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Second hard disk
Recently I fitted a second hard disk to my computer. The first hard disk has
two partitions, which showed in My Computer as C: and D: before the econd disk was fitted. The second disk came with a 32MB FAT16 DOS primary partition, which I left as it was; I then used the Windows 98 FDISK to create an extended DOS partition on the second disk, with a single logical drive. Now the FAT16 primary partition shows in My Computer as D:, the logical drive in the extended partition of the first drive as E:, and the new logical drive in the extended DOS partition on the second drive does not show at all. Can anyone tell me how to get access to the logical drive in the extended DOS partition of the second drive? TIA, Peter. -- Peter Hyssett |
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Peter Hyssett wrote:
Recently I fitted a second hard disk to my computer. The first hard disk has two partitions, which showed in My Computer as C: and D: before the econd disk was fitted. The second disk came with a 32MB FAT16 DOS primary partition, which I left as it was; I then used the Windows 98 FDISK to create an extended DOS partition on the second disk, with a single logical drive. Now the FAT16 primary partition shows in My Computer as D:, the logical drive in the extended partition of the first drive as E:, and the new logical drive in the extended DOS partition on the second drive does not show at all. Can anyone tell me how to get access to the logical drive in the extended DOS partition of the second drive? Drive letters are allocated to primary partitions first (on both master and slave drive), then to other partitions. What you are seeing implies that you did something wrong in creating the logical drive in the extended partition on the secondary disk (since the OS apparently doesn't see it). I'd fire up FDISK again, and see what it shows. If necessary, delete the logical disk and the extended partition and recreate them. It shouldn't have any impact on the primary partition (D: drive). -- Tim Slattery MS MVP(DTS) http://members.cox.net/slatteryt |
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Did you format the partition?
-- Regards Ron Badour MS MVP 1997 - 2007 "Peter Hyssett" wrote in message ... Recently I fitted a second hard disk to my computer. The first hard disk has two partitions, which showed in My Computer as C: and D: before the econd disk was fitted. The second disk came with a 32MB FAT16 DOS primary partition, which I left as it was; I then used the Windows 98 FDISK to create an extended DOS partition on the second disk, with a single logical drive. Now the FAT16 primary partition shows in My Computer as D:, the logical drive in the extended partition of the first drive as E:, and the new logical drive in the extended DOS partition on the second drive does not show at all. Can anyone tell me how to get access to the logical drive in the extended DOS partition of the second drive? TIA, Peter. -- Peter Hyssett |
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"Peter Hyssett" wrote in message
... Recently I fitted a second hard disk to my computer. The first hard disk has two partitions, which showed in My Computer as C: and D: before the econd disk was fitted. The second disk came with a 32MB FAT16 DOS primary partition, which I left as it was; . . . Now the FAT16 primary partition shows in My Computer as D:, the logical drive in the extended partition of the first drive as E:, and the new logical drive in the extended DOS partition on the second drive does not show at all. 1. It is normal for your FAT16 primary DOS partition to appear as drive D: Windows expects to find only one primary DOS partition which will be C: If it finds another primary DOS (i.e. on a second hard drive, since FDISK permits only one primary DOS partiition per hard drive) that is automatically presented as D. You can remedy this by making the drive Extended DOS (not Primary DOS). Can anyone tell me how to get access to the logical drive in the extended DOS partition of the second drive? 2. You may not have FORMATted this new logical drive E: This must be done in DOS before Windows can see the drive. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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Repartition the new disk, get rid of that ridiculously small FAT16
partition, and make the whole disk an Extended partition with one or more logical volumes inside it. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "Peter Hyssett" wrote in message ... Recently I fitted a second hard disk to my computer. The first hard disk has two partitions, which showed in My Computer as C: and D: before the econd disk was fitted. The second disk came with a 32MB FAT16 DOS primary partition, which I left as it was; I then used the Windows 98 FDISK to create an extended DOS partition on the second disk, with a single logical drive. Now the FAT16 primary partition shows in My Computer as D:, the logical drive in the extended partition of the first drive as E:, and the new logical drive in the extended DOS partition on the second drive does not show at all. Can anyone tell me how to get access to the logical drive in the extended DOS partition of the second drive? TIA, Peter. -- Peter Hyssett |
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"Don Phillipson" wrote in message
... snip Can anyone tell me how to get access to the logical drive in the extended DOS partition of the second drive? 2. You may not have FORMATted this new logical drive E: This must be done in DOS before Windows can see the drive. The partition can be formatted from within Windows - it is not necessary to use the DOS format. |
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"Don Phillipson" wrote:
2. You may not have FORMATted this new logical drive E: This must be done in DOS before Windows can see the drive. The partition will be recognized and assigned a "drive letter" by DOS and Windows (in Win9x it's DOS that actually does this) regardless of whether it's formatted or not. You won't be able to store any data on it until you format it, but you can't format it until the OS gives it a letter. -- Tim Slattery MS MVP(DTS) http://members.cox.net/slatteryt |
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"Tim Slattery" wrote in message
... "Don Phillipson" wrote: 2. You may not have FORMATted this new logical drive E: This must be done in DOS before Windows can see the drive. The partition will be recognized and assigned a "drive letter" by DOS and Windows (in Win9x it's DOS that actually does this) regardless of whether it's formatted or not. You won't be able to store any data on it until you format it, but you can't format it until the OS gives it a letter. -- Tim Slattery MS MVP(DTS) http://members.cox.net/slatteryt Better run, the turnip truck is getting away... Dave |
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I 2nd that question...
Dave "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... Did you format the partition? -- Regards Ron Badour MS MVP 1997 - 2007 "Peter Hyssett" wrote in message ... Recently I fitted a second hard disk to my computer. The first hard disk has two partitions, which showed in My Computer as C: and D: before the econd disk was fitted. The second disk came with a 32MB FAT16 DOS primary partition, which I left as it was; I then used the Windows 98 FDISK to create an extended DOS partition on the second disk, with a single logical drive. Now the FAT16 primary partition shows in My Computer as D:, the logical drive in the extended partition of the first drive as E:, and the new logical drive in the extended DOS partition on the second drive does not show at all. Can anyone tell me how to get access to the logical drive in the extended DOS partition of the second drive? TIA, Peter. -- Peter Hyssett |
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