"BigJim" wrote:

you have to reset it as a simple drive under drive manager
basically your telling the boot drive that it is there
"Dick" wrote in message
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Introduction: Just an old retired computer USER that gets into a lot of
trouble.

I am not sure that it is the problem of the SP2 but did not have the
problem
before installing it.
I have an Asus P4P800 Delux with chip set 865PE Intel Pent. 4 3.0 GHz
Serial ATA Controller.
I had a 200GB hard drive partitioned 80gb and 120gb. and a 30gb HD as the
boot drive. The problem started in that the boot drive only showed 8gb
capacity. The rest had to be there but not formated and I did not know
how
to handle that so I removed that drive and installed a 40GB HD as the
primary
drive. Before installing the new drive I disconnected the 200GB HD to
ensure
a clean installation and installed all the programs I had on the original
drive includeing XP SP2 from a disk provided from Microsoft.
The Problem... When I reconnected the 200GB HD only one partiction is
shown
and when I check the system properties under Volumes, I shows 191GB
capacity
but the volume shows only 40gb and is not assigned a drive letter. Also
it
does not show up on "My Computer"
Does anyone have any idea what my problem is.
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Thank you Big Jim, but does your terminalogy of Simple Drive mean Basic Drive?
On list volume, it does not show the hard drive at all. All it shows is the
dvd roms,the C drive and four removable drives that represent the multi card
reader installed. I tried useing the next drive letter but got a messgae
that there is no volume selected. Also in Devise manager it does not show a
letter assigned to the drive either but it does show that it is operating
correctely and healthy.
Thanks
\Dick