Need help locating a disk

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Todd

Hi All,

I am getting an error message on a customer's computer:

An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk2\D
during a paging operation.

I am confused as to which disk this is. If I go
into Disk Management, I have "Disk 0", "Disk 1", and
"Disk 2". By chance does "Harddisk2" mean "Disk 2"?

Many thanks,
-T

In which case, he needs a new backup drive.
 
Todd said:
Hi All,

I am getting an error message on a customer's computer:

An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk2\D
during a paging operation.

I am confused as to which disk this is. If I go
into Disk Management, I have "Disk 0", "Disk 1", and
"Disk 2". By chance does "Harddisk2" mean "Disk 2"?

Many thanks,
-T

In which case, he needs a new backup drive.
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If you want to see drives named by that naming convention, you
can use the "dd" port and use "dd --list" as a command. References
to Partition0, refer to the whole disk as a raw device, and the
size of the device shown, will help identify which disk it is.

http://www.chrysocome.net/dd (I use dd-0.5 version)

If I use "dd --list" on my current computer, I see references to:

\\?\Device\Harddisk0\Partition0
\\?\Device\Harddisk1\Partition0

and if I use Disk Management, I see

Disk 0
Disk 1

so the origin and counting order are the same. Starts at zero
and increases in both cases. So Harddisk2 would be Disk 2.

Paul
 
If you want to see drives named by that naming convention, you
can use the "dd" port and use "dd --list" as a command. References
to Partition0, refer to the whole disk as a raw device, and the
size of the device shown, will help identify which disk it is.

http://www.chrysocome.net/dd (I use dd-0.5 version)

If I use "dd --list" on my current computer, I see references to:

\\?\Device\Harddisk0\Partition0
\\?\Device\Harddisk1\Partition0

and if I use Disk Management, I see

Disk 0
Disk 1

so the origin and counting order are the same. Starts at zero
and increases in both cases. So Harddisk2 would be Disk 2.

Paul
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Thank you!
 
Paul said:
If you want to see drives named by that naming convention, you
can use the "dd" port and use "dd --list" as a command. ...
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Won't the diskpart.exe command already included in Windows show the
index numbering of the hard disks?

diskpart.exe
list disk
select disk <n>
detail disk
exit
 
Won't the diskpart.exe command already included in Windows show
the index numbering of the hard disks?

diskpart.exe
list disk
select disk <n>
detail disk
exit
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I never knew about this utility. I like it! Thanks!
 
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