Need help locating a disk

[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.

 

[Paul]

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.

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

 

[Todd]

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

Thank you!

 

[VanguardLH]

If you want to see drives named by that naming convention, you
can use the "dd" port and use "dd --list" as a command. ...

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

 

[Nil]

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

I never knew about this utility. I like it! Thanks!