What's going on

When I boot into windows normal mode then open the "my
computer" window, all of the partitions are listed. But if
I boot into windows safe mode then open the "my computer"
window, only some of the partitions are listed. WHY?

These are hard drive partitions? Or are you missing CD drives? That =
would be normal.

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Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP for Win9x
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"phil" wrote in message =
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When I boot into windows normal mode then open the "my=20
computer" window, all of the partitions are listed. But if=20
I boot into windows safe mode then open the "my computer"=20
window, only some of the partitions are listed. WHY?

They are hard drive partitions. I have 3 physical hard
drives containing 7 partitions.

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-----Original Message-----
These are hard drive partitions? Or are you missing CD
drives? That would be normal.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP for Win9x

"phil" wrote in
message ...
When I boot into windows normal mode then open the "my
computer" window, all of the partitions are listed. But
if
I boot into windows safe mode then open the "my
computer"
window, only some of the partitions are listed. WHY?
.

May as well show them to us...

(1) "START, Run, MSInfo32". Use the mouse to highlight relevant info &
the Edit menu to Copy it...

Windows-managed swap file on drive C (6458MB free)
Available space on drive C: 6458MB of 7979MB (FAT32)
Available space on drive D: 6232MB of 7979MB (FAT32)
Available space on drive E: 773MB of 2792MB (FAT32)
Available space on drive F: 7979MB of 7979MB (FAT32)
Available space on drive G: 7786MB of 7979MB (FAT32)
Available space on drive H: 7620MB of 7979MB (FAT32)
Available space on drive I: 6174MB of 6174MB (FAT32)

(2)
(a) "START button, Programs, MS-DOS Prompt"
(b) FDISK /Status
(c) Use the "MARK", outline text with mouse, "COPY" button to post the
results.

C:\FDISK /Status
Disk Drv Mbytes Free Usage
1 19092 8298 57%
C: 7996
E: 2798
2 38169 100% Full drive
D: 7996 One partition
F: 7996
G: 7996
H: 7996
I: 6187


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Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"phil" wrote in message
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| They are hard drive partitions. I have 3 physical hard
| drives containing 7 partitions.
|
| __________________________________________________ _
|
|
| -----Original Message-----
| These are hard drive partitions? Or are you missing CD
| drives? That would be normal.
|
| --
| Gary S. Terhune
| MS MVP for Win9x
|
| "phil" wrote in
| message ...
| When I boot into windows normal mode then open the "my
| computer" window, all of the partitions are listed. But
| if
| I boot into windows safe mode then open the "my
| computer"
| window, only some of the partitions are listed. WHY?
| .
|

First rule, don't do anything precipitous. One false move and some data =
may go bye-bye. That *especially* includes using Scandisk to "fix" =
anything.

Are the drives all connected to on(mother)board IDE controllers? Or are =
you also using a PCI controller? Do you know if any drive overlays (EZ =
Drive, OnTrack, etc.) are in use? What make model machine? How are all =
drives connected (Primary Master, Primary Slave, etc.) Looking at which =
partitions are missing in Safe Mode, do they all belong to a single =
drive? Is that drive perhaps a Slave to a CDROM on Master?

--=20
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP for Win9x
=20
"phil" wrote in message =
...
They are hard drive partitions. I have 3 physical hard=20
drives containing 7 partitions.
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__________________________________________________ _
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-----Original Message-----
These are hard drive partitions? Or are you missing CD=20
drives? That would be normal.

--=20
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP for Win9x
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"phil" wrote in=20
message ...
When I boot into windows normal mode then open the "my=20
computer" window, all of the partitions are listed. But=20
if=20
I boot into windows safe mode then open the "my=20
computer"=20
window, only some of the partitions are listed. WHY?
.

In addition to answering the other suggestions and questions; Are the any
of the drives larger than 137GB, and do some parititions start past
the 137GB mark? Safe mode accesses drives using DOS compatibility
mode, which means the BIOS services in most cases instead of the
usual windows drivers. This could be a problem for reading very large
drives.
Can you see the drives in DOS?



"phil" wrote in message ...
They are hard drive partitions. I have 3 physical hard
drives containing 7 partitions.

__________________________________________________ _


-----Original Message-----
These are hard drive partitions? Or are you missing CD
drives? That would be normal.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP for Win9x

"phil" wrote in
message ...
When I boot into windows normal mode then open the "my
computer" window, all of the partitions are listed. But
if
I boot into windows safe mode then open the "my
computer"
window, only some of the partitions are listed. WHY?
.