Win XP Pro Should NOT delete ALL the partitions . . .

[Guest]

As the topic says, I think that Win XP Pro should not delete all the
partitions from every
hard-drive when deleting a single partition from a double partition HD when
re-installing windows.

It has occurred to me lot's of times even with different computers.

I start the re-install normally, delete the partition I have created earlier
and installed windows on and everything goes as planned.

When the windows actually starts for the first time and I open "My
Computer" ALL the other partitions are "RAW"... And in that point, I'm ready
to break something big...

Well, I'm ending this message here since I'm so frustraded that I got a
terrible head-ache from a microsoft product...again so faretheewell ! !! !

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

If you have more than one partition, then you should not
delete any partition in order to reinstall Windows XP.
All you need to do is "format" the specific partition you
wish to reinstall Windows XP in.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| As the topic says, I think that Win XP Pro should not delete all the
| partitions from every
| hard-drive when deleting a single partition from a double partition HD when
| re-installing windows.
|
| It has occurred to me lot's of times even with different computers.
|
| I start the re-install normally, delete the partition I have created earlier
| and installed windows on and everything goes as planned.
|
| When the windows actually starts for the first time and I open "My
| Computer" ALL the other partitions are "RAW"... And in that point, I'm ready
| to break something big...
|
| Well, I'm ending this message here since I'm so frustraded that I got a
| terrible head-ache from a microsoft product...again so faretheewell ! !! !

 

[Guest]

Have your hard-disk being configured as Dynamic Disks? You can check this by
right-clicking on My Computer - choose Manage - under Computer Management -
expand to Disk Management. This could be the one reason of your problem. For
more information on re-installing windows on dynamic disk partition, see the
link below:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283421/en-us

Hope this help, Let us know!

 

[Guest]

Nope, they're not dynamic.

What I did notice while meddling around, was that in disc-management, it
show's the old names and pretty much the right disk usage of the extended
partition and the other HD, yet it does not allow to explore the files on
them.

Just says "Access Denied" as they say about "RAW"'s but any idea on how to
fix this without any restoration procedures ?

I'd think there was atleast one way since the disk-management still sees the
old partitions...

 

[Guest]

Got it fixed now, sheesh...first time this ever happened :

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810881


~.~


Farewell . . .

 

[Shenan Stanley]

As the topic says, I think that Win XP Pro should not delete all the
partitions from every
hard-drive when deleting a single partition from a double partition
HD when re-installing windows.

It has occurred to me lot's of times even with different computers.

I start the re-install normally, delete the partition I have
created earlier and installed windows on and everything goes as
planned.

When the windows actually starts for the first time and I open "My
Computer" ALL the other partitions are "RAW"... And in that point,
I'm ready to break something big...

Well, I'm ending this message here since I'm so frustraded that I
got a terrible head-ache from a microsoft product...again so
faretheewell ! !! !

Have your hard-disk being configured as Dynamic Disks? You can
check this by right-clicking on My Computer - choose Manage - under
Computer Management - expand to Disk Management. This could be the
one reason of your problem. For more information on re-installing
windows on dynamic disk partition, see the link below:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283421/en-us

Hope this help, Let us know!

Nope, they're not dynamic.

What I did notice while meddling around, was that in
disc-management, it show's the old names and pretty much the right
disk usage of the extended partition and the other HD, yet it does
not allow to explore the files on them.

Just says "Access Denied" as they say about "RAW"'s but any idea on
how to fix this without any restoration procedures ?

I'd think there was atleast one way since the disk-management still
sees the old partitions...

Big difference in that description and your original.

"Access Denied" means you need to take ownership - as the file/folder
permissions on the existing directories are no longer valid - since you
REINSTALLED your OS and do not have the same users/SID information as
before.

How to Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

How to disable simplified sharing & set permissions
on a shared folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307874