[nfbcs] External disk drive

[Bryan Schulz]

> I recommend having a look at the drive using disk manager and seeing
> what you can see by looking there. That'll at least tell us if the drive
> is seen by Windows and accessible to it.

that's why i said she was confusing device manager and computer management.
you can use disk manager inside computer management or similar features in 
partition magic.
it is simple to format/create a partition.
people should be familiar with logical and primary partitions as well.

Bryan Schulz

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph C. Lininger" <jbahm at pcdesk.net>
To: "NFBnet NFBCS Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 8:37 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] External disk drive


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> Tracy,
> You mentioned the drive not being formatted. That can sometimes cause no
> drive letter to appear. Especially if the drive has no partition table,
> or if partitions on the drive have types other than 7, b, or c. Hidden
> partitions can also not show up. Do you happen to know the contents of
> the drive's partition table? And do you know if the partition(s) on the
> drive have been formatted?
>
> I recommend having a look at the drive using disk manager and seeing
> what you can see by looking there. That'll at least tell us if the drive
> is seen by Windows and accessible to it.
> - --
> Stress (N): The condition that occurs when ones mind overrides the
> body's natural desire to reach out and slap the hell out of someone
> who desperately deserves it.
> Joseph C. Lininger, <jbahm at pcdesk.net>
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