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hard drive active, how do u disable

Posted: 04-04-2004, 11:13 AM
alan
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hi
can anyone help me? i have a hard drive that has been set
to active by windows and i cannot access it through
windows. how can i make it non active?

hard drive active, how do u disable


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RobD
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Re: hard drive active, how do u disable
Posted: 04-04-2004, 11:23 AM
Right-mouse on My Computer->Manage->Disk Management. Select another drive
(not C) and right-mouse to "mark partition as active".

- Robert -

"alan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:1804601c41a35$dee78440$[email protected]..
> hi
> can anyone help me? i have a hard drive that has been set
> to active by windows and i cannot access it through
> windows. how can i make it non active?
>

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yes i know how to do that
Posted: 04-04-2004, 11:29 AM
yes i know how to make it active, but how do u get it off
active???!!!


>-----Original Message-----
>Right-mouse on My Computer->Manage->Disk Management.
Select another drive
>(not C) and right-mouse to "mark partition as active".
>
>- Robert -
>
>"alan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:1804601c41a35$dee78440$[email protected]..
>> hi
>> can anyone help me? i have a hard drive that has been
set
>> to active by windows and i cannot access it through
>> windows. how can i make it non active?
>>
>
>
>.
>
RobD
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Re: yes i know how to do that
Posted: 04-04-2004, 11:31 AM
select another drive?

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<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:1804d01c41a38$29547c70$[email protected]..
> yes i know how to make it active, but how do u get it off
> active???!!!
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Right-mouse on My Computer->Manage->Disk Management.
> Select another drive
>>(not C) and right-mouse to "mark partition as active".
>>
>>- Robert -
>>
>>"alan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:1804601c41a35$dee78440$[email protected]. .
>>> hi
>>> can anyone help me? i have a hard drive that has been
> set
>>> to active by windows and i cannot access it through
>>> windows. how can i make it non active?
>>>
>>
>>
>>.
>>

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Re: yes i know how to do that
Posted: 04-04-2004, 11:38 AM
i only have two drives
>-----Original Message-----
>select another drive?
>
>- Robert -
>
><[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:1804d01c41a38$29547c70$[email protected]..
>> yes i know how to make it active, but how do u get it
off
>> active???!!!
>>
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>Right-mouse on My Computer->Manage->Disk Management.
>> Select another drive
>>>(not C) and right-mouse to "mark partition as active".
>>>
>>>- Robert -
>>>
>>>"alan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>news:1804601c41a35$dee78440$[email protected] ..
>>>> hi
>>>> can anyone help me? i have a hard drive that has been
>> set
>>>> to active by windows and i cannot access it through
>>>> windows. how can i make it non active?
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>.
>>>
>
>
>.
>
RobD
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Re: yes i know how to do that
Posted: 04-04-2004, 12:16 PM
Okay, I found it. Run diskpart in a dos window and use "help" to see the
list of commands. The "inactive" command will unmark an active partition.

- Robert -

<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:17e1801c41a39$61bd23e0$[email protected]..
>i only have two drives
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>select another drive?
>>
>>- Robert -
>>
>><[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:1804d01c41a38$29547c70$[email protected]. .
>>> yes i know how to make it active, but how do u get it
> off
>>> active???!!!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>Right-mouse on My Computer->Manage->Disk Management.
>>> Select another drive
>>>>(not C) and right-mouse to "mark partition as active".
>>>>
>>>>- Robert -
>>>>
>>>>"alan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>>news:1804601c41a35$dee78440$[email protected]. .
>>>>> hi
>>>>> can anyone help me? i have a hard drive that has been
>>> set
>>>>> to active by windows and i cannot access it through
>>>>> windows. how can i make it non active?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>.
>>>>
>>
>>
>>.
>>

 
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