Hi,

When I´m trying to access the content of my D drive, I receive the following
error message:

The disk in drive D is not formatted. Do you want to format it now?

It looks as if the drive is "empy" or not accessible, but I realized that it
is not, because sometimes after having run Registry Mechanic I still can
access the content of the D drive.

Sounds like you need to reinstall your os

David Parkes wrote:

> Sounds like you need to reinstall your os

Please quote some of the original post when you reply. Here is the OP:

"When I´m trying to access the content of my D drive, I receive the
following error message:

"The disk in drive D is not formatted. Do you want to format it now?

"It looks as if the drive is "empy" or not accessible, but I realized
that it is not, because sometimes after having run Registry Mechanic I
still can access the content of the D drive."

While it is possible that the OP will need to reinstall Windows, he has
not provided enough information for you to come to that conclusion. To
the OP - here are some questions and suggestions:

1. What is D:? A hard drive? Is it old and what sort of data does it
contain? Have you run a hard drive diagnostic utility on it?

2. What changed between the time things worked and the time they didn't?

3. Describe your computer - specs, age, brand.

4. And finally, go here to see what kind of information you should
include in your next post in order to get good, focused troubleshooting
help: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

malke
i dont want to be a nerd or something but i know one thing for sure the post
that helps is a good one. it doesnt actually matter if you include anything
from the previous post or not. as for the fact about if it is a hard drive or
not its quite clear from bobb's post that it is.

a suggestion before you post anything else "READ CAREFULLY"

yogi

"Malke" wrote:

> David Parkes wrote:
>
> > Sounds like you need to reinstall your os
>
> Please quote some of the original post when you reply. Here is the OP:
>
> "When I´m trying to access the content of my D drive, I receive the
> following error message:
>
> "The disk in drive D is not formatted. Do you want to format it now?
>
> "It looks as if the drive is "empy" or not accessible, but I realized
> that it is not, because sometimes after having run Registry Mechanic I
> still can access the content of the D drive."
>
> While it is possible that the OP will need to reinstall Windows, he has
> not provided enough information for you to come to that conclusion. To
> the OP - here are some questions and suggestions:
>
> 1. What is D:? A hard drive? Is it old and what sort of data does it
> contain? Have you run a hard drive diagnostic utility on it?
>
> 2. What changed between the time things worked and the time they didn't?
>
> 3. Describe your computer - specs, age, brand.
>
> 4. And finally, go here to see what kind of information you should
> include in your next post in order to get good, focused troubleshooting
> help: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>

yogi wrote:

> malke
> i dont want to be a nerd or something but i know one thing for sure
> the post that helps is a good one. it doesnt actually matter if you
> include anything from the previous post or not. as for the fact about
> if it is a hard drive or not its quite clear from bobb's post that it
> is.

Actually, posting and properly quoting does make a difference. These
groups are archived and searchable and keeping the thread intact is
important not only for the immediate use of the parties involved but
for future reference.

You are using the web interface which is not a good way to access
Usenet. People who work with newsgroups regularly use a newsreader and
when replying to a post, real newsreaders strip out everything after
the signature delimiter. I'd suggest you learn something about Usenet.
Here are some links to help you with that:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet
http://groups.google.com/support/bin...ge=basics.html - Basics
of Usenet

http://michaelstevenstech.com/outloo...snewreader.htm
http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm

http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups
microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is
working properly
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm - how to munge email address
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting vs.
crossposting

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

malke,
thanks for the links malke but i'm happy using the web interface. i have
been using it for quite sometime now. no one who uses usenet has said there
was a problem interpreting what i posted. neither do i. i guess you are the
only one who has that problem

thanks anyways
yogi

"Malke" wrote:

> yogi wrote:
>
> > malke
> > i dont want to be a nerd or something but i know one thing for sure
> > the post that helps is a good one. it doesnt actually matter if you
> > include anything from the previous post or not. as for the fact about
> > if it is a hard drive or not its quite clear from bobb's post that it
> > is.
>
> Actually, posting and properly quoting does make a difference. These
> groups are archived and searchable and keeping the thread intact is
> important not only for the immediate use of the parties involved but
> for future reference.
>
> You are using the web interface which is not a good way to access
> Usenet. People who work with newsgroups regularly use a newsreader and
> when replying to a post, real newsreaders strip out everything after
> the signature delimiter. I'd suggest you learn something about Usenet.
> Here are some links to help you with that:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet
> http://groups.google.com/support/bin...ge=basics.html - Basics
> of Usenet
>
> http://michaelstevenstech.com/outloo...snewreader.htm
> http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm
>
> http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups
> microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is
> working properly
> http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm - how to munge email address
> http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting vs.
> crossposting
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>

Before you guys start shooting at each other, here more details.

D is indeed a hard drive (what else anyway ???)

I´m using a 3.4 megs 64k Athlon, age 1year, 6months, 3 days and 5 hours a
couple of minutes (hope that is precise enough. I could ylso have added the
age of my grandma, so please tell me if you need that too ...)

No change in soft or hard ware.

hope this helps
"yogi" wrote:

> malke,
> thanks for the links malke but i'm happy using the web interface. i have
> been using it for quite sometime now. no one who uses usenet has said there
> was a problem interpreting what i posted. neither do i. i guess you are the
> only one who has that problem
>
> thanks anyways
> yogi
>
> "Malke" wrote:
>
> > yogi wrote:
> >
> > > malke
> > > i dont want to be a nerd or something but i know one thing for sure
> > > the post that helps is a good one. it doesnt actually matter if you
> > > include anything from the previous post or not. as for the fact about
> > > if it is a hard drive or not its quite clear from bobb's post that it
> > > is.
> >
> > Actually, posting and properly quoting does make a difference. These
> > groups are archived and searchable and keeping the thread intact is
> > important not only for the immediate use of the parties involved but
> > for future reference.
> >
> > You are using the web interface which is not a good way to access
> > Usenet. People who work with newsgroups regularly use a newsreader and
> > when replying to a post, real newsreaders strip out everything after
> > the signature delimiter. I'd suggest you learn something about Usenet.
> > Here are some links to help you with that:
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet
> > http://groups.google.com/support/bin...ge=basics.html - Basics
> > of Usenet
> >
> > http://michaelstevenstech.com/outloo...snewreader.htm
> > http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm
> >
> > http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> > http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups
> > microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is
> > working properly
> > http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm - how to munge email address
> > http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting vs.
> > crossposting
> >
> > Malke
> > --
> > Elephant Boy Computers
> > www.elephantboycomputers.com
> > "Don't Panic!"
> > MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
> >

yogi wrote:

> malke
> i dont want to be a nerd or something but i know one thing for sure
> the post that helps is a good one. it doesnt actually matter if you
> include anything from the previous post or not. as for the fact about
> if it is a hard drive or not its quite clear from bobb's post that it
> is.


*Many* newsgroup participants (me, for example) don't keep already-read
messages. To us, a message that doesn't contain a quote of enough of the
previous method to put your reply into perspective is unintelligible.

It's not just a matter of communicating with the original poster. He may
understand a message without a quote, but the rest of us won't. And if A
asks a question, to which B replies without quoting , it's very difficult
for C to provide a correction, addition, or anything else he may want to
say.

Nobody can make you quote if you don't want to, but if you don't, be
prepared to have a sizeable percentage of your messages ignored simply
because hardly anyone can understand them.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

yogi wrote:

> malke
> i dont want to be a nerd or something but i know one thing for sure the post
> that helps is a good one. it doesnt actually matter if you include anything
> from the previous post or not. as for the fact about if it is a hard drive or
> not its quite clear from bobb's post that it is.
>
> a suggestion before you post anything else "READ CAREFULLY"
>
> yogi

It's best to include at least some information from the original post in
one's reply. That's standard in usenet. It keeps the context and for
those that use a newsreader, they may not have the old post for reference.

Though you may use the web interface, that's a poor way to access usenet
groups. A newsreader has many advantages.

It was not clear from the OPs post if it was a hard drive or CD. Malke
was right on with her post. I notice he did clarify it in a later
response which should have been in the original.

Why are you jumping on Malke's posts? You have done this several times?
Why not just focus on replying to the OP?

--
Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

Bobbb wrote:

> Hi,
>
> When I´m trying to access the content of my D drive, I receive the following
> error message:
>
> The disk in drive D is not formatted. Do you want to format it now?
>
> It looks as if the drive is "empy" or not accessible, but I realized that it
> is not, because sometimes after having run Registry Mechanic I still can
> access the content of the D drive.
>
>

Now that we know it's a hard drive, download a drive diagnostic utility
from the hard drive manufacturer's web site. That will create a
bootable floppy or CD. Run the diagnostics from there.

--
Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User