Drive Letter

[mcp6453]

I have an XP machine to which I am trying to transfer a group of files
from a FAT32 drive that was previously a Windows 98 boot drive. After I
install the drive in place of the CD drive (with the jumpers on the HD
properly set), XP sees the drive in Disk Management, the drive does not
have a letter assigned to it. The options to change the drive letter are
grayed out.

If I install the same drive with an IDE to USB converter cable and
external power supply, I get exactly the same result. The drive works
perfectly in the Windows 98 machine.

Why is XP not assigning a drive letter?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I have an XP machine to which I am trying to transfer a group of files
from a FAT32 drive that was previously a Windows 98 boot drive. After I
install the drive in place of the CD drive (with the jumpers on the HD
properly set), XP sees the drive in Disk Management, the drive does not
have a letter assigned to it. The options to change the drive letter are
grayed out.

If I install the same drive with an IDE to USB converter cable and
external power supply, I get exactly the same result. The drive works
perfectly in the Windows 98 machine.

Why is XP not assigning a drive letter?

Maybe you need to initalise it first. Right-click it on the far left-hand
side in Disk Manager and have a look at the available options.

 

[mcp6453]

Maybe you need to initalise it first. Right-click it on the far left-hand
side in Disk Manager and have a look at the available options.

The problem was GoBack. Changing the partition type from 40 to 0B solved
the problem. Thanks for the suggestion, though!

 

[Bob I]

The problem was GoBack. Changing the partition type from 40 to 0B solved
the problem. Thanks for the suggestion, though!

Norton strikes again!