You have to create a partition and format the partition before a drive
letter is assigned. You may have to reboot to get to the finale.
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Regards,
Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)
"Albert Trudeau" <AlbertTrudeau@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9A99B2F4-AADF-4737-BD5C-306EE55B6F46@microsoft.com...
> 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