You're welcome. I suggest you now delete both partitions (Volumes), create
a new partition and then format it. I think you can probably do it all in
Vista, but if any problem, delete them on the XP machine.
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"Andy G" <georgi66@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OhkskGbcJHA.3708@xxxxxx
Quote:
> Many thanks for that suggestion. Things are better but still something
> not right!
>
> I can now see the drive in Explorer under "Computer", but it's shown as a
> Removable Disk and claims to have no media.... So if I right click on it
> and try to Open or Format, system tells me there is no disk and to insert
> one...
>
> In Computer Management things have changed a bit too. The drive now seems
> to have two listings in the lower half of the window. It is shown as Disk
> 1 (Removable G
, No Media. To the right there is no information.
>
> Secondly it is listed as Disk 2, Basic, 232 Gb, Online. To the right
> there is the blue bar that denotes a primary partition and below a hatched
> block showing the size, 232 Gb. Again I cannot perform any operations on
> it in Disk management which gives a variety of obscure error messages when
> I try to format or change drive letter.
>
> None of this means much to me but I'm hoping something might ring a bell
> with you? Any help much appreciated.
>
> Andy G.
>
>
>
> "GTS" <x@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%233AZ6kacJHA.1528@xxxxxx Quote:
>> Here are 2 items to try -
>>
>> 1. Delete the file c:\windows\inf\infcache.1
>>
>> 2. Check that the DevicePath registry key is present in
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
>> and that it's value includes '%SystemRoot%\System32'
>> --
>>
>> "Andy G" <georgi66@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:ekQJlpNcJHA.5092@xxxxxx Quote:
>>>I have a WD 250GB external hard drive, the MyBook. It works absolutely
>>>fine on a HP laptop running XP, but on another HP laptop running Vista
>>>Basic does not work properly. Symptoms as follows. Does not show in
>>>Explorer. Shows in Device Manager and claims it's running properly, but
>>>shows no Volume under the volumes tab. Shows in Computer Management, but
>>>no details and cannot perform any operation on it, such as Change Drive
>>>Letter or Delete and Create Volume. In Computer Management it shows as
>>>Disk 1, but has no Drive Letter, and no status such as "Healthy".
>>>
>>> Any help appreciated, I have no idea how to get the drive back again.
>>>
>>> Andy G
>> >