How do I get back my logical drives?

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I have 2 hard drives, one master and one slave, and each is partitioned into
3 partitions.

I also have a 3rd hard drive that I wanted to look at, so I disconnected my
slave, connected the 3rd HD as a slave, restarted the machine, and there it
was. Ok fine.

So I wanted to remove all of the data, so I "Delete Logical Drive" in Disk
Management for all 3 partitions. I admit I didn't know what I was doing.

Now when I reconnect the original slave, I can't see any of the partitions.

How can "get back" those logical drives in Disk Management and see my slave
drive again? I didn't delete anything on my original slave, so all of the
data is still there.

Thank you.
 
I would go back to basics and do this:
- Get a free copy of ntfsdos.exe from www.sysinternals.com.
- Boot the machine with a Win98 boot disk from www.bootdisk.com.
- Run this command:
ntfsdos /L:EFGHIJ
- Examine all my partitions until I was satisfied that the data
is where I expect it to be.

After you have established this, you can focus on Windows 2000
and why it does not show you the partitions that you believe
should be there.
 
What are you saying?

all of the data is *exactly* where I want it to be, I just cant view the
drives.
 
Right now you ***assume*** that your data on the
second drive is there, but you don't know because
Win2000 does not show you the drives. The method
I suggested gives you a tool that is independent from
Win2000. It turns your assumption into certainty.
 
Hook up your drive boot up go to computer management>disk management>action
pull down menu>rescan disk that might help

Dave
 
What are you talking about???

Yeah, I ASSUME it's there because I removed the hard drive and hooked up the
other one. So, barring an electromagnetic field from outer space that
screwed up the disk, yeah, it's there.
 
Thanks..I tried that and it didn't work.

Dave Sibbett said:
Hook up your drive boot up go to computer management>disk management>action
pull down menu>rescan disk that might help

Dave
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It's entirely up to you whether you want to try my suggestion
or not. Nobody is forcing you. Seeing that Dave Sibbett's
excellent suggestion did not get you any further, it seems
the reasonable thing to do.
 
It's possible that the hard drive died when you took it out of the
machine. It's possible that the jumper fell off, or was moved while it
was out of the machine, it's possible that the cable and/or pins on
the HDD developed a fault. It's possible that the power connector is
faulty. It's possible that the second HDD controller on the MB has
become faulty. It's possible that the interface has been disabled in
the BIOS.

Do you see the drive in the BIOS or on bootup? If so, grab a copy of
fdisk from somewhere and see if it sees the second hard disk. Or,
equivalently, do what Pegasus suggests.

Cheers,

Cliff
 
No, the drive is not viewable in BIOS.

I doubt it died while taking it out...I've done it several times and there's
been no problem.

I think it has to do with deleting the logical drive in Disk Management.

I tried what Pegasus suggested and couldn't get it to work. Something like
"Bad command or file name" in DOS after "ntfsdos /L:EFGHIJ"
 
Two observations:

- The BIOS settings come before anything else. They are not
affected by anything you in Win2000. Unless you can see
all your disks in the BIOS, you will not see them in Win2000
or in Win98.

- As I mentioned in my first reply, you must get ntfsdos.exe
from www.sysinternals.com. If you do not download it to
your Win98 boot disk then you will never be able to see any
NTFS partition while booting into Win98.

As I said above, you must first resolve your BIOS issue. Check
all the things than Enkido suggested.


timmso said:
No, the drive is not viewable in BIOS.

I doubt it died while taking it out...I've done it several times and there's
been no problem.

I think it has to do with deleting the logical drive in Disk Management.

I tried what Pegasus suggested and couldn't get it to work. Something like
"Bad command or file name" in DOS after "ntfsdos /L:EFGHIJ"


Enkidu said:
It's possible that the hard drive died when you took it out of the
machine. It's possible that the jumper fell off, or was moved while it
was out of the machine, it's possible that the cable and/or pins on
the HDD developed a fault. It's possible that the power connector is
faulty. It's possible that the second HDD controller on the MB has
become faulty. It's possible that the interface has been disabled in
the BIOS.

Do you see the drive in the BIOS or on bootup? If so, grab a copy of
fdisk from somewhere and see if it sees the second hard disk. Or,
equivalently, do what Pegasus suggests.

Cheers,

Cliff
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And, it's possible that the connections were loose. Apparently, the cable to
the 2nd HD jostled loose while I slid the HD tray back in the case earlier
today.

NOW Win 2000 detects that HD perfectly.

Geez.

Thanks for everyone's insight...Pegasus, Enkidu, Dave.

Learned something tonight in addition to making sure the cables are tight.
 
from www.sysinternals.com. If you do not download it to
your Win98 boot disk then you will never be able to see any
NTFS partition while booting into Win98.
Click to expand...

Now that you say this, it makes sense. I didn't realize I had to copy it to
the floppy. I simply installed it on my C drive.
 
Hi Tim,

It is possible that it bit it with static charge. To find out install it in another machine
as slave and set the jumpers again to make sure about them. That also will take care of all
the other scenarios about hardware ancillary pieces. And was there anything else not
mentioned, like took the Ram out and replaced with another couple of sticks (that turn out
to be buffered, ECC, etc.)

Or then again, just blow me off as a flake.

--
Happy Holidays,
don
---

No, the drive is not viewable in BIOS.

I doubt it died while taking it out...I've done it several times and there's
been no problem.

I think it has to do with deleting the logical drive in Disk Management.

I tried what Pegasus suggested and couldn't get it to work. Something like
"Bad command or file name" in DOS after "ntfsdos /L:EFGHIJ"
 
I was too late. Ignore my posts. Glad to see Pegasus helped. He's my Hero.
--
Happy Holidays,
don
---

And, it's possible that the connections were loose. Apparently, the cable to
the 2nd HD jostled loose while I slid the HD tray back in the case earlier
today.

NOW Win 2000 detects that HD perfectly.

Geez.

Thanks for everyone's insight...Pegasus, Enkidu, Dave.

Learned something tonight in addition to making sure the cables are tight.
 
Drives do die when you take them out. Usually they don't, but
sometimes they do.

If you can't see it in the BIOS, then either the disk is dead, or the
connections are faulty or the BIOS needs to be made to detect it. Or
the jumper has fallen off or been moved. Often a BIOS will have a scan
for hard disks option.

Cheers,

Cliff

No, the drive is not viewable in BIOS.

I doubt it died while taking it out...I've done it several times and there's
been no problem.

I think it has to do with deleting the logical drive in Disk Management.

I tried what Pegasus suggested and couldn't get it to work. Something like
"Bad command or file name" in DOS after "ntfsdos /L:EFGHIJ"
Click to expand...
 
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