I reformatted my hard drive called C. I then put windows XP back on it. I also have another hard drive that used to be called "D" but after I formatted my C hard drive, D was no where to be found. Instead my CD-ROM took the place of it.
I checked in "My Computer"- there is only "C" BUT device manager and system info both recognize that there are two hard drives Maxtor 2BO....*(My old D(20gig)) and Maxtor 6YO..... (My C)I even tried running a Maxtor Diagnostic Boot up Floppy, and what do you know, according to this ******* disc both hard drives are there and working fine and dandy. and yes i reformatted my C twice over after this shpeel. I have no way of accessing this hard drive becuase in "My Computer", there is no other hard drive but C. This is outrageous becuase my whole life is stored on that other drive. HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLPPPPP! PLEEEEEEEEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-01-07 18:00:21 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
You got the secondary set to slave and primar set to master? Jumpers
2007-01-07 18:04:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to performance and maintenance in cotrol panel. Click on Admistrative tools then click onComputer Management. Then select disk management. Initialize the drive and partion the drive. Then format the drive assign the drive letter and initiate the changes.
2007-01-07 19:30:51 · answer #2 · answered by monkeydust30 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I will answer you with a question. Did you have 32 bit system on it before you formated it? if so that could be the problem, and are the cable jumpers on the hard drives correct? Did you partition the drive? to make it change drive letters is it set to be detected in bios?
2007-01-07 18:10:03 · answer #3 · answered by Right 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to control panel, administrative tools, Computer management, Disk Manager and make sure it is enabled.
If it lists your D drive as unformatted, then you accidentally formatted that drive.
2007-01-07 18:03:57 · answer #4 · answered by binaryking 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in case you probably did not replace any jumper settings, you will possibly be able to desire to get there 2 approaches. One may well be to apply Partition supervisor or Partition Magic, and "mount" the force. the different, which I even have had to do some cases with thumb drives, may well be as follows: click on commence, run, variety in cmd, variety e: in case you will see that the e: force variety in dir. (If not e: attempt f:, g: etc) this might desire to tutor the content of the force. If the force is there circulate back on your laptop and appropriate click, circulate to new shortcut, and whilst the window pops up for the direction variety in e: and hit enter. this might enable you get to the force.
2016-10-30 07:53:53 · answer #5 · answered by trevathan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
have you ever try to look into computer management/disk management?
2007-01-07 18:11:07 · answer #6 · answered by abels_emigdina 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋