to the drive. Powerquest in particular will
not
> touch a Goback managed drive. However usually there are no problems.
If you
> have the ability to mount the drive on a different system and burn an
image
> of the content, I'd do that before doing anything else.
>
> --
> Walter Clayton - MS MVP(WinXP)
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
> http://www.dts-l.org
> http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/fileversion/default.asp
>

[Preston Earle]

OK "Do, or not do. There is no try."

I downloaded and ran ptedit32.exe. It showed the old drive to be type
"44". I changed that to 0B from the drop down list and went back to Disk
Management. After a fairly long search (30-40 sec.), the detail screen
showed neither hard drive. Gulp. I went back to ptedit32.exe and set the
drive type to 0C from the drop-down list. Back to Disk Management,
another long wait, and again neither hard drive. Gulp again and small
panic. So back to ptedit32.exe, reset the drive 2 type back to 44, and
back to Disk Management, another long wait, and still no hard drives.
Double gulp, larger panic. So I closed Disk Management, said a prayer,
and started back at the beginning: Start>Settings>etc.>Storage>Disk
Management. This time both disks show up in the same status as before I
started today's exercise. (Who says prayers don't work?<G>).

Got any other ideas, or is it off to my nephew's. (It's rainy and cold
here, so he won't be playing golf today.)

Preston Earle


"Walter Clayton" > wrote in message
...
> This is a case of "There is no try....". You either get it right the
first
> time or things get real iffy.
>
> I'm not going to blow smoke up your kilt (not in my nature anyway).
Yes,
> there is a very real possibility that you may loose the contents of
the
> drive unless you do things precisely and assuming Goback hasn't done
> anything else non-standard to the drive. Powerquest in particular will
not
> touch a Goback managed drive. However usually there are no problems.
If you
> have the ability to mount the drive on a different system and burn an
image
> of the content, I'd do that before doing anything else.
>
> --
> Walter Clayton - MS MVP(WinXP)
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
> http://www.dts-l.org
> http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/fileversion/default.asp
>

[Walter Clayton]

I've been looking around my usual bag of trick sites and coming up empty at
present. Best bet is to mount the drive in a Win2K box and back up the data
you wish to retain before doing anything else. I've not had any personal
experience with Goback (I avoid products like it like the plague). What I
can't figure is why changing the partition type on the second drive would
cause the primary to disappear as well from diskmgmt.

There is another tool from a different vendor that might work, but it's a
high risk shot under the circumstances as well.

But now that I'm mulling on it, there is something else you can try if you
have standard Me installation media. Disconnect your current HD and hang the
old drive by itself in the new machine. You should be able to fire the image
up in safe mode and then be able to uninstall Goback from that image.
However I'd wait until you backed up the data first.

--
Walter Clayton - MS MVP(WinXP)
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
http://www.dts-l.org
http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/fileversion/default.asp


"Preston Earle" > wrote in message
. com...
> OK "Do, or not do. There is no try."
>
> I downloaded and ran ptedit32.exe. It showed the old drive to be type
> "44". I changed that to 0B from the drop down list and went back to Disk
> Management. After a fairly long search (30-40 sec.), the detail screen
> showed neither hard drive. Gulp. I went back to ptedit32.exe and set the
> drive type to 0C from the drop-down list. Back to Disk Management,
> another long wait, and again neither hard drive. Gulp again and small
> panic. So back to ptedit32.exe, reset the drive 2 type back to 44, and
> back to Disk Management, another long wait, and still no hard drives.
> Double gulp, larger panic. So I closed Disk Management, said a prayer,
> and started back at the beginning: Start>Settings>etc.>Storage>Disk
> Management. This time both disks show up in the same status as before I
> started today's exercise. (Who says prayers don't work?<G>).
>
> Got any other ideas, or is it off to my nephew's. (It's rainy and cold
> here, so he won't be playing golf today.)
>
> Preston Earle
>
>
> "Walter Clayton" > wrote in message
> ...
> > This is a case of "There is no try....". You either get it right the
> first
> > time or things get real iffy.
> >
> > I'm not going to blow smoke up your kilt (not in my nature anyway).
> Yes,
> > there is a very real possibility that you may loose the contents of
> the
> > drive unless you do things precisely and assuming Goback hasn't done
> > anything else non-standard to the drive. Powerquest in particular will
> not
> > touch a Goback managed drive. However usually there are no problems.
> If you
> > have the ability to mount the drive on a different system and burn an
> image
> > of the content, I'd do that before doing anything else.
> >
> > --
> > Walter Clayton - MS MVP(WinXP)
> > Associate Expert
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> > Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
> > http://www.dts-l.org
> > http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/fileversion/default.asp
> >
>

[Walter Clayton]

I've been looking around my usual bag of trick sites and coming up empty at
present. Best bet is to mount the drive in a Win2K box and back up the data
you wish to retain before doing anything else. I've not had any personal
experience with Goback (I avoid products like it like the plague). What I
can't figure is why changing the partition type on the second drive would
cause the primary to disappear as well from diskmgmt.

There is another tool from a different vendor that might work, but it's a
high risk shot under the circumstances as well.

But now that I'm mulling on it, there is something else you can try if you
have standard Me installation media. Disconnect your current HD and hang the
old drive by itself in the new machine. You should be able to fire the image
up in safe mode and then be able to uninstall Goback from that image.
However I'd wait until you backed up the data first.

--
Walter Clayton - MS MVP(WinXP)
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
http://www.dts-l.org
http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/fileversion/default.asp


"Preston Earle" > wrote in message
. com...
> OK "Do, or not do. There is no try."
>
> I downloaded and ran ptedit32.exe. It showed the old drive to be type
> "44". I changed that to 0B from the drop down list and went back to Disk
> Management. After a fairly long search (30-40 sec.), the detail screen
> showed neither hard drive. Gulp. I went back to ptedit32.exe and set the
> drive type to 0C from the drop-down list. Back to Disk Management,
> another long wait, and again neither hard drive. Gulp again and small
> panic. So back to ptedit32.exe, reset the drive 2 type back to 44, and
> back to Disk Management, another long wait, and still no hard drives.
> Double gulp, larger panic. So I closed Disk Management, said a prayer,
> and started back at the beginning: Start>Settings>etc.>Storage>Disk
> Management. This time both disks show up in the same status as before I
> started today's exercise. (Who says prayers don't work?<G>).
>
> Got any other ideas, or is it off to my nephew's. (It's rainy and cold
> here, so he won't be playing golf today.)
>
> Preston Earle
>
>
> "Walter Clayton" > wrote in message
> ...
> > This is a case of "There is no try....". You either get it right the
> first
> > time or things get real iffy.
> >
> > I'm not going to blow smoke up your kilt (not in my nature anyway).
> Yes,
> > there is a very real possibility that you may loose the contents of
> the
> > drive unless you do things precisely and assuming Goback hasn't done
> > anything else non-standard to the drive. Powerquest in particular will
> not
> > touch a Goback managed drive. However usually there are no problems.
> If you
> > have the ability to mount the drive on a different system and burn an
> image
> > of the content, I'd do that before doing anything else.
> >
> > --
> > Walter Clayton - MS MVP(WinXP)
> > Associate Expert
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> > Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
> > http://www.dts-l.org
> > http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/fileversion/default.asp
> >
>