Drive partition "disappeared"

[Colonel Blip]

Hello, All!

I have suddenly "lost" one of the drive partitions on my XP. I can use Disk
Manager and see it just fine. 3 other partitions on the same physical device
work. I know the partition is good since I can actually boot to it via an
alternative boot setup and it does just fine. However Explorer and for that
matter all other programs do not see the partition. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Colonel Blip.
E-mail: (e-mail address removed)

 

[Ron Martell]

Hello, All!

I have suddenly "lost" one of the drive partitions on my XP. I can use Disk
Manager and see it just fine. 3 other partitions on the same physical device
work. I know the partition is good since I can actually boot to it via an
alternative boot setup and it does just fine. However Explorer and for that
matter all other programs do not see the partition. Any ideas?

Does Disk Manager show a drive letter for the "lost" partition? You
may have to select the "Volume List" option from the View menu in
order to get Disk Manager to show the drive letters. And if the
Volume List shows the "lost" partition as "Healthy (Unknown
Partition)" then it has probably been configured as a hidden
partition. If you are using a third party Boot Manager program then
these very often have an option to "hide the non-booted operating
system partitions" so as to reduce the possibility of
cross-contamination with files from a different operating system or
Windows version.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
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[Colonel Blip]

Hello, Ron!
You wrote on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:27:02 -0800:


RM> Does Disk Manager show a drive letter for the "lost" partition? You
RM> may have to select the "Volume List" option from the View menu in
RM> order to get Disk Manager to show the drive letters. And if the
RM> Volume List shows the "lost" partition as "Healthy (Unknown
RM> Partition)" then it has probably been configured as a hidden
RM> partition. If you are using a third party Boot Manager program then
RM> these very often have an option to "hide the non-booted operating
RM> system partitions" so as to reduce the possibility of
RM> cross-contamination with files from a different operating system or
RM> Windows version.

RM> Good luck

RM> Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada

DM does show a drive letter and the partition is simply Healthy. I am not
using a 3rd party boot manager.

Thanks,

Colonel Blip.
E-mail: (e-mail address removed)

 

[Colonel Blip]

Hello, Ron!
You wrote on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:27:02 -0800:

Update on this - it was the drive letter issue. It showed in the Volume list
but did not show in the graphical representation. I added the drive letter
and all is well now.

Thanks,

Colonel Blip.
E-mail: (e-mail address removed)


RM> Does Disk Manager show a drive letter for the "lost" partition? You
RM> may have to select the "Volume List" option from the View menu in
RM> order to get Disk Manager to show the drive letters. And if the
RM> Volume List shows the "lost" partition as "Healthy (Unknown
RM> Partition)" then it has probably been configured as a hidden
RM> partition. If you are using a third party Boot Manager program then
RM> these very often have an option to "hide the non-booted operating
RM> system partitions" so as to reduce the possibility of
RM> cross-contamination with files from a different operating system or
RM> Windows version.

RM> Good luck

RM> Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada