Identify which Partition on which Drive?

[MSPguy]

Is there an easy way (in Win2k) to identify which drive holds which partitions? I have three drives running right now..
WD 120gb
IBM 60gb
IBM 40gb

I have several partitions, and need to find out which ones are on the 40gb so that I can move the files & put the drive in another system.

I can right click the partition in windows explorer and pull up the properties. When I click the Hardware tab, it shows all the drives in my box - not jus the one for that partition...

Thanks,

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Open up Device Manager and head into the settings tab for a drive. Somewhere in there is an option to "identify volumes" - click "Populate" and it should pop up a list of all the partitions located on that physical disk. 🙂

- M4H

 

[MSPguy]

I looked in device manager, too. Thought for sure there would be something in there, but nope. Went back after your reply to look again for anything about "identify" and still no luck.

 

[ericboo]

What about Disk Management in Administrative Tools?

 

[buleyb]

Agreed, Disk Management in Computer Management will show you which partitions are on which physical devices...

 

[CaptnKirk]

Right click 'My Computer'
Click 'Explore'
It will display partitions as 'Drives'
Right click on the drive to select 'Properties'
Open hardware and it should be displaying the hard drive the partition is on.
Make a note of what is where, and you should be able to transfer what you want where you want.

 

[MSPguy]

beautiful. disk management is exactly what I was looking for.. nice graphical representation, too.
thanks all!

 

[Lonyo]

Disk management and partition magic look very similar. I'm guessing that you can't fiddle with partitions easily in Win 2K tho without using a 3rd party program?