[SOLVED] IDE1 and IDE2 problem - Page 2

MustGetOutMore · 06-19-2008, 02:44 AM

volumes

**Deleted090308** · 06-19-2008, 09:16 AM

Was there an option to populate disk 0 and 1?
If so, did you try assigning a drive letter in Disk management after "populating"?

Other than that I'm out of ideas...
I'll ask the rest of the HW team.

MustGetOutMore · 06-19-2008, 04:36 PM

Yes, I could populate Disk0 and Disk1. The option to assign a drive letter in Disk Management was still greyed though.
It is strange.

Well, thanks ever so much for your help and support. It gave me a few new avenues to go down that I was unaware of.

I'll keep hacking away at it and I'll post back if I ever manage to get to the bottom of it.

Thanks very much indeed. Techies rock.

**Deleted090308** · 06-22-2008, 10:07 AM

Hi again,

Have a look at Mountvol.
Click Start >> Run >> type cmd, click OK >> in the command prompt, type Mountvol.

With Mountvol you can assign drive letters.
If you only want access to the drives (not assigning Explorer drive letters) - then FindAndMount should do the trick.

MustGetOutMore · 06-23-2008, 08:30 PM

Hi Eneles

Well, that's awesome. I'm knocked out.

I booted to XP. I downloaded FindAndMount and installed it. FindAndMount scanned the two unseen drives in XP the system. I was able to mount the two previously unseen drives. All this took a couple of minutes.

When I exited out of FindAndMount, it asked me to Dismount all drives. I said NO to that and left the drives mounted. When I went to Windows Explorer, lo and behold I could still see the two mounted drives ( as K: and B: in my case).

This behaviour is just what I was after.

I'll trial OSL2000 and FINDANDMOUNT for a while, but it looks like I'll soon be blowing the dust off the PayPal account.

That's a neat work around. I think you can put the biggest SOLVED sticker you got on this one.

Thanks again. Techies definitely rock.

**Deleted090308** · 06-23-2008, 11:14 PM

Good news!

(don't know why I didn't think of FindAndMount earlier

)

06-19-2008, 09:16 AM	#22 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: IDE1 and IDE2 problem Was there an option to populate disk 0 and 1? If so, did you try assigning a drive letter in Disk management after "populating"? Other than that I'm out of ideas... I'll ask the rest of the HW team.

06-19-2008, 04:36 PM	#23 (permalink)
MustGetOutMore Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 16 OS: 2000 sp4	Re: IDE1 and IDE2 problem Yes, I could populate Disk0 and Disk1. The option to assign a drive letter in Disk Management was still greyed though. It is strange. Well, thanks ever so much for your help and support. It gave me a few new avenues to go down that I was unaware of. I'll keep hacking away at it and I'll post back if I ever manage to get to the bottom of it. Thanks very much indeed. Techies rock.

06-22-2008, 10:07 AM	#24 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: IDE1 and IDE2 problem Hi again, Have a look at Mountvol. Click Start >> Run >> type cmd, click OK >> in the command prompt, type Mountvol. With Mountvol you can assign drive letters. If you only want access to the drives (not assigning Explorer drive letters) - then FindAndMount should do the trick.

06-23-2008, 08:30 PM	#25 (permalink)
MustGetOutMore Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 16 OS: 2000 sp4	Re: IDE1 and IDE2 problem Hi Eneles Well, that's awesome. I'm knocked out. I booted to XP. I downloaded FindAndMount and installed it. FindAndMount scanned the two unseen drives in XP the system. I was able to mount the two previously unseen drives. All this took a couple of minutes. When I exited out of FindAndMount, it asked me to Dismount all drives. I said NO to that and left the drives mounted. When I went to Windows Explorer, lo and behold I could still see the two mounted drives ( as K: and B: in my case). This behaviour is just what I was after. I'll trial OSL2000 and FINDANDMOUNT for a while, but it looks like I'll soon be blowing the dust off the PayPal account. That's a neat work around. I think you can put the biggest SOLVED sticker you got on this one. Thanks again. Techies definitely rock.

06-23-2008, 11:14 PM	#26 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: IDE1 and IDE2 problem Good news! (don't know why I didn't think of FindAndMount earlier )