XP Won't assign a drive letter - internal HD

Chase32 · 02-18-2007, 09:22 PM

Hi,

I have a Maxtor 6L080L4 that is full of useful data that I'm trying to add to my new system. I'm running Windows XP Pro. It is jumpered properly as a slave and is recognized by the BIOS. It does not appear in My Computer, however, it is listed in Device Manager. I've tried removing it from Device Manager and reinstalling it with no success as well as booting without it installed and then rebooting it.

Under Disk Management, it is displayed as Disk 1 and has a Healthy, Active Partition but just a blank space under Volume. I can't assign it a letter because the 'Change Drive Letter and Paths" option is grayed out when I Right Click on it. It does not give me an option to initialize it, when Right Clicking on it in the bottom window. Just Properties, and an option there to 'Populate' which didn't have any effect.

I ran diskpart.exe and here are the results:

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Disk ###  Status       Size     Free     Dyn  Gpt

---------  ----------  ------  ------  ---   ---

Disk 0     Online        37GB       0 B 

Disk 1     Online        75GB       0 B 



(Kind of confused about the '0 B Free' thing, but shows correctly in Disk Manager)





List Volume shows:



Volume ###  Ltr  Label            Fs     Type         Size     Status     Info    

------------  --- -------------   -----  -------     -------  --------  -------

Volume 0       E  050910_0753     CFDS  DVD-ROM      163 MB   

Volume 1       C                  NTFS  Partition     37 GB  Healthy   System

Volume 2       H                        Removable     0 B

I'm unable to assign it a letter manually because it doesn't have a volume. The only other thing I can think of is a Repair Installation of Windows XP, but I'm waiting to get my CD back from a friend.

Do you have any ideas?

Thanks!

02-18-2007, 09:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
Chase32 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 1 OS: Win XP	XP Won't assign a drive letter - internal HD Hi, I have a Maxtor 6L080L4 that is full of useful data that I'm trying to add to my new system. I'm running Windows XP Pro. It is jumpered properly as a slave and is recognized by the BIOS. It does not appear in My Computer, however, it is listed in Device Manager. I've tried removing it from Device Manager and reinstalling it with no success as well as booting without it installed and then rebooting it. Under Disk Management, it is displayed as Disk 1 and has a Healthy, Active Partition but just a blank space under Volume. I can't assign it a letter because the 'Change Drive Letter and Paths" option is grayed out when I Right Click on it. It does not give me an option to initialize it, when Right Clicking on it in the bottom window. Just Properties, and an option there to 'Populate' which didn't have any effect. I ran diskpart.exe and here are the results: PHP Code: Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt --------- ---------- ------ ------ --- --- Disk 0 Online 37GB 0 B Disk 1 Online 75GB 0 B (Kind of confused about the '0 B Free' thing, but shows correctly in Disk Manager) List Volume shows: Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info ------------ --- ------------- ----- ------- ------- -------- ------- Volume 0 E 050910_0753 CFDS DVD-ROM 163 MB Volume 1 C NTFS Partition 37 GB Healthy System Volume 2 H Removable 0 B I'm unable to assign it a letter manually because it doesn't have a volume. The only other thing I can think of is a Repair Installation of Windows XP, but I'm waiting to get my CD back from a friend. Do you have any ideas? Thanks!