WinXP won't detect 2nd partition?

[Ns1]

So in my old computer, I had a secondary drive, 120gb, divided up into approx 80/30gig partitions D and E.

Installing it into my new computer, the setup is this...

SATA 80gb drive
IDE Master 120gb drive
IDE Slave dvd drive

My Computer goes...
C: 80gb drive
D: dvd drive
E: 80gb partition

WTF did the other partition go?

 

[AristoV300]

Can you see it in Disk Management?

 

[Ns1]

wtf is disk management lol

 

[Actaeon]

Go to desktop.

Right click on my computer > manage > storage > disk management.

 

[AristoV300]

It is in your Administrative tools as well.

 

[ohnnyj]

I've heard this is only available in XP Pro.

Would probably have to partition/format in DOS if so...or use a third party program.

 

[Ns1]

it's not there when I go to disk management...

 

[helo7050]

dude. . WTF

Goto Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Click Computer Management

There will be an area called "Storage". Look for Disk Management and click it. You should see your partition. You might have to right click the disk and import forign disk i think or something to that sort.

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: helo7050
dude. . WTF

Goto Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Click Computer Management

There will be an area called "Storage". Look for Disk Management and click it. You should see your partition. You might have to right click the disk and import forign disk i think or something to that sort.

no such option

"open/explore/change drive letters and paths/format/delete partition/properties"
or
"convert to dynamic disk/properties"

properties does nothing.

 

[nowings]

You can use a third partition tools,like PartitionMagic,If you still can not find the lost partiton,I think maybe is you BIOS's setup problem,Check your BIOS

 

[Painman]

Were these partitions originally created using a proprietary utility like EZDrive or MaxTools?

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: Painman
Were these partitions originally created using a proprietary utility like EZDrive or MaxTools?

nah, did it during win2k setup

NTFS if it matters

 

[AristoV300]

Yeah I would say use Partition Magic then.

 

[Ns1]

well, i don't know what happened, but somehow during the move i lost the 2nd partition

i checked the files and i have 80gb of files, but all my mp3's/saved documents that used to be on my 2nd partition are all gone.

fvck.

 

[Woody419]

I have an solution that may work, in a messy kind of way. Download a trial copy of BootIt NG or Image for Windows and put it on a floppy. Boot from the floppy and image the "lost" 30GB partition to the C drive or burn some disks. Save or backup the files on the 80GB partion in a safe place. Reformat the E drive. Put the files back.

The imaged files from the lost partition will have to be copied to the newly formated E drive with TBIView TBIView extends Windows Explorer by enabling it to open image files created by Terabyte Unlimited's Image or BootIt NG software programs. If the image file is based on a FAT, FAT32 or NTFS partition then you'll be able to view and extract individual files or folders. After installing TBIView, right click on the *.IMG file created by the BootIT or Image and "Open With" Explorer. The rest is obvious.

You can run BootIT from a floppy, when you get the first screen, click the center CANCEL button, you will then get the next screen with the program options. Choose "Partion Work" to make the image. The interface sucks and counter intuitive, but it works like a charm once you figure it out. RTFM.

 

[Bozo Galora]

I think If you disconnect the SATA drive, it will come back if IDE jumpred as master/active and set in BIOS as first when you boot to it

SATA(SCSI) and IDE fight over drive letters depending on which is bootable, and boot order
If you want an IDE to be C bootable you have to load O/S there first then enable SATA drive (there have been several threads here on that) or XP will reconfigure "C" to SATA
You didnt say which drive has bootable O/S
Looks like DVD took one of available letters

Edit: Just noticed you said Win2K - so you went from old HDD with 2K as O/S - to WinXP SATA system with 2K just sitting there on IDE????
Very confusing.