Slave drive not accessible after XP reinstall

See
http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp
Error Message When You Install and Configure a Subordinate
Drive PC also means politically correct, they have now
substituted Subordinate for slave. I guess that will
require the master be something else that can't offend.

The article mentions WD drives and has a fix.

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Error Message When You Install and Configure a
Subordinate Drive
(812581) - When you try to configure a secondary hard
disk on your computer to be a subordinate (also known as
slave) drive, you may receive the following error message:
There was a problem installing your hardware, Code 28 one of
the Filter Drivers installed...

PRB: Connecting a Hard Disk Drive in Slave Only Mode
Leads to System Halt During Resume From Standby
(330100) - A Windows XP-based computer stops responding
during resume from standby, and you receive the following
KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR stop error message: 0x0000007a
(e163a3e4,c000000e,bf8e9313,0697f860) This problem occurs on
a system where Windows XP is...

Only One CD-R or CD-RW Disk Drive Can Be Used to Create
Compact Discs in Windows XP
(294652) - When you have a computer with more than one
CD-R or CD-RW disk drive, only one disk drive may enable you
to create compact discs. If you click to select the Enable
CD Recording on this drive check box for either the CD-R or
CD-RW disk drive that is...

Windows XP Does Not Respond at "Setup Is Starting
Windows XP" Message
(310760) - This article describes how to troubleshoot
Windows if Windows Text-mode Setup stops responding (hangs)
while the "Setup is starting Windows" message is displayed.

Troubleshooting a Stop 0x0000000A Error in Windows XP
(314063) - This article discusses how to troubleshoot
the following Stop error in Windows XP: Stop: 0x0000000A
(parameter1, parameter2, parameter3, parameter4)
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL*** Address x has base at x - filename
The parameters refer to the specific...


"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message
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| "Bill" <proulx@aol.com> wrote in message
| news:17fcf01c41a17$2a0b9a70$a401280a@phx.gbl...
| > I did a clean reinstall of XP onto my C: drive. after
the
| > install, the slave D: does not show up in windows
| > explorer. It does appear in the disk management window
| > (under control panel-administrative tools-computer
| > management-storage...) and says that is is "Healthy",
but
| > there is no drive letter assigned, and the option to
| > assign/change one is greyed out. The only option
| > available is to delete the partition. (that would be
bad!)
| > On the Western Digital website FAQ's the exact situation
| > is described, they say it's an operating system issue
and
| > is "beyond the level of support offered by Western
| > digital" and to contact Microsoft.
| > Does anyone know about this issue, and is there a fix
| > (that will save my data!!! please please!)
|
| Why is it bad to delete the partition? There is nothing on
it!
| Delete it, then create a new partition, then format it,
and
| Bob's your uncle!
|
| On the other hand, if you have some data on drive D: then
| different measures are required.
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