Drives not showing up and some other issues

Win XP is still on my computer.

I dual boot.

But, Slacko is my main O.S.

I have problems with my external drives not being recognized by Linux Puppy.

Win XP is showing F: drive, but there is no F: drive.

I would like to determine if Windows XP is the issue.

I use Macrium Reflect.

Any ideas to narrow down the problem ??

Thanks,
Andy

On 2/5/2016 8:23 PM, Andy wrote:
Win XP is still on my computer.

I dual boot.

But, Slacko is my main O.S.

I have problems with my external drives not being recognized by Linux Puppy.
That's interesting. I've found that Puppy has better hardware recognition
and "just works with no tears" better than most any mainstream distro.
MacPup 5.29 is my favorite. Click the icon and mount any external
drives thru the GUI.

Win XP is showing F: drive, but there is no F: drive.
Are you sure?
I have a TV card that shows up as a data drive and a CDROM.
Some USB thumb drives have two partitions. One has the utilities
that came with the thumb drive and another that you use as storage.
Depending on your setup, the drives may or may not have drive letters
or may be hidden if they do.

Depending on how you installed puppy, that may have created a drive letter
that windows can see.

Disk management in administrative tools should show you what's what
from the windows point of view.

I would like to determine if Windows XP is the issue.

I use Macrium Reflect.

Any ideas to narrow down the problem ??

Thanks,
Andy

On Friday, February 5, 2016 at 10:23:11 PM UTC-6, Andy wrote:
Win XP is still on my computer.

I dual boot.

But, Slacko is my main O.S.

I have problems with my external drives not being recognized by Linux Puppy.

Win XP is showing F: drive, but there is no F: drive.

I would like to determine if Windows XP is the issue.

I use Macrium Reflect.

Any ideas to narrow down the problem ??

Thanks,
Andy

Disk mgmt does not show the F: drive.