[nfbcs] External disk drive

[Bryan Schulz]

hi,

start with removing the flash chip as you don't care about this letter.
obviously the unknowns do not have a drive letter/aren't formatted.
one at a time i would:
delete the unknown partition and then create a new primary partition and 
verify it was formatted in ntfs style.
you should have an idea how large the partition will be so see if the 
numbers are close, check drive access in my computer.
repeat if necessary with the other unknown partition.
it may disappear if it was a logical/sub partition.

Bryan Schulz

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
To: "NFBnet NFBCS Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 7:46 AM
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] External disk drive


> OK, this is what it says under Disc Management, under Administrative 
> Tools:
>
> partition basic FAT healthy (EISA configuration) 39
> partition basic FAT32 healthy (Unknown configuration) 3.2
> C: partition basic NTFS healthy (System) 14
> H: partition basic FAT healthy (Active) 94
>
> C: of course I know.  H: is my flash drive.  So at least one of the 2
> others is the external drive, right?  Can someone tell me which one?
> According to the disc drive manual, at this point a wizard should pop up
> and help me out, but that hasn't happened.  Can someone tell me what to do
> from here?  Or where to look for instructions?
> Thanks for all your help. I feel like I'm getting close, and just a push
> in the right direction will get me there.
>
> Joseph, I really like your stress definition.
> Tracy
>
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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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