HDD Issue in XP

September 5th, 2003

Have been having problems with Win XP Home where if I performed a right mouse click on an icon to reach the menu I would have XP freeze up and need to be re-booted. Having reached the end of my rope I copied all my data to my 2nd HDD as a back up location and reformated my primary HD and reinstalled XP.

Now XP fails to show my 2nd with I drive letter. When I go to the Disk Manager it will show that I have a 2nd HDD attached to the computer and that it is healthy but will not allow me to give it a drive letter or access it.

I have reformatted in the past and never had this occur. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

skewedview

**Un4gIvEn1** · September 5th, 2003

is the second drive NTFS? Did you install XP with NTFS again?

September 5th, 2003

Yes to both questions

Ntfs on both drives

**Friend of Bill** · September 5th, 2003

See if the "Add Hardware Wizzard" will pick it up. Located in the Control Panel.

September 5th, 2003

SnookBooger

Thanks tried that as well. No Luck....

I'm trying to get a hold of a copy of PM8 to try and see if that helps any thoughts on that?

skewedview

**Un4gIvEn1** · September 5th, 2003

Did you make the second drive a dynamic drive?

September 5th, 2003

Not that I recall. Is this something I would have indicated for XP to do during the format of my primary drive?

The second drive had been in place and running fine prior to this latest format of the primary drive. So I have not made any changes to my 2nd HDD.

**GoNz0** · September 6th, 2003

in disk managment, when you right click on the healthy volume, does it have the reactivate volume option ?

**Admiral Michael** · September 6th, 2003

Has disk managemebt assigned a drive letter to ur 2nd HDD?

September 6th, 2003

Thanks All for jumping in with your questions to help me out.

I ran PM8 and found out that the 2nd drive was listed as a type 44 format. This is a result of having had GoBack running on the main drive. Going into the MBR fixed that. GoBack may not be going back. Again thanks

skewedview

September 9th, 2003

We had the same problem except with XP Professional. All we did was move and tighten the wires going into the hard drive, boot-up to the BIOS window and put the drives in order.

September 5th, 2003	Top \| #1
skewedview Unregistered Posts: n/a	HDD Issue in XP Have been having problems with Win XP Home where if I performed a right mouse click on an icon to reach the menu I would have XP freeze up and need to be re-booted. Having reached the end of my rope I copied all my data to my 2nd HDD as a back up location and reformated my primary HD and reinstalled XP. Now XP fails to show my 2nd with I drive letter. When I go to the Disk Manager it will show that I have a 2nd HDD attached to the computer and that it is healthy but will not allow me to give it a drive letter or access it. I have reformatted in the past and never had this occur. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. skewedview

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Un4gIvEn1 OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: February 2004 Posts: 1,084 Reputation: 130 Power: 109	is the second drive NTFS? Did you install XP with NTFS again? Welcome to a world where the air I breathe is mine Nothing to overwhelm me and nothing to cloud my mind Be anyone, do anything I'd ever want to try Time doesn't exist here - I will never die

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Un4gIvEn1 OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: February 2004 Posts: 1,084 Reputation: 130 Power: 109	Did you make the second drive a dynamic drive? Welcome to a world where the air I breathe is mine Nothing to overwhelm me and nothing to cloud my mind Be anyone, do anything I'd ever want to try Time doesn't exist here - I will never die

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September 5th, 2003	Top \| #3
skewedview Unregistered Posts: n/a	Yes to both questions Ntfs on both drives

September 5th, 2003	Top \| #4
Friend of Bill What, me worry? Joined: April 2002 Posts: 1,572 Reputation: 20 Power: 136	See if the "Add Hardware Wizzard" will pick it up. Located in the Control Panel.

September 5th, 2003	Top \| #5
skewedview Unregistered Posts: n/a	SnookBooger Thanks tried that as well. No Luck.... I'm trying to get a hold of a copy of PM8 to try and see if that helps any thoughts on that? skewedview

September 5th, 2003	Top \| #7
skewedview Unregistered Posts: n/a	Not that I recall. Is this something I would have indicated for XP to do during the format of my primary drive? The second drive had been in place and running fine prior to this latest format of the primary drive. So I have not made any changes to my 2nd HDD.

September 6th, 2003	Top \| #8
GoNz0 NTFS Stoner Joined: March 2002 Location: the year 2525 Posts: 2,781 Reputation: 350 Power: 152	in disk managment, when you right click on the healthy volume, does it have the reactivate volume option ?

September 6th, 2003	Top \| #10
skewedview Unregistered Posts: n/a	Thanks All for jumping in with your questions to help me out. I ran PM8 and found out that the 2nd drive was listed as a type 44 format. This is a result of having had GoBack running on the main drive. Going into the MBR fixed that. GoBack may not be going back. Again thanks skewedview

September 9th, 2003	Top \| #11
law107 Unregistered Posts: n/a	We had the same problem except with XP Professional. All we did was move and tighten the wires going into the hard drive, boot-up to the BIOS window and put the drives in order.