Volume Label Names Forbidden?

[Guest]

I just got through reinstalling XP because of lack of space on my C
partition, so I reinstalled most programs on the D drive. In Windows Explorer
this resulted in some confusion (to me) of volume labels so I renamed the C
drive "Operating System" (which seems to be acceptable to the computer); but
I also renamed the D drive "Programs 1". After closing My Computer, I have
been unable to find the D drive again, either in My Computer or in Computer
Management.
I assume my choice of label was a no-no. Is there any way to recover the D
partition (drive) short of reinstalling XP?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I just got through reinstalling XP because of lack of space on my C
partition, so I reinstalled most programs on the D drive. In Windows
Explorer
this resulted in some confusion (to me) of volume labels so I renamed the
C
drive "Operating System" (which seems to be acceptable to the computer);
but
I also renamed the D drive "Programs 1". After closing My Computer, I have
been unable to find the D drive again, either in My Computer or in
Computer
Management.
I assume my choice of label was a no-no. Is there any way to recover the D
partition (drive) short of reinstalling XP?

There is nothing wrong with your label names but moving
your programs to drive D: is not recommended. Many programs
will unfortunately not recognise the change, which means that you
will have the folder "\Program Files" both on drive C: and on
drive D:. Much better to make drive C: 20 GBytes in size and
reserve it for Windows and for your programs. You should
then keep your data on drive D:.

Click Start / Run / diskmgmt.msc to find out what's happened
to your missing partition.