Vista - Disk Management

Hello again Nigel and crew, thank you all so much for your help.
I have attached a copy of Disk 5 (you were right) along with Start--->Computer showing the Drives on my system.
Very confusing, the External Drive appears on the Disk Manager List but not on My Computer.
Thanks, Bob

sorry bob no attachment this end can you re-post please

as for the drive not showing in my computer that would suggest the drive is not formatted

Hi Bob,

Great - only we didn't get the screenshot.

Sorry to have to ask you to post that second jpeg screenshot again. Didn't see you'd asked for it , sorry Nigel

SIW2

Valid file extensions: bat bmp doc exe gif jpe jpeg jpg log nfo pdf png psd reg swf txt vbs zip

Disk Manager and System.jpg (242.2 KB)


Additional Options, Attach Files reads "
Valid file extensions: bat bmp doc exe gif jpe jpeg jpg log nfo pdf png psd reg swf txt vbs zip

Disk Manager and System.jpg (242.2 KB)" so I assume that it will work.
Bob

ok bob that looks better

do you he data on the Z drive?

if you don't it would probably be best to delete the first partition on DRIVE 5 and create a new partition covering the whole drive.

if you have data on the drive it should allow you to extend your partition into the unallocated space

If it was me, I would right click drive z and extend it to it's full size , as Nigel says (not sure why that unallocated space is showing as black though ).

Then make whatever partitions I wanted on z - then copy the stuff from the logical drives onto it.

Then delete the Disk0 logical drives and the extended partition containing them.

Then extend the C partition to it's full extent. (keeping the Eisa partition, of course ).

I think what you were after is a bigger C partition?



SIW2

Sorry about the previous attachment, second time is the charm.
To answer your question about data on the (External) "Z" Drive, I DON'T know!
As we've discussed, the "Z" Drive is an External Drive, so I can remove it by disconnecting the UBS cable, but I can't "see" the "Z" Drive on my computer.
It only appears when I open Disk Manager but I am unable to see its' contents.
I restarted my computer and disconnected and reconnected the "Z" Drive but it pulled a Houdini (disappeared).
Bob

Hi SIW2, the only problem is that I have LOTS of (historical) Backup data on the External Drive that I do NOT want to lose. I may move the "Z" Drive to another computer (that one has Xp) and see what appears / what I can do but right now it's a mystery.
Bob

For information purposes, this is a little backround information about my system from Lenovo:

Lenovo creates three partitions on the installed Hard Disk Drive:
· The smaller drive commonly known as the C drive which contains Windows and your pre-installed software. The C drive should NOT be resized otherwise your OneKey recovery may no longer operate.
· The larger drive known as the D drive which is ready for storing your personal data files such as videos, music, pictures etc. Both the C and D drives are visible in Windows but the D drive is MUCH larger to hold all your personal data. The C drive should NOT be resized otherwise your OneKey recovery may no longer operate.
· The Service Partition (the partition without a drive letter) is used by the OneKey recovery system to backup and recover the C partition. This invisible partition requires only 18GB to 20GB of HDD space. The service partition should NOT be deleted otherwise your OneKey recovery will no longer operate.

And here is what I have done since my last POST.
I disconnected the External ?Z" Drive and my system was able to boot just fine and appears to operate as it did when the External Drive was connected.
I created a OneKey Backup with the External Drive disconnected so I have to beliece that the 18GB Partition (that I inadvertently created) is NOT "associated" with the Lenovo OneKey Recovery program.
I am going to try and connect the External Drive to another system (Toshiba Laptop) to see if the Drive is recognized on that system and will report back later.
Thank you again for your help and patients guys,
Bob

Hello again guys, I disconnected the External Drive from the Lenovo system and connected it to a WindowsXp system and an 58.3GB "H" Drive(with ALL my backup files) appeared on the My Computer.
I find this very VERY strange for two reasons, first this is a 80GB HD and "only" 58.3GB are recognized, the remainder of the Drive was Partitioned by me yesterday, it appears as EISA on (Administrative) Disk Manager and is "invisible" to me on the Lenovo syste.
Second, althought I am unable to "see" the Drive on the Lenovo system, it appears (at least 58.3GB of it do), on another system.
TOO much for a non techie to comprehend so I am at your mercy for HELP.
Thank,
Bob