I just went from W2K to XP Home Edition. The system sees
my Drives formerly known as "E:" and "F:" but they are not
shown in Windows Explorer. They are seen in Disk
Management but without driver letters. When I right click
on either of these drives, the only options
are "Partition" and "Help" I saved a lot of informtion
on these drives prior to loading XP Home Edition.

This is the original message. I suspect you are looking at
a thread that was submitted after mine.
>-----Original Message-----
>Win XP Blues, Please Reply to the Group instead of
creating a new thread
>when responding to the original post. I have information
in relation to
>this problem but now can't get back to the original
poster unless I attempt
>a search. If your web browser doesn't allow responding
to group, start
>using Outlook Express as your newsgroup reader.
>
>
>"WinXP Blues" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message
>news:0a1701c34fa4$f37be600$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi,
>>
>> How are the additional drives connected to your
>> motherboard? I assume you have a HD that is designated C
>> for your master drive, D for your CDRom, and two more
>> drives for E and F. So one must be a Primary Slave and
the
>> other a Secondary Slave. Did you jumped them correctly
as
>> Slave drives? Please post more details on your
>> installation of the additional drives.
>>
>> Sleepless
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >I just went from W2K to XP Home Edition. The system
sees
>> >my Drives formerly known as "E:" and "F:" but they are
not
>> >shown in Windows Explorer. They are seen in Disk
>> >Management but without driver letters. When I right
click
>> >on either of these drives, the only options
>> >are "Partition" and "Help" I saved a lot of
informtion
>> >on these drives prior to loading XP Home Edition.
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>

ED,

Start Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Computer Management, Disk
Management. Once the drives populate the list, find one of the drives that
is not being recognized. Is it reading as Healthy? If so, right click on
it and then click on initialize or restore connection. (I can't remember
exactly what the word is but I think you get the idea) This will allow the
drive to be recognized by XP. Find the other drive and do the same.. There
should be no reason you can't access the drives except for this. XP doesn't
automatically pick up drives sometimes and this will let XP know the drive
is available.


"Ed Nachman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:020c01c34fb9$6a2d8ce0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> This is the original message. I suspect you are looking at
> a thread that was submitted after mine.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Win XP Blues, Please Reply to the Group instead of
> creating a new thread
> >when responding to the original post. I have information
> in relation to
> >this problem but now can't get back to the original
> poster unless I attempt
> >a search. If your web browser doesn't allow responding
> to group, start
> >using Outlook Express as your newsgroup reader.
> >
> >
> >"WinXP Blues" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> message
> >news:0a1701c34fa4$f37be600$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> How are the additional drives connected to your
> >> motherboard? I assume you have a HD that is designated C
> >> for your master drive, D for your CDRom, and two more
> >> drives for E and F. So one must be a Primary Slave and
> the
> >> other a Secondary Slave. Did you jumped them correctly
> as
> >> Slave drives? Please post more details on your
> >> installation of the additional drives.
> >>
> >> Sleepless
> >>
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >I just went from W2K to XP Home Edition. The system
> sees
> >> >my Drives formerly known as "E:" and "F:" but they are
> not
> >> >shown in Windows Explorer. They are seen in Disk
> >> >Management but without driver letters. When I right
> click
> >> >on either of these drives, the only options
> >> >are "Partition" and "Help" I saved a lot of
> informtion
> >> >on these drives prior to loading XP Home Edition.
> >> >.
> >> >
> >
> >
> >.
> >

LVTravel,

The letterless drive's "Status" is "Healthy(Active). If I
right click I have two choices, "Delete Partition"
and "Help"

Ed

>-----Original Message-----
>ED,
>
> Start Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Computer
Management, Disk
>Management. Once the drives populate the list, find one
of the drives that
>is not being recognized. Is it reading as Healthy? If
so, right click on
>it and then click on initialize or restore connection.
(I can't remember
>exactly what the word is but I think you get the idea)
This will allow the
>drive to be recognized by XP. Find the other drive and
do the same.. There
>should be no reason you can't access the drives except
for this. XP doesn't
>automatically pick up drives sometimes and this will let
XP know the drive
>is available.
>
>
>"Ed Nachman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:020c01c34fb9$6a2d8ce0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> This is the original message. I suspect you are looking
at
>> a thread that was submitted after mine.
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >Win XP Blues, Please Reply to the Group instead of
>> creating a new thread
>> >when responding to the original post. I have
information
>> in relation to
>> >this problem but now can't get back to the original
>> poster unless I attempt
>> >a search. If your web browser doesn't allow responding
>> to group, start
>> >using Outlook Express as your newsgroup reader.
>> >
>> >
>> >"WinXP Blues" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>> message
>> >news:0a1701c34fa4$f37be600$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> How are the additional drives connected to your
>> >> motherboard? I assume you have a HD that is
designated C
>> >> for your master drive, D for your CDRom, and two more
>> >> drives for E and F. So one must be a Primary Slave
and
>> the
>> >> other a Secondary Slave. Did you jumped them
correctly
>> as
>> >> Slave drives? Please post more details on your
>> >> installation of the additional drives.
>> >>
>> >> Sleepless
>> >>
>> >> >-----Original Message-----
>> >> >I just went from W2K to XP Home Edition. The system
>> sees
>> >> >my Drives formerly known as "E:" and "F:" but they
are
>> not
>> >> >shown in Windows Explorer. They are seen in Disk
>> >> >Management but without driver letters. When I right
>> click
>> >> >on either of these drives, the only options
>> >> >are "Partition" and "Help" I saved a lot of
>> informtion
>> >> >on these drives prior to loading XP Home Edition.
>> >> >.
>> >> >
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>

OK, the drive is OK.

Click on Start, Settings, Control Panel. When CP opens, double click on
Administrative Tools, double click on Computer Management then click on Disk
management. Once the list is populated by all Hard and CD drives, scroll to
the drive in question.

Look around by right clicking on different areas of the drive without a
letter. Somewhere you will see either of the two responses below.
Whichever you find use. DO NOT format or partition the drive because that
will remove all data on the disk and it is not needed. One of the two
responses below will fix your problem. Just have to find out which one.

If the option to initialize the disk is available use it. The drive should
now be able to be used.

If the disk is listed as missing or offline, right click on the drive and
click reactivate disk.


"Ed Nachman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:021701c34fc6$c40d49f0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> LVTravel,
>
> The letterless drive's "Status" is "Healthy(Active). If I
> right click I have two choices, "Delete Partition"
> and "Help"
>
> Ed
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >ED,
> >
> > Start Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Computer
> Management, Disk
> >Management. Once the drives populate the list, find one
> of the drives that
> >is not being recognized. Is it reading as Healthy? If
> so, right click on
> >it and then click on initialize or restore connection.
> (I can't remember
> >exactly what the word is but I think you get the idea)
> This will allow the
> >drive to be recognized by XP. Find the other drive and
> do the same.. There
> >should be no reason you can't access the drives except
> for this. XP doesn't
> >automatically pick up drives sometimes and this will let
> XP know the drive
> >is available.
> >
> >
> >"Ed Nachman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >news:020c01c34fb9$6a2d8ce0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> This is the original message. I suspect you are looking
> at
> >> a thread that was submitted after mine.
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >Win XP Blues, Please Reply to the Group instead of
> >> creating a new thread
> >> >when responding to the original post. I have
> information
> >> in relation to
> >> >this problem but now can't get back to the original
> >> poster unless I attempt
> >> >a search. If your web browser doesn't allow responding
> >> to group, start
> >> >using Outlook Express as your newsgroup reader.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >"WinXP Blues" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> >> message
> >> >news:0a1701c34fa4$f37be600$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> >> Hi,
> >> >>
> >> >> How are the additional drives connected to your
> >> >> motherboard? I assume you have a HD that is
> designated C
> >> >> for your master drive, D for your CDRom, and two more
> >> >> drives for E and F. So one must be a Primary Slave
> and
> >> the
> >> >> other a Secondary Slave. Did you jumped them
> correctly
> >> as
> >> >> Slave drives? Please post more details on your
> >> >> installation of the additional drives.
> >> >>
> >> >> Sleepless
> >> >>
> >> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >> >I just went from W2K to XP Home Edition. The system
> >> sees
> >> >> >my Drives formerly known as "E:" and "F:" but they
> are
> >> not
> >> >> >shown in Windows Explorer. They are seen in Disk
> >> >> >Management but without driver letters. When I right
> >> click
> >> >> >on either of these drives, the only options
> >> >> >are "Partition" and "Help" I saved a lot of
> >> informtion
> >> >> >on these drives prior to loading XP Home Edition.
> >> >> >.
> >> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >.
> >> >
> >
> >
> >.
> >

LVTravel,

I checked with PC Tech Talk and it was mentioned that W2K
is NTFS 4 and XP is NTFS 5. Maybe that's why XP can't
read the files or assign a Drive Letter. That could be
the reason it asks if I want to partition the drive. It
asked that when I originally loaded the XP OS when I had
W2K on the system for a choice of booting either OS. I
also can't get it to network with (2)Windows 98 and (1)W2K
computer. Microsoft has really dumped on W2K users.
>-----Original Message-----
>OK, the drive is OK.
>
>Click on Start, Settings, Control Panel. When CP opens,
double click on
>Administrative Tools, double click on Computer Management
then click on Disk
>management. Once the list is populated by all Hard and
CD drives, scroll to
>the drive in question.
>
>Look around by right clicking on different areas of the
drive without a
>letter. Somewhere you will see either of the two
responses below.
>Whichever you find use. DO NOT format or partition the
drive because that
>will remove all data on the disk and it is not needed.
One of the two
>responses below will fix your problem. Just have to find
out which one.
>
>If the option to initialize the disk is available use
it. The drive should
>now be able to be used.
>
>If the disk is listed as missing or offline, right click
on the drive and
>click reactivate disk.
>
>
>"Ed Nachman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:021701c34fc6$c40d49f0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> LVTravel,
>>
>> The letterless drive's "Status" is "Healthy(Active).
If I
>> right click I have two choices, "Delete Partition"
>> and "Help"
>>
>> Ed
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >ED,
>> >
>> > Start Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Computer
>> Management, Disk
>> >Management. Once the drives populate the list, find
one
>> of the drives that
>> >is not being recognized. Is it reading as Healthy? If
>> so, right click on
>> >it and then click on initialize or restore connection.
>> (I can't remember
>> >exactly what the word is but I think you get the idea)
>> This will allow the
>> >drive to be recognized by XP. Find the other drive and
>> do the same.. There
>> >should be no reason you can't access the drives except
>> for this. XP doesn't
>> >automatically pick up drives sometimes and this will
let
>> XP know the drive
>> >is available.
>> >
>> >
>> >"Ed Nachman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> >news:020c01c34fb9$6a2d8ce0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> This is the original message. I suspect you are
looking
>> at
>> >> a thread that was submitted after mine.
>> >> >-----Original Message-----
>> >> >Win XP Blues, Please Reply to the Group instead
of
>> >> creating a new thread
>> >> >when responding to the original post. I have
>> information
>> >> in relation to
>> >> >this problem but now can't get back to the original
>> >> poster unless I attempt
>> >> >a search. If your web browser doesn't allow
responding
>> >> to group, start
>> >> >using Outlook Express as your newsgroup reader.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >"WinXP Blues" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote in
>> >> message
>> >> >news:0a1701c34fa4$f37be600$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> >> Hi,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> How are the additional drives connected to your
>> >> >> motherboard? I assume you have a HD that is
>> designated C
>> >> >> for your master drive, D for your CDRom, and two
more
>> >> >> drives for E and F. So one must be a Primary
Slave
>> and
>> >> the
>> >> >> other a Secondary Slave. Did you jumped them
>> correctly
>> >> as
>> >> >> Slave drives? Please post more details on your
>> >> >> installation of the additional drives.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Sleepless
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >-----Original Message-----
>> >> >> >I just went from W2K to XP Home Edition. The
system
>> >> sees
>> >> >> >my Drives formerly known as "E:" and "F:" but
they
>> are
>> >> not
>> >> >> >shown in Windows Explorer. They are seen in Disk
>> >> >> >Management but without driver letters. When I
right
>> >> click
>> >> >> >on either of these drives, the only options
>> >> >> >are "Partition" and "Help" I saved a lot of
>> >> informtion
>> >> >> >on these drives prior to loading XP Home Edition.
>> >> >> >.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >.
>> >> >
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>

LVTravel,

I checked with PC Tech Talk and it was mentioned that W2K
is NTFS 4 and XP is NTFS 5. Maybe that's why XP can't
read the files or assign a Drive Letter. That could be
the reason it asks if I want to partition the drive. It
asked that when I originally loaded the XP OS when I had
W2K on the system for a choice of booting either OS. I
also can't get it to network with (2)Windows 98 and (1)W2K
computer. Microsoft has really dumped on W2K users.
>-----Original Message-----
>OK, the drive is OK.
>
>Click on Start, Settings, Control Panel. When CP opens,
double click on
>Administrative Tools, double click on Computer Management
then click on Disk
>management. Once the list is populated by all Hard and
CD drives, scroll to
>the drive in question.
>
>Look around by right clicking on different areas of the
drive without a
>letter. Somewhere you will see either of the two
responses below.
>Whichever you find use. DO NOT format or partition the
drive because that
>will remove all data on the disk and it is not needed.
One of the two
>responses below will fix your problem. Just have to find
out which one.
>
>If the option to initialize the disk is available use
it. The drive should
>now be able to be used.
>
>If the disk is listed as missing or offline, right click
on the drive and
>click reactivate disk.
>
>
>"Ed Nachman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:021701c34fc6$c40d49f0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> LVTravel,
>>
>> The letterless drive's "Status" is "Healthy(Active).
If I
>> right click I have two choices, "Delete Partition"
>> and "Help"
>>
>> Ed
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >ED,
>> >
>> > Start Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Computer
>> Management, Disk
>> >Management. Once the drives populate the list, find
one
>> of the drives that
>> >is not being recognized. Is it reading as Healthy? If
>> so, right click on
>> >it and then click on initialize or restore connection.
>> (I can't remember
>> >exactly what the word is but I think you get the idea)
>> This will allow the
>> >drive to be recognized by XP. Find the other drive and
>> do the same.. There
>> >should be no reason you can't access the drives except
>> for this. XP doesn't
>> >automatically pick up drives sometimes and this will
let
>> XP know the drive
>> >is available.
>> >
>> >
>> >"Ed Nachman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> >news:020c01c34fb9$6a2d8ce0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> This is the original message. I suspect you are
looking
>> at
>> >> a thread that was submitted after mine.
>> >> >-----Original Message-----
>> >> >Win XP Blues, Please Reply to the Group instead
of
>> >> creating a new thread
>> >> >when responding to the original post. I have
>> information
>> >> in relation to
>> >> >this problem but now can't get back to the original
>> >> poster unless I attempt
>> >> >a search. If your web browser doesn't allow
responding
>> >> to group, start
>> >> >using Outlook Express as your newsgroup reader.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >"WinXP Blues" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote in
>> >> message
>> >> >news:0a1701c34fa4$f37be600$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> >> Hi,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> How are the additional drives connected to your
>> >> >> motherboard? I assume you have a HD that is
>> designated C
>> >> >> for your master drive, D for your CDRom, and two
more
>> >> >> drives for E and F. So one must be a Primary
Slave
>> and
>> >> the
>> >> >> other a Secondary Slave. Did you jumped them
>> correctly
>> >> as
>> >> >> Slave drives? Please post more details on your
>> >> >> installation of the additional drives.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Sleepless
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >-----Original Message-----
>> >> >> >I just went from W2K to XP Home Edition. The
system
>> >> sees
>> >> >> >my Drives formerly known as "E:" and "F:" but
they
>> are
>> >> not
>> >> >> >shown in Windows Explorer. They are seen in Disk
>> >> >> >Management but without driver letters. When I
right
>> >> click
>> >> >> >on either of these drives, the only options
>> >> >> >are "Partition" and "Help" I saved a lot of
>> >> informtion
>> >> >> >on these drives prior to loading XP Home Edition.
>> >> >> >.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >.
>> >> >
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>

I have taken drives from 98, NT 4 & 2000 systems and had to initialize/place
online every drive when attaching to XP systems. Yes there is more than one
version of NTFS "format" but NT & 2000 version of NTFS can be read and
written to by XP.

BTW, I'm getting ready to put a XP NTFS drive into a 2000 box. I wonder
what will happen to it.

"Ed Nachman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:074701c35061$669d23d0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> LVTravel,
>
> I checked with PC Tech Talk and it was mentioned that W2K
> is NTFS 4 and XP is NTFS 5. Maybe that's why XP can't
> read the files or assign a Drive Letter. That could be
> the reason it asks if I want to partition the drive. It
> asked that when I originally loaded the XP OS when I had
> W2K on the system for a choice of booting either OS. I
> also can't get it to network with (2)Windows 98 and (1)W2K
> computer. Microsoft has really dumped on W2K users.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >OK, the drive is OK.
> >
> >Click on Start, Settings, Control Panel. When CP opens,
> double click on
> >Administrative Tools, double click on Computer Management
> then click on Disk
> >management. Once the list is populated by all Hard and
> CD drives, scroll to
> >the drive in question.
> >
> >Look around by right clicking on different areas of the
> drive without a
> >letter. Somewhere you will see either of the two
> responses below.
> >Whichever you find use. DO NOT format or partition the
> drive because that
> >will remove all data on the disk and it is not needed.
> One of the two
> >responses below will fix your problem. Just have to find
> out which one.
> >
> >If the option to initialize the disk is available use
> it. The drive should
> >now be able to be used.
> >
> >If the disk is listed as missing or offline, right click
> on the drive and
> >click reactivate disk.
> >
> >
> >"Ed Nachman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >news:021701c34fc6$c40d49f0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> LVTravel,
> >>
> >> The letterless drive's "Status" is "Healthy(Active).
> If I
> >> right click I have two choices, "Delete Partition"
> >> and "Help"
> >>
> >> Ed
> >>
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >ED,
> >> >
> >> > Start Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Computer
> >> Management, Disk
> >> >Management. Once the drives populate the list, find
> one
> >> of the drives that
> >> >is not being recognized. Is it reading as Healthy? If
> >> so, right click on
> >> >it and then click on initialize or restore connection.
> >> (I can't remember
> >> >exactly what the word is but I think you get the idea)
> >> This will allow the
> >> >drive to be recognized by XP. Find the other drive and
> >> do the same.. There
> >> >should be no reason you can't access the drives except
> >> for this. XP doesn't
> >> >automatically pick up drives sometimes and this will
> let
> >> XP know the drive
> >> >is available.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >"Ed Nachman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> >news:020c01c34fb9$6a2d8ce0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> >> This is the original message. I suspect you are
> looking
> >> at
> >> >> a thread that was submitted after mine.
> >> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >> >Win XP Blues, Please Reply to the Group instead
> of
> >> >> creating a new thread
> >> >> >when responding to the original post. I have
> >> information
> >> >> in relation to
> >> >> >this problem but now can't get back to the original
> >> >> poster unless I attempt
> >> >> >a search. If your web browser doesn't allow
> responding
> >> >> to group, start
> >> >> >using Outlook Express as your newsgroup reader.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >"WinXP Blues" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote in
> >> >> message
> >> >> >news:0a1701c34fa4$f37be600$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> >> >> Hi,
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> How are the additional drives connected to your
> >> >> >> motherboard? I assume you have a HD that is
> >> designated C
> >> >> >> for your master drive, D for your CDRom, and two
> more
> >> >> >> drives for E and F. So one must be a Primary
> Slave
> >> and
> >> >> the
> >> >> >> other a Secondary Slave. Did you jumped them
> >> correctly
> >> >> as
> >> >> >> Slave drives? Please post more details on your
> >> >> >> installation of the additional drives.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Sleepless
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >> >> >I just went from W2K to XP Home Edition. The
> system
> >> >> sees
> >> >> >> >my Drives formerly known as "E:" and "F:" but
> they
> >> are
> >> >> not
> >> >> >> >shown in Windows Explorer. They are seen in Disk
> >> >> >> >Management but without driver letters. When I
> right
> >> >> click
> >> >> >> >on either of these drives, the only options
> >> >> >> >are "Partition" and "Help" I saved a lot of
> >> >> informtion
> >> >> >> >on these drives prior to loading XP Home Edition.
> >> >> >> >.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >.
> >> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >.
> >> >
> >
> >
> >.
> >

This is about the problem I was having getting XP to give
drive letters to two of my drives. It only gave me c:
drive. In disk management you could see the drives but
there wasn't a drive letter associated with the drives.
Nothing I did would solve my problem. Took the problem to
a good friend who is a certified IT and he couldn't figure
it out. Anyway, I decided to leave the problem alone and
start loading programs for XP. My first was Zone Alarm.
No problem. Then Norton System Works. I checked with
WinDoctor and it said I had a couple of problems. I
advised the program to fix the problem. I don't know why
but now I can see the two drives and the associated
letters to the drives. I am leaving well enough alone.
No questioning. Thanks for being interested enough in
trying to help me.
>-----Original Message-----
>I have taken drives from 98, NT 4 & 2000 systems and had
to initialize/place
>online every drive when attaching to XP systems. Yes
there is more than one
>version of NTFS "format" but NT & 2000 version of NTFS
can be read and
>written to by XP.
>
>BTW, I'm getting ready to put a XP NTFS drive into a 2000
box. I wonder
>what will happen to it.
>
>"Ed Nachman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:074701c35061$669d23d0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> LVTravel,
>>
>> I checked with PC Tech Talk and it was mentioned that
W2K
>> is NTFS 4 and XP is NTFS 5. Maybe that's why XP can't
>> read the files or assign a Drive Letter. That could be
>> the reason it asks if I want to partition the drive. It
>> asked that when I originally loaded the XP OS when I had
>> W2K on the system for a choice of booting either OS. I
>> also can't get it to network with (2)Windows 98 and (1)
W2K
>> computer. Microsoft has really dumped on W2K users.
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >OK, the drive is OK.
>> >
>> >Click on Start, Settings, Control Panel. When CP
opens,
>> double click on
>> >Administrative Tools, double click on Computer
Management
>> then click on Disk
>> >management. Once the list is populated by all Hard and
>> CD drives, scroll to
>> >the drive in question.
>> >
>> >Look around by right clicking on different areas of the
>> drive without a
>> >letter. Somewhere you will see either of the two
>> responses below.
>> >Whichever you find use. DO NOT format or partition the
>> drive because that
>> >will remove all data on the disk and it is not needed.
>> One of the two
>> >responses below will fix your problem. Just have to
find
>> out which one.
>> >
>> >If the option to initialize the disk is available use
>> it. The drive should
>> >now be able to be used.
>> >
>> >If the disk is listed as missing or offline, right
click
>> on the drive and
>> >click reactivate disk.
>> >
>> >
>> >"Ed Nachman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> >news:021701c34fc6$c40d49f0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> LVTravel,
>> >>
>> >> The letterless drive's "Status" is "Healthy(Active).
>> If I
>> >> right click I have two choices, "Delete Partition"
>> >> and "Help"
>> >>
>> >> Ed
>> >>
>> >> >-----Original Message-----
>> >> >ED,
>> >> >
>> >> > Start Control Panel, Administrative Tools,
Computer
>> >> Management, Disk
>> >> >Management. Once the drives populate the list, find
>> one
>> >> of the drives that
>> >> >is not being recognized. Is it reading as
Healthy? If
>> >> so, right click on
>> >> >it and then click on initialize or restore
connection.
>> >> (I can't remember
>> >> >exactly what the word is but I think you get the
idea)
>> >> This will allow the
>> >> >drive to be recognized by XP. Find the other drive
and
>> >> do the same.. There
>> >> >should be no reason you can't access the drives
except
>> >> for this. XP doesn't
>> >> >automatically pick up drives sometimes and this will
>> let
>> >> XP know the drive
>> >> >is available.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >"Ed Nachman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message
>> >> >news:020c01c34fb9$6a2d8ce0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> >> This is the original message. I suspect you are
>> looking
>> >> at
>> >> >> a thread that was submitted after mine.
>> >> >> >-----Original Message-----
>> >> >> >Win XP Blues, Please Reply to the Group
instead
>> of
>> >> >> creating a new thread
>> >> >> >when responding to the original post. I have
>> >> information
>> >> >> in relation to
>> >> >> >this problem but now can't get back to the
original
>> >> >> poster unless I attempt
>> >> >> >a search. If your web browser doesn't allow
>> responding
>> >> >> to group, start
>> >> >> >using Outlook Express as your newsgroup reader.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >"WinXP Blues" <(E-Mail Removed)>
>> wrote in
>> >> >> message
>> >> >> >news:0a1701c34fa4$f37be600$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> >> >> Hi,
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> How are the additional drives connected to your
>> >> >> >> motherboard? I assume you have a HD that is
>> >> designated C
>> >> >> >> for your master drive, D for your CDRom, and
two
>> more
>> >> >> >> drives for E and F. So one must be a Primary
>> Slave
>> >> and
>> >> >> the
>> >> >> >> other a Secondary Slave. Did you jumped them
>> >> correctly
>> >> >> as
>> >> >> >> Slave drives? Please post more details on your
>> >> >> >> installation of the additional drives.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Sleepless
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >-----Original Message-----
>> >> >> >> >I just went from W2K to XP Home Edition. The
>> system
>> >> >> sees
>> >> >> >> >my Drives formerly known as "E:" and "F:" but
>> they
>> >> are
>> >> >> not
>> >> >> >> >shown in Windows Explorer. They are seen in
Disk
>> >> >> >> >Management but without driver letters. When I
>> right
>> >> >> click
>> >> >> >> >on either of these drives, the only options
>> >> >> >> >are "Partition" and "Help" I saved a lot of
>> >> >> informtion
>> >> >> >> >on these drives prior to loading XP Home
Edition.
>> >> >> >> >.
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >.
>> >> >
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
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