In your first post you wrote that you were unable to
see your second disk. In your second post you write
"One is System, the other is blank.". From this I conclude
that you have since reformatted the missing drive. This
does not sound very encouraging. Here are a few tools
that ***might*** restore the data on the formatted disk:
http://www.restorer2000.com/r2k.htm
http://www.hddrecovery.com.au
http://bootmaster.filerecovery.biz
http://www.runtime.org/ (GetDataBack)
http://www.runtime.org/ (has a trial version)
www.acronis.com (RecoveryExpert)
"Lynn" <manxcatq@msn.com> wrote in message
news:urWl$tHDGHA.532@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Hi there,
>
> Made the 98 boot disk. Typed in the command line and got error messages.
> CDR101 Not Ready reading D: drive. I put in exactly what you had said,
but
> it gave an error on D:
>
> Also same error on reading E:. F: drive gave Invalid.
>
> Upon further investigation, after trying to run a reformat again, I now
see
> Drives C: and F: instead of C: and D:. Therefore reformat cancelled. Is
it
> possible to re-map F: to D:? Is it also possible to recover the data on
the
> D: drive (backup)?
>
> Both drives are showing as Healthy (under Administration). One is System,
> the other is blank.
>
> Thanks in advance for suggestions on what else I can try.
>
> Lynn
>
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message
> news:e$D2CmDDGHA.3064@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> >
> > "Lynn" <manxcatq@msn.com> wrote in message
> > news:uLjVLPDDGHA.3992@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > Hi there,
> > >
> > > Well, if there's a problem, I'll find it, but this is a new and
> extremely
> > > exasparating one for me.
> > >
> > > Just reformatted my C: Drive with Windows XP Pro. After installing a
few
> > > bits of software for hardware from disk (Nero, Monitor, Fax Modem) I
> then
> > > discovered that I was missing my 2nd hard disk drive (normally
assigned
> as
> > > D
. I then find that my CD-ROM and DVD drives have the incorrect
> letters
> > > mapped to them. Both hard drives are internal. No external drives
> here.
> > >
> > > Upon checking in Control Panel... System,... I see the two hard drives
> are
> > > present (both in Safe and Normal mode). However, the one drive
ST340214A
> > has
> > > Disable as an option, whereas the other hard drive, ST360015A has no
> > Disable
> > > feature.
> > >
> > > How do I tell the system to map my 2nd hard drive (which I think is
the
> > 15A)
> > > back to being D: drive? The CD-ROM is currently D: (should be E:, and
> the
> > > DVD drive is currently E: (should be F:. The C: and A: drives are both
> > > correct (main hard disk C: and 1.44 MB Floppy A:.
> > >
> > > I have never personally seen this problem before and really have no
idea
> > on
> > > how to proceed so I would really appreciate guidance here.
> > >
> > > What would happen if I reformat again? Would the 2nd hard disk
> re-appear?
> > I
> > > need that disk drive back as it has a few years of data stored on it
> which
> > I
> > > need! I know I reformatted the (correct) C: drive.
> > >
> > > As yet, I have only re-formatted C:, and then put on the software for
my
> > fax
> > > modem, Nero/InCD, then NVidia graphics card drivers, and lastly the
> > monitor.
> > > No printer or scanner software installed (not connected yet), and
> > definitely
> > > didn't reach my XP Pro SP2 disk!
> > >
> > > I'd really appreciate help here please! Thanks to you all in hopeful
> > > anticipation of solving the problem here.
> > >
> > > TTFN...
> > >
> > > Lynn
> >
> > Your first check must be to watch your BIOS messages
> > early during the boot phase. Can you see both disks?
> >
> > The next step should be to find out if the file structure
> > on your second disk is intact. Here is how to do it:
> > 1. Boot the machine with a Win98 boot disk from www.bootdisk.com.
> > 2. Run this command: ntfsdos /L:MNOP
> > 3. Check if you can see your files and folders on drives M:, N:, O: or
P:.
> >
> >
>
>