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December 4th 06, 06:13 AM
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Deleting drive letter
After running fdisk /mbr, my HDD booted normally. But I suddenly have a "D"
drive showing in "My Computer". The contents is exactly that of "C", and the capacity used and free is also identical with "C". I downloaded a few music files saved them on "C", they immediately also show up on "D". I ran fdisk but I did not see the "D" drive at all. How can I delete this drive? Thanks, AJS 
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#2
December 5th 06, 01:20 AM
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The problem comes up now/then at this site.
(1) "START button, Find, F/F, Autorun.inf". I guess one of those can do it, if in a root directory, such as "C:\" or "D:\". You should have none in a root directory. (2) Some drivers can do it, purposely. Did you install something big lately? (3) "START button, Run, SysEdit". Is there a "SUBST" command in Autoexec.bat? That would do it. (4) Did you create a CVF (Compressed Volume File)? That would do it. (5) "START button, Run, MSInfo32". Use CTRL-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) (6) (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 -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "AJS" wrote in message ... | After running fdisk /mbr, my HDD booted normally. But I suddenly have a "D" | drive showing in "My Computer". | The contents is exactly that of "C", and the capacity used and free is also | identical with "C". | I downloaded a few music files saved them on "C", they immediately also show | up on "D". | | I ran fdisk but I did not see the "D" drive at all. | How can I delete this drive? | Thanks, | AJS | |
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#3
December 5th 06, 02:52 AM
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"AJS" wrote in message ... ????? I really don't know what that all means. But thanks anyway AJS It 'means', pcr was giving you instructions on how to go about looking into your problem. His first instruction was for you to: 1)'press' the 'start' button, scroll up to 'Find files and folders', then type in "Autorun.inf"; then let the computer look around to see if 'that' file is found, and 'if' found, where 'it' found it. His next instruction/advice was to: 2)Ask you if you had installed a large program/file/gizmo or whatever lately? His next bit of advice was to ask you to:: 3)Go to the 'start button', then scroll up to RUN, then type in SysEdit.... then hit 'enter'. from here he is asking if you see 'SUBST' in your Autoexec.bat file? and so on and so on and so on..... he is trying to help you, listen to him and follow his instructrions.
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#4
December 5th 06, 10:30 AM
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I really don't know what that all means. But thanks anyway AJS "PCR" wrote in message ... | The problem comes up now/then at this site. | | (1) "START button, Find, F/F, Autorun.inf". | I guess one of those can do it, if in a root directory, such as | "C:\" or "D:\". You should have none in a root directory. | | (2) Some drivers can do it, purposely. Did you install something big | lately? | | (3) "START button, Run, SysEdit". Is there a "SUBST" command in | Autoexec.bat? That would do it. | | (4) Did you create a CVF (Compressed Volume File)? That would do it. | | (5) "START button, Run, MSInfo32". Use CTRL-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) | | (6) | (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 | | | -- | Thanks or Good Luck, | There may be humor in this post, and, | Naturally, you will not sue, | should things get worse after this, | PCR | | "AJS" wrote in message | ... | | After running fdisk /mbr, my HDD booted normally. But I suddenly have | a "D" | | drive showing in "My Computer". | | The contents is exactly that of "C", and the capacity used and free is | also | | identical with "C". | | I downloaded a few music files saved them on "C", they immediately | also show | | up on "D". | | | | I ran fdisk but I did not see the "D" drive at all. | | How can I delete this drive? | | Thanks, | | AJS | | | | | |
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#5
December 5th 06, 08:13 PM
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Deleting drive letter
Hi, here my results
(1) None in a root directory (2) Did not install anything (3) Autoexec.bat is empty (4) No CVF created (5) GenuineIntel x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 3 192MB RAM 75% system resources free Windows-managed swap file on drive C (27017MB free) Available space on drive C: 27017MB of 76297MB (FAT32) Available space on drive D: 27509MB of 76297MB (FAT32) (6) Fixed Disk Drive Status Disk Drv Mbytes Free Usage 1 10781 100% C: 10781 Thanks, AJS "PCR" wrote in message ... | The problem comes up now/then at this site. | | (1) "START button, Find, F/F, Autorun.inf". | I guess one of those can do it, if in a root directory, such as | "C:\" or "D:\". You should have none in a root directory. | | (2) Some drivers can do it, purposely. Did you install something big | lately? | | (3) "START button, Run, SysEdit". Is there a "SUBST" command in | Autoexec.bat? That would do it. | | (4) Did you create a CVF (Compressed Volume File)? That would do it. | | (5) "START button, Run, MSInfo32". Use CTRL-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) | | (6) | (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 | | | -- | Thanks or Good Luck, | There may be humor in this post, and, | Naturally, you will not sue, | should things get worse after this, | PCR | | "AJS" wrote in message | ... | | After running fdisk /mbr, my HDD booted normally. But I suddenly have | a "D" | | drive showing in "My Computer". | | The contents is exactly that of "C", and the capacity used and free is | also | | identical with "C". | | I downloaded a few music files saved them on "C", they immediately | also show | | up on "D". | | | | I ran fdisk but I did not see the "D" drive at all. | | How can I delete this drive? | | Thanks, | | AJS | | | | | |
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#6
December 5th 06, 11:03 PM
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Deleting drive letter
On Tue, 5 Dec 2006 12:13:36 -0800, "AJS" put
finger to keyboard and composed: Hi, here my results (5) Windows-managed swap file on drive C (27017MB free) Available space on drive C: 27017MB of 76297MB (FAT32) Available space on drive D: 27509MB of 76297MB (FAT32) I don't know why you have a ghost disc (I sometimes have a similar ghosting problem with my flash drive), but I suspect that the 500MB difference in free space may be related to the swap file, WIN386.SWP. (6) Fixed Disk Drive Status Disk Drv Mbytes Free Usage 1 10781 100% C: 10781 I think you may need the latest Fdisk. Fdisk Does Not Recognize Full Size of Hard Disks Larger than 64 GB: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=263044 - Franc Zabkar -- Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.
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#7
December 5th 06, 11:25 PM
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Deleting drive letter
Yea, that's right. Thanks for the support. So... this means... let's say... 62% of the blame is yours now- if he gets worse after this! No need for thanks, logic was the key to the lock. As for 62%, you are showing fear, not a good quality... we are only asking the lad to 'look at' things, not dismantle them.
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#9
December 5th 06, 11:59 PM
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"justa" wrote in message
... | | "AJS" wrote in message | ... ????? | I really don't know what that all means. | But thanks anyway | AJS | | It 'means', pcr was giving you instructions on how to go about looking | into your problem. | His first instruction was for you to: | 1)'press' the 'start' button, scroll up to 'Find files and folders', then | type | in "Autorun.inf"; then let the computer look around to see if 'that' file | is found, and 'if' found, where 'it' found it. | | His next instruction/advice was to: | 2)Ask you if you had installed a large program/file/gizmo or whatever | lately? | | His next bit of advice was to ask you to:: | 3)Go to the 'start button', then scroll up to RUN, then type in SysEdit.... | then hit 'enter'. from here he is asking if you see 'SUBST' in your | Autoexec.bat file? | | | and so on and so on and so on..... | | he is trying to help you, listen to him and follow his instructrions. Yea, that's right. Thanks for the support. So... this means... let's say... 62% of the blame is yours now— if he gets worse after this!
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#10
December 6th 06, 10:16 AM
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Deleting drive letter
(1) Is it also in a USB enclosure on the Win98 machine?
I don't know, maybe it creates a second letter. No, it is not in an enclosure. I reinstalled the HDD into the computer. (2) Did you have a drive overlay on the hard drive? /MBR made it inactive, but did it have this side effect? Is something more needed to remove it entirely? Obviously, you do not need to restore the overlay, because its full size does show in Windows without it— but twice? I do not have a drive overlay. (3) How did you cancel that process on the XP machine? Did it have a CANCEL button or did you crash it? Maybe it did some prep work that needed to be undone. I don't know. I turned off the Win XP computer and then disconnected the drive. Another thing I noticed is that if I delete a file, the recycle bin will show that file twice. How do I delete the "D" drive? "PCR" wrote in message ... | | (5) | | GenuineIntel x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 3 | | 192MB RAM | | 75% system resources free | | Windows-managed swap file on drive C (27017MB free) | | Available space on drive C: 27017MB of 76297MB (FAT32) | | Available space on drive D: 27509MB of 76297MB (FAT32) | | | | (6) | | | | Fixed Disk Drive Status | | Disk Drv Mbytes Free Usage | | 1 10781 100% | | C: 10781 | | It looks like you need the updated FDISK, which would get the reported | size of partitions right... | http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=263044 | | But I never heard the original one would omit a partition altogether, I | don't think— unless it were an NTFS partition, maybe. But I do believe | Windows 98 wouldn't see it, either, in that case. But it does. So, it | looks like something about Windows is seeing a partition that doesn't | physically exist. It likely is a logical construct. But I can only guess | at what is constructing it. | | | (2) Did not install anything | | Now I see this is the HDD you put into a USB enclosure of an XP machine | in a nearby thread, in order to copy files from it. But you canceled the | process when it asked to format the HDD. Also, you did an FDISK /MBR, in | order to boot the HDD after you moved it back to the Win98 machine. | | I really don't know what's up, but... | | (1) Is it also in a USB enclosure on the Win98 machine? | I don't know, maybe it creates a second letter. | | (2) Did you have a drive overlay on the hard drive? | | /MBR made it inactive, but did it have this side effect? Is | something more needed to remove it entirely? Obviously, you do not need | to restore the overlay, because its full size does show in Windows | without it— but twice? | | (3) How did you cancel that process on the XP machine? | Did it have a CANCEL button or did you crash it? Maybe it did some | prep work that needed to be undone. I don't know. | | | -- | Thanks or Good Luck, | There may be humor in this post, and, | Naturally, you will not sue, | should things get worse after this, | PCR | | "AJS" wrote in message | ... | | Hi, here my results | | | | (1) None in a root directory | | | | (2) Did not install anything | | | | (3) Autoexec.bat is empty | | | | (4) No CVF created | | | | (5) | | GenuineIntel x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 3 | | 192MB RAM | | 75% system resources free | | Windows-managed swap file on drive C (27017MB free) | | Available space on drive C: 27017MB of 76297MB (FAT32) | | Available space on drive D: 27509MB of 76297MB (FAT32) | | | | (6) | | | | Fixed Disk Drive Status | | Disk Drv Mbytes Free Usage | | 1 10781 100% | | C: 10781 | | | | Thanks, | | AJS | | | | "PCR" wrote in message | | ... | | | The problem comes up now/then at this site. | | | | | | (1) "START button, Find, F/F, Autorun.inf". | | | I guess one of those can do it, if in a root directory, such | as | | | "C:\" or "D:\". You should have none in a root directory. | | | | | | (2) Some drivers can do it, purposely. Did you install something big | | | lately? | | | | | | (3) "START button, Run, SysEdit". Is there a "SUBST" command in | | | Autoexec.bat? That would do it. | | | | | | (4) Did you create a CVF (Compressed Volume File)? That would do it. | | | | | | (5) "START button, Run, MSInfo32". Use CTRL-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) | | | | | | (6) | | | (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 | | | | | | | | | -- | | | Thanks or Good Luck, | | | There may be humor in this post, and, | | | Naturally, you will not sue, | | | should things get worse after this, | | | PCR | | | | | | "AJS" wrote in message | | | ... | | | | After running fdisk /mbr, my HDD booted normally. But I suddenly | have | | | a "D" | | | | drive showing in "My Computer". | | | | The contents is exactly that of "C", and the capacity used and | free is | | | also | | | | identical with "C". | | | | I downloaded a few music files saved them on "C", they immediately | | | also show | | | | up on "D". | | | | | | | | I ran fdisk but I did not see the "D" drive at all. | | | | How can I delete this drive? | | | | Thanks, | | | | AJS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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