Added slave drive won't accept letter

[Guest]

I have added a slave drive to my computer and it shows up in Computer
Management. I do not want to delete the information that is on this drive,
but I want to view it otherwise whats the use right? Anyways, when I right
click the partition it doesn't give me the option to give it a letter. My
system drive does but obviously it doesn't let me change that because its the
system drive. It basically shows an unnamed partition thats status is healthy
(active) on disc 1. The system drive is disc 0. The file system for the slave
drive is FAT32 while my system drive is NTFS. I just want to be able to view
the contents of this drive, bottom line. Any help will be appreciated.
P.S. Happy New Year,
schmidty

 

[Guest]

In diskmgmt.msc L.click the drive,go to actions,all,select change drive
letter/
path.

 

[Guest]

Tried that. I can read the options but the only option that is in dark black
is to delete the partition. All the other options are there but I cannot
select them.

 

[Malke]

Tried that. I can read the options but the only option that is in
dark black
is to delete the partition. All the other options are there but I
cannot select them.

I assume you jumpered the slave drive correctly? If yes, try booting
with Knoppix, a Linux distro that runs from CD. If Knoppix can see the
data on the slave drive then you can copy it off. I would then do a
drive diagnostic on the slave and if it tests healthy format it and use
for storage or as you like.

To retrieve Windows files with Knoppix, you will need a computer with
two cd drives, one of which is a cd/dvd-rw OR a usb thumb drive with
enough capacity to hold your data. To get Knoppix, you need a computer
with a fast Internet connection and third-party burning software.
Download the Knoppix .iso from www.knoppix.net and create your bootable
cd. Then boot with it and it will be able to see the Windows files. If
you are using the usb thumb drive, right-click on its icon (on the
Desktop) to get its properties and uncheck the box that says "Read
Only". Then click on it to open it. Note that the default mouse action
in the window manager used by Knoppix (KDE) is a single click to open
instead of the traditional MS Windows' double-click. Otherwise, use the
K3b burning program to burn the files to cd/dvd-r's.

Test the hard drive with a diagnostic utility from the mftr. Download
the file and make a bootable floppy or cd with it. Boot with the media
and do a thorough test. If the drive has physical errors, discard it.

Mlake

 

[Guest]

I saw a post similar to this one.

Had something to do with Norton(?) Go Back.
Person said that it had changed drive type from ox7 to 0x44, or something
like that.

Sorry. I personally don't have Go Back. I can't do any more that suggest
this as a possibliity!!

Maybe someone else can take it further.