If a drive is present and correct in the Device Manager yet allocated no
drive letter this is normally indicative of one of the following:
Either the drive is not partitioned or formatted or that it is formatted
to use a filing system not recognised by Win Me such as the NTFS filing
system.
Was the drive previously used with a program such as GoBack as this
changes the file system flag so that partition(s) on the drive are only
accessible via GoBack.

Boot into Win Me and open a DOS window and run FDISK - alternatively boot
to DOS using a Win Me boot floppy and enter FDISK at the DOS prompt. When
prompted click Y for large disk support. Can FDISK see two drives (if yes
there is an option to change drive)? For each drive what does "Display
Partition Information" tell you. If FDISK sees your second drive how does
it say it is partitioned and what filing system does it say is in use on
each of those partitions?
--
Mike Maltby



Tim O via WindowsKB.com u27552@uwe wrote:

I haven't blocked access to drive letters beyond C using a tool such
as TweakUI.

The master has drive letter C and the slave does not have a drive
letter.

Also no yellow and white exclamation mark or red cross appear.

Thanks,
Tim

Mike M wrote:
OK, so you can see both drives in the Device Manager which is good.
What do the properties for each drive have to say? For example does
one of them have a yellow and white exclamation mark or red cross?
What drive letters do the Properties sheet for each drive tell you
have been allocated (You will find this on the Settings tab)? Have
you perhaps blocked access to drive letters beyond C using a tool
such as TweakUI?

I asked about the previous operating system in case this had been for
example XP and the missing drive formatted to use the NTFS filing
system which is unreadable in Win Me without the use of third party
drivers.
I can not see the slave drive in Windows Explorer.
I can see the master drive in Explorer.
I can see both drives in the device manager.
Windows ME was the previous operating system.