Albert Trudeau

The partition has been created; NTFS; and there is data (a lot of data!) on
this drive. As I have stated before, this drive was (and still is) my backup
D: drive on Windows XP Professional. This is not a new, unformatted drive.

"Richard Urban" wrote:

> 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)
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> "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
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