Problem with Duplicate SATA Drive

[Steve Madden]

I have a SATA drive that does NOT contain my Boot drive. I am using
Windows XP. The drive has been mapped as "E:" Suddenly, I noticed that
it it ALSO mapped as drive "J:" Additionally, if I try to move a file
from this drive--it appears to be still there (and I presume that it is)
but I cannot access the file. I also get an error message that tells me
that the recycle bin for drive J is corrupted, and asks if I want to
empty this bin. I have a lot of data on this drive, and it seems to work
fine, accept for moving files. Please advise as to how I can fix this
problem.

 

[Mikhail Zhilin]

Steve,

It looks like the minor incorrectness in the partition table of the drive.

What a program was used to partition it (to create the logical drives)?
I.e. was it partitioned in native way in WinXP -- or the exterior programs
like Partition Magic was used.

As a workaround, run Control Panel -- Administrative Tools -- Computer
Management -- Storage -- Disk Management, and see if you can remove J: letter
here (right click the drive with this letter -- Change Driver Letter and Paths
- Remove).
--
Mikhail Zhilin
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
http://www.aha.ru/~mwz
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