No Icon In My Computer For Slave Drive

Posted: 07-15-2003, 07:54 PM

Brian M Davis

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I just recently added a little 4Gig HD to my machine for backup
purposes. Device Manager says that the device is working properly and I see
no other conflicts therein. However, My Computer does not display an icon
for the new drive. I installed this same drive to this machine about a year
ago without a hitch.
I went to Disk Management in Administrator Tools and noticed that the
drive is there but does not display a "name". The right-click menu on the
new drive only allows Delete Partition and Help with all other selections
greyed out. Status of the drive shows Healthy(Active).
What should I do at this point to make the drive usable for file
storage?

Thank you for your time and knowledge! :-)

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Brian M Davis

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Re: No Icon In My Computer For Slave Drive

Posted: 07-15-2003, 11:43 PM

Thanks, R. C.!

Apparently, I've been misusing the Help_and_support group for quite some
time now. I've gone through the Disk Management help file without any luck,
however, I'll certainly look it over again on the possibility that I've
missed something.

"R. C. White" <RCWhite@msn.com> wrote in message
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> Hi, Brian.
>
> Check the Help file from Disk Management for details. Some steps that you
> might need to do include initializing, partitioning and formatting the
> drive.
>
> (By the way, you might trim .help_and_support from your crosspost. That's
> not for getting help, but for the people who write the help files - for
> Windows and for third-party programs.)
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
> rc@corridor.net
> Microsoft Windows MVP
>
> "Brian M Davis" <bdavis34@NOSPAMcarolina.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:N5YQa.225936$_w.9144952@twister.southeast.rr. com...
> > I just recently added a little 4Gig HD to my machine for backup
> > purposes. Device Manager says that the device is working properly and I
> see
> > no other conflicts therein. However, My Computer does not display an

icon

> > for the new drive. I installed this same drive to this machine about a
> year
> > ago without a hitch.
> > I went to Disk Management in Administrator Tools and noticed that

the

> > drive is there but does not display a "name". The right-click menu on

the

> > new drive only allows Delete Partition and Help with all other

selections

> > greyed out. Status of the drive shows Healthy(Active).
> > What should I do at this point to make the drive usable for file
> > storage?
> >
> > Thank you for your time and knowledge! :-)
>
>

Brian M Davis

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Re: No Icon In My Computer For Slave Drive

Posted: 07-15-2003, 11:50 PM

I never actually installed GoBack to this drive, however, I did once
monitor this drive with GoBack installed on another drive on the same
machine. I don't have Partition Magic, so I don't see the Type 44 reference.
Thanks, Anne! I'll certainly give this a shot. :-)

"Anne Onimos" <techgirl@mypanties.houston.rr.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Brian M Davis" <bdavis34@NOSPAMcarolina.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:N5YQa.225936$_w.9144952@twister.southeast.rr. com...
> > I just recently added a little 4Gig HD to my machine for backup
> > purposes. Device Manager says that the device is working properly and I
> see
> > no other conflicts therein. However, My Computer does not display an

icon

> > for the new drive. I installed this same drive to this machine about a
> year
> > ago without a hitch.
> > I went to Disk Management in Administrator Tools and noticed that

the

> > drive is there but does not display a "name". The right-click menu on

the

> > new drive only allows Delete Partition and Help with all other

selections

> > greyed out. Status of the drive shows Healthy(Active).
> > What should I do at this point to make the drive usable for file
> > storage?
>
> You wouldn't happen to have used GoBack at some point with this drive,

would

> you? I just had this same problem. GoBack was installed on my PC. I

later

> formatted the master drive and reinstalled Windows and had the same

problem

> you described. Partition Magic did not recognize the drive as an NTFS
> volume - it was "Type 44". A few googles seemed to point at GoBack as

being

> related to this problem. To fix it, I reinstalled GoBack, then disabled

it,

> then uninstalled it. At the next reboot, my drive was back.
>
> Best of luck,
>
> Anne
> --
> reply address is munged - remove my panties to reply
>
>
>

Maureen Goldman

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Re: No Icon In My Computer For Slave Drive

Posted: 07-16-2003, 12:25 AM

>"R. C. White" <RCWhite@msn.com> wrote:

>(By the way, you might trim .help_and_support from your crosspost. That's
>not for getting help, but for the people who write the help files - for
>Windows and for third-party programs.)

The posters to the help_and_support forum are ordinary XP users
looking for help using XP. I've never seen anything indicating
participation by people who write help files, although I can't say
that I've been looking for that aspect. The other day, though, someone
posted that the newsgroup's purpose was to help people deal with XP's
Help and Support Centre. There were a couple of replies along the
lines of "huh?"

Now let us return to your regularly scheduled thread...

Brian M Davis

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Re: No Icon In My Computer For Slave Drive

Posted: 07-16-2003, 01:04 AM

Don't you just love those newsgroup police? LOL.....

"Maureen Goldman" <inkslinger@FOGsunshine.net> wrote in message
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> >"R. C. White" <RCWhite@msn.com> wrote:
> >(By the way, you might trim .help_and_support from your crosspost.

That's

> >not for getting help, but for the people who write the help files - for
> >Windows and for third-party programs.)
>
> The posters to the help_and_support forum are ordinary XP users
> looking for help using XP. I've never seen anything indicating
> participation by people who write help files, although I can't say
> that I've been looking for that aspect. The other day, though, someone
> posted that the newsgroup's purpose was to help people deal with XP's
> Help and Support Centre. There were a couple of replies along the
> lines of "huh?"
>
> Now let us return to your regularly scheduled thread...
>

Brian M Davis

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Re: No Icon In My Computer For Slave Drive

Posted: 07-16-2003, 01:06 AM

That did the trick! Thanks, Anne!

Now I have to reevaluate my desire to use GoBack on anything! LOL

"Anne Onimos" <techgirl@mypanties.houston.rr.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Brian M Davis" <bdavis34@NOSPAMcarolina.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:N5YQa.225936$_w.9144952@twister.southeast.rr. com...
> > I just recently added a little 4Gig HD to my machine for backup
> > purposes. Device Manager says that the device is working properly and I
> see
> > no other conflicts therein. However, My Computer does not display an

icon

> > for the new drive. I installed this same drive to this machine about a
> year
> > ago without a hitch.
> > I went to Disk Management in Administrator Tools and noticed that

the

> > drive is there but does not display a "name". The right-click menu on

the

> > new drive only allows Delete Partition and Help with all other

selections

> > greyed out. Status of the drive shows Healthy(Active).
> > What should I do at this point to make the drive usable for file
> > storage?
>
> You wouldn't happen to have used GoBack at some point with this drive,

would

> you? I just had this same problem. GoBack was installed on my PC. I

later

> formatted the master drive and reinstalled Windows and had the same

problem

> you described. Partition Magic did not recognize the drive as an NTFS
> volume - it was "Type 44". A few googles seemed to point at GoBack as

being

> related to this problem. To fix it, I reinstalled GoBack, then disabled

it,

> then uninstalled it. At the next reboot, my drive was back.
>
> Best of luck,
>
> Anne
> --
> reply address is munged - remove my panties to reply
>
>
>

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