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Old 07-13-2007   #1 (permalink)
Albert Trudeau


 
 

SATA Drive unrecognized in Vista Ultimate

I'm still looking for a solution for my problem.

I have installed a 'secondary' SATA HDD and though you can see it in the
"Disk Management" window (Computer Management Console), there isn't a drive
letter assigned, nor can I assign a drive letter.

The 'Volume' column shows the drive (without an assigned drive letter)
The 'Layout' column shows "Simple" (just like the C: drive)
The 'Type' is "Basic" (just like the C: drive)
The 'File System' is blank (whereas the C: drive shows NTFS)
The 'Status' is "Healthy, (Active, Primary Partition); (whereas the C: drive
is listed as "Healthy (System, Boot, Page File, Active, Crash Dump, Primary
Partition))

The only anomaly listed above is under the "%Free" column; this is at 100%
-- which is, of course, false. This is my Backup D: drive that is listed in
Windows XP Professional, etc.

The 'pop-up' menu will only list 'Delete Volume' and 'Help'. All other
selections are unavailable (ghosted out).

This 'glitch' is preventing me from running Vista full-time. I would love
to hear a solution as soon as possible. Thank you.

Albert Trudeau
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