No, sorry, didn't mean to confuse. When I went to Admin. options and
lookced under Computer Management and then Disk Manager I can see both
drives; however, C: (Disk 0) is present and shows as Healthy (System), 55 GB
NTFS. Then Disk 1 has no letter assigned, 37 GB, Healthy (Active). When I
went to reformat again, I had drives C: and F: instead of the usual C: and
D:. I cannot find a way to access F: at all. If I click on Device Manager
under Comp Mgmt and System Tools, I see both hard drives.
I guess I need to find a way to access this 2nd hard drive somehow.
Whether there's anything on it is currently unknown.
Ideas please? Thanks so much!
Lynn
"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message
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> 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:.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>