New Hard Disks Just Showed Up

[ChrisK]

I just checked "My Computer" out, and it says that I have
4 hard disks installed, C F G H. Why did that happen? I
Only have the one C drive. XP is also telling me that
they arn't formatted. I didnt add anything to my system,
they just showed up. Any ideas???

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Chris,

Start/run diskmgmt.msc, what type of drives do they show as?
Did you add any CD software that creates virtual disks?
Cameras that are plugged into the system will appear as a separate drive as
well.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[ChrisK]

Thnaks Rick
I rand diskmgmt, I see my regular C drive as Disk 0, and
I see Disk 1 wich was once set up as a seperate linux
drive, with three partitions (now reading as F G H). The
second drive is kinda old, maybe its just failing and
lost its file system information, the file system shows
up blank in diskmgmt.

Thank makes more sence.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Download and run a drive diagnostic to assess the health of the drive, they
are usually found for free on the web site of the drive manufacturer.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone