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[Wayne G. Dengel]

Via Partition Magic 8, I retrieved two formerly used w/Lynx partitions that
were both at the "top" of a drive. C, D, E + these two.

Another drive has F, G, H and L. (I & J are used for CD-ROM and CD-R/W).

K? Indicated as a removable. Cannot find or identify.

L is a new partition formerly used for Lynx data. M is a USB-connected
"traveldrive". Thus the retrieved partition was given the letter N.

XP's Disk Mangement 'sees' this partition; 'Healthy' etc. though I cannot
run Disk Errors on it. Norton and its disk features see it. However, My
Computer does not.

What in "OS-101" did I miss? How do I make this partition truly available?

Wayne G. Dengel

 

[LVTravel]

Drive K may be a card slot on a printer or built into the machine..

Did you format the partition (N) once you "retrieved" the partition? Go
back into Disk Management and make sure it is formatted as either Fat 32 or
NTFS.

Since you did not state that you were on a network, I assume that this is a
standalone computer with no network connections that would mask the drive.

 

[Wayne G. Dengel]

In answer to your questions:

Probably right about K. Had not thought about that.

N was formatted - 9.92GB. NTFS (as are all the others) 4k Cluster.

No network.

What might I do to "wake it up"?

Wayne

 

[Wayne G. Dengel]

Also, Norton's 'System Information' DOES not see N.
XP's Disk managment does see it.
Wayne

 

[Lawrence J. Gardner]

I have used PM and System Commander both to create NTFS partitions, and when
I reboot and start Windows XP, it does not see them. I have to re-format
under Windows XP and assign a drive letter to the partition in order for
Windows XP to see it.

Also check TweakUI XP and see that drives are not hidden (the next letter to
be used). Even though I can assign Drive Letter 'N' under Disk Management,
if TweakUI XP has 'N' as hidden, Windows Explorer will not see it, but Disk
Management knows it's there.

Since you state that Disk Management sees the partition as 'Healthy', it
knows about it. What Letter does it show for this partition. Did you ever
assign a Drive Letter?

 

[Wayne G. Dengel]

Tweak solved the problem..
Thank You!

Wayne

I have used PM and System Commander both to create NTFS partitions, and
when I reboot and start Windows XP, it does not see them. I have to
re-format under Windows XP and assign a drive letter to the partition in
order for Windows XP to see it.

Also check TweakUI XP and see that drives are not hidden (the next letter
to be used). Even though I can assign Drive Letter 'N' under Disk
Management, if TweakUI XP has 'N' as hidden, Windows Explorer will not see
it, but Disk Management knows it's there.

Since you state that Disk Management sees the partition as 'Healthy', it
knows about it. What Letter does it show for this partition. Did you
ever assign a Drive Letter?

 

[Wayne G. Dengel]

Lasrence:

Continue to be plagued with randomness of PM08. Installed - when an attempt
was made to open it, it locked up the machine!

Once it stayed alive. Then Bingo! gone again. Just tried to install
BootMagic. requires a FAT partition. When to PM08 todo this - locked up
again.

Do you have similar experiences??

Wayne

 

[Lawrence J. Gardner]

No ... I use System Commander 8 from www.v-comm.com.
I've recently switched to Acronis Disk Selector, which I found much better
for Windows XP.

I purchased the Acronis Home Suite for 49.95 (you get Disk Selector and True
Image Backup both).

If you want to try System Commander, download it and try it.
Acronis has the same option.

Have not had any problems with either one. Both will install on NTFS
partitions.

I remember BootMagic years ago ... but I don't remember who makes it.

 

[Wayne G. Dengel]

I have PM08 on a new DELL 9300. Works fine.

On an older AMD 1Ghz machine - plenty of ram and disk, have been able to run
it once or twice (when all of the questions then came up.)

Have VCom's Part Comm Ver 9. Will install that in this older machine.

BTW, "for grins", I installed PM-08 on a "TravelChip" (USB-1 speed, no logic
why I did this, just interested in IF it might work!) ~ same problem:
machine locked up.

Meanwhile thanks for noting/reminding me about Tweak. Wonder why Mr. Gates
does not fix XP with some of Tweaks' features.

Wayne