No hard drive letter

[hogislander]

I have a IDE drive from my old computer and hooked up a IDE to SATA converter
to adapt it to my newer computer as a back up. The computer sees the drive
and the partition on the drive but it doesn't assign it a drive letter.

Thinking it was the converter, I swapped out one of my DVD drives and used
its IDE connection with the same results.

I do not want to repartition the drive with out pulling info of of the old
drive first.

Any clues?

 

[Bob I]

What letter is assigned in Disk Management? Is the letter hidden using
TweakUI?

 

[hogislander]

There is no letter assigned in disk management. The 20 GB hard drive shows
up as only "18.56 GB FAT32 Healthy (Active)"

As far as I can tell in TweakUI, it is not hidden. All boxes ar check under
drives in TweakUI and the only letters in use ar C,D,E,F. D and E are DVD
drives and F is associated with a program that shows up as another DVD/CD
drive.

What letter is assigned in Disk Management? Is the letter hidden using
TweakUI?

I have a IDE drive from my old computer and hooked up a IDE to SATA converter
to adapt it to my newer computer as a back up. The computer sees the drive

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Any clues?

 

[FrankLea2k]

Hi, May I suggest still connecting the hard drive to the primary ide
port? Try it as a master, but then as a slave if that does not work.
Good luck.

 

[Jim Stuart]

Try going back into Drive Management, then right click on the drive that has
no letter assigned.

Next click 'Change Drive Letter' and then click 'Add'.

From the list of available letters select the letter you wish to assign,
then click 'OK'.

Repeat these steps if your drive has more than one partition.



Jim

There is no letter assigned in disk management. The 20 GB hard drive
shows
up as only "18.56 GB FAT32 Healthy (Active)"

As far as I can tell in TweakUI, it is not hidden. All boxes ar check
under
drives in TweakUI and the only letters in use ar C,D,E,F. D and E are DVD
drives and F is associated with a program that shows up as another DVD/CD
drive.

What letter is assigned in Disk Management? Is the letter hidden using
TweakUI?

I have a IDE drive from my old computer and hooked up a IDE to SATA
converter
to adapt it to my newer computer as a back up. The computer sees the
drive

[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]

Any clues?

 

[hogislander via WindowsKB.com]

Hi, I did try using it as a master and I got as far as a blinking cursor.
The IDE old hard drive has jumper pins and if I remove the jumper, as the IDE
Segeta model manual suggests for slave operation, the computer doesnt even
recognize the drive or the partition let alone give it a letter. But when the
pin is placed back as before it sees the drive and partition but no drive
letter.

 

[hogislander via WindowsKB.com]

Hi, the option is there to change the drive letter but it is not highlighted
so I am unable to click on it.

Try going back into Drive Management, then right click on the drive that has
no letter assigned.

Next click 'Change Drive Letter' and then click 'Add'.

From the list of available letters select the letter you wish to assign,
then click 'OK'.

Repeat these steps if your drive has more than one partition.

Jim

There is no letter assigned in disk management. The 20 GB hard drive
shows

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[Bob I]

My guess is that the system wants it as F but that software has
"stepped" on it. Disable the software or change it from "F" in the
software parameters and then check for drive letters.

There is no letter assigned in disk management. The 20 GB hard drive shows
up as only "18.56 GB FAT32 Healthy (Active)"

As far as I can tell in TweakUI, it is not hidden. All boxes ar check under
drives in TweakUI and the only letters in use ar C,D,E,F. D and E are DVD
drives and F is associated with a program that shows up as another DVD/CD
drive.

What letter is assigned in Disk Management? Is the letter hidden using
TweakUI?

I have a IDE drive from my old computer and hooked up a IDE to SATA converter
to adapt it to my newer computer as a back up. The computer sees the drive

[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]

Any clues?

 

[hogislander via WindowsKB.com]

Changed the virtual drive letter in Alcohol 120% from F to G. Rebooted, and
still nothing. So I uninstalled the program all together and still no luck in
getting a drive letter.

I few months ago I changed out the my hard drive as it was starting to crash
and I swapped in a new drive and used the bad one as a slave and was able to
salvage info. And the virtual drive associated with the program didn't effect
my computer assigning a letter that time.

My guess is that the system wants it as F but that software has
"stepped" on it. Disable the software or change it from "F" in the
software parameters and then check for drive letters.

There is no letter assigned in disk management. The 20 GB hard drive shows
up as only "18.56 GB FAT32 Healthy (Active)"

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[Guest]

If it is a HDD you will need to go into disk management and assign it a drive
letter.
Right click on the drive and select change drive letter, then select the
letter you want to use.

 

[Bob I]

Can you access it from the command line as F? If there is no important
data, can format it?

Changed the virtual drive letter in Alcohol 120% from F to G. Rebooted, and
still nothing. So I uninstalled the program all together and still no luck in
getting a drive letter.

I few months ago I changed out the my hard drive as it was starting to crash
and I swapped in a new drive and used the bad one as a slave and was able to
salvage info. And the virtual drive associated with the program didn't effect
my computer assigning a letter that time.

My guess is that the system wants it as F but that software has
"stepped" on it. Disable the software or change it from "F" in the
software parameters and then check for drive letters.

There is no letter assigned in disk management. The 20 GB hard drive shows
up as only "18.56 GB FAT32 Healthy (Active)"

[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]

Any clues?

 

[hogislander via WindowsKB.com]

Hi, the option is there to change the drive letter but it is not highlighted
so I am unable to click on it.

If it is a HDD you will need to go into disk management and assign it a drive
letter.
Right click on the drive and select change drive letter, then select the
letter you want to use.

I have a IDE drive from my old computer and hooked up a IDE to SATA converter
to adapt it to my newer computer as a back up. The computer sees the drive

[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]

Any clues?

 

[hogislander via WindowsKB.com]

Formatting is an option but after I pull some data off. My last option is to
install a DVD burner into the old computer. Would rather I be able to just
read the HDD as a slave. Baffaling ... even the Dell people cant figure this
one out.

Can you access it from the command line as F? If there is no important
data, can format it?

Changed the virtual drive letter in Alcohol 120% from F to G. Rebooted, and
still nothing. So I uninstalled the program all together and still no luck in

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[Bob I]

Can you access it from the command line as F?

Formatting is an option but after I pull some data off. My last option is to
install a DVD burner into the old computer. Would rather I be able to just
read the HDD as a slave. Baffaling ... even the Dell people cant figure this
one out.

Can you access it from the command line as F? If there is no important
data, can format it?

Changed the virtual drive letter in Alcohol 120% from F to G. Rebooted, and
still nothing. So I uninstalled the program all together and still no luck in

[quoted text clipped - 15 lines]

Any clues?

 

[hogislander via WindowsKB.com]

Not sure how to do that ... please advise. Thanx

Can you access it from the command line as F?

Formatting is an option but after I pull some data off. My last option is to
install a DVD burner into the old computer. Would rather I be able to just

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[Bob I]

Go to Start, Run, CMD <enter>, you are now at the Command prompt. Try
entering F: and hit enter to access the "F" drive.

Not sure how to do that ... please advise. Thanx

Can you access it from the command line as F?

Formatting is an option but after I pull some data off. My last option is to
install a DVD burner into the old computer. Would rather I be able to just

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Any clues?

 

[hogislander via WindowsKB.com]

This is what came up
"'f' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program
or batch file"

Not sure how to do that ... please advise. Thanx

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[Jason Tsang]

You forgot the colon after the letter.

--
Jason Tsang - Microsoft MVP

Find out about the MS MVP Program -
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx

This is what came up
"'f' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable
program
or batch file"

Not sure how to do that ... please advise. Thanx

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Any clues?

 

[hogislander via WindowsKB.com]

Ooops.
Now it said ... "The system can not find the drive specified."

You forgot the colon after the letter.

This is what came up
"'f' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable

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[Bob I]

Well, provided all the jumpers are indeed correct(master drive and slave
both), XP doens't recognize the drive in its current condition.

Ooops.
Now it said ... "The system can not find the drive specified."

You forgot the colon after the letter.

This is what came up
"'f' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable

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Any clues?