> my hard disc drive was partitioned into two..
> when doing
> a defrag recently, noticed one partition (about
> 90GB) is
> missing. 'properties' says "this device is
> working
> properly".. but when trying to open, says "it is
> not
> accessible.. the parameter is incorrect" ..how
> to fix??
> anyone? thanks -
> ps.. notice the drive that does work is 'NTFS
> file
> system'.. the drive that doesn't work is RAW
> file
> system.. anything to do with it? ..how to
> change? thanks
> again -
First, terminology:
RAW = unused, unallocated, unformatted disk
space. It cannot work as it cannot be addressed.
Considering that, your first paragraph becomes
confusing; somehow you have mixed ther results of
the two drives up.
I have to assume the drive that's working is
your system drive, usually C, or you wouldn't be
able to use the computer. Logically then, that
says drive D, or what you had as that drive, has
been damaged somehow.
You didn't mention what tools you're using
either, or which type of XP, so you could even
have gone to areas where the partitions were
numbered 0 and 1, or 1 and 2; watch out for those
inconsistancies.
Since you can't address the drive in any way, it
will probably have to be repartitioned (turned
into a partition) and formatted.
But more detail would help get you a better
response.
HTH,
Twayne
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