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SATA Drive unrecognized in Vista Ultimate
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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SATA Drive unrecognized in Vista Ultimate
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. -- Regards, Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User (For email, remove the obvious from my address) "Albert Trudeau" wrote in message ... 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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SATA Drive unrecognized in Vista Ultimate
....and the File System type is NTFS...
"Albert Trudeau" wrote: 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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SATA Drive unrecognized in Vista Ultimate
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. -- Regards, Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User (For email, remove the obvious from my address) "Albert Trudeau" wrote in message ... 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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SATA Drive unrecognized in Vista Ultimate
Albert,
The problem could be that you created that drive in WinXP, and Vista has a problem with that. There is something different between the two operating systems. You may still have to partition and format (in Vista) to get Vista to recognize the drive. If this is a viable option, backup the data before you try it. Just a different way of looking at this. -- freddy "Albert Trudeau" wrote: 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. -- Regards, Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User (For email, remove the obvious from my address) "Albert Trudeau" wrote in message ... 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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SATA Drive unrecognized in Vista Ultimate
The drive has lost it's partition structure or it's partition "type".
This happens occasionally. To my knowledge no one has ever figured out "why" it happens! The fix is not for the faint of heart and there is one thing that you absolutely need to know before you begin. What TYPE of FILE SYSTEM was being used on the hard drive? If you are 100% certain that you know there is (may be) a way to recover. There is a little DOS program included with Partition Magic 8.01. It is called ptedit. This program can only be used from within "pure DOS". When you use Partition Magic 8.01 to create the 2 disk floppy set (the DOS version of Partition Magic) this little program is placed in the set. You have to boot the computer from disk 1 of the floppy set. Then insert disk 2 when asked to. After you are in Partition Magic, EXIT from the program. You will be back at the A: prompt. Re-insert floppy disk 1. Now, type in ptedit and press enter. The program will start. This program allows you to change the drive "type". It is imperative that you are certain that you are working on the correct drive. You can choose drives at the top of the program window. Once you have chosen the correct drive, click in the **Line 1 | Type** box. This will energize the "Set_Type" box at the bottom. Now click the mouse on the "Set_Type" BOX. Look for the file system that you KNOW was being used. There are many choices. Choose the correct file system and follow the instructions from there. NOTE: If you choose the wrong file system, and commit the change, you may corrupt any information that is on the drive. I have successfully recovered about a dozen drives that have gone RAW, or otherwise lost their partition structure, by using this great little DOS program. NOTE: This program CAN NOT be used from within Windows. And "shame" on the computer manufacturers who deliver new computers without a floppy drive installed! There is also a Windows version of ptedit called ptedit32. The usage is the same. Search Google to find a source for this utility. Addendum: I have since been using Acronis Disk Director 10.0 2160 to do these type of repairs. I have successfully recovered a handful of drives that have become "confused" as to what they are and what they contain. This program is usable from within windows. -- Regards, Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User (For email, remove the obvious from my address) "Albert Trudeau" wrote in message ... 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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SATA Drive unrecognized in Vista Ultimate
Albert,
I don't know whether the following Microsoft KB article applies, but take a look just in case: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931854 You never know when you're working from a distance. -- freddy "Albert Trudeau" wrote: 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. -- Regards, Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User (For email, remove the obvious from my address) "Albert Trudeau" wrote in message ... 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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SATA Drive unrecognized in Vista Ultimate
Thanks Richard.
Yes, I do have this version of Partition Magic, but I have to ask an important question regarding this method: Will it still work with my XP OS? I am using removeable SATA HDD racks, and this is how I keep the OS's from fighting (Linux 'Ubuntu', Windows XP Professional, and Windows Vista Ultimate). I am using two rack setups; one as the 'Primary' or 'Master' and one as the 'Slave' or 'Secondary' HDD. So all I have to do (with the computer off) is take one tray out, and put in another tray with the OS that I want to work with in a particular computing session.... Sooo, after performing the steps that you laid out, will this drive ALSO be recognized in Windows XP? Thanks. Al Trudeau "Richard Urban" wrote: The drive has lost it's partition structure or it's partition "type". This happens occasionally. To my knowledge no one has ever figured out "why" it happens! The fix is not for the faint of heart and there is one thing that you absolutely need to know before you begin. What TYPE of FILE SYSTEM was being used on the hard drive? If you are 100% certain that you know there is (may be) a way to recover. There is a little DOS program included with Partition Magic 8.01. It is called ptedit. This program can only be used from within "pure DOS". When you use Partition Magic 8.01 to create the 2 disk floppy set (the DOS version of Partition Magic) this little program is placed in the set. You have to boot the computer from disk 1 of the floppy set. Then insert disk 2 when asked to. After you are in Partition Magic, EXIT from the program. You will be back at the A: prompt. Re-insert floppy disk 1. Now, type in ptedit and press enter. The program will start. This program allows you to change the drive "type". It is imperative that you are certain that you are working on the correct drive. You can choose drives at the top of the program window. Once you have chosen the correct drive, click in the **Line 1 | Type** box. This will energize the "Set_Type" box at the bottom. Now click the mouse on the "Set_Type" BOX. Look for the file system that you KNOW was being used. There are many choices. Choose the correct file system and follow the instructions from there. NOTE: If you choose the wrong file system, and commit the change, you may corrupt any information that is on the drive. I have successfully recovered about a dozen drives that have gone RAW, or otherwise lost their partition structure, by using this great little DOS program. NOTE: This program CAN NOT be used from within Windows. And "shame" on the computer manufacturers who deliver new computers without a floppy drive installed! There is also a Windows version of ptedit called ptedit32. The usage is the same. Search Google to find a source for this utility. Addendum: I have since been using Acronis Disk Director 10.0 2160 to do these type of repairs. I have successfully recovered a handful of drives that have become "confused" as to what they are and what they contain. This program is usable from within windows. -- Regards, Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User (For email, remove the obvious from my address) "Albert Trudeau" wrote in message ... 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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SATA Drive unrecognized in Vista Ultimate
PROBLEM RESOLVED
I found the problem (by accident). When I was in a Windows XP session, I decided to do a Norton Disk Doctor check on the drives (C: and D. With the D: drive being the one in question here! I couldn't perform this check, until I disabled Norton's GoBack. Well, I haven't "enabled" Norton GoBack yet. I plugged in the removeable SATA HDD rack containing Windows Vista Ultimate and booted up. I wanted to find something on the C: drive, so I went into Windows Explorer. Lo and behold....the D: drive is now showing! Why? I am assuming that the Norton GoBack has specific descriptors that only it (GoBack app) would recognize --- effectively hiding this drive from Windows Vista. I think that if I installed Norton GoBack here (in Vista) and had it set for both drives (C: and D that I WOULD be able to see it here. Anyways, thanks for the help, everybody. "Albert Trudeau" wrote: 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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