Healthy but inaccessable partition?

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Jeff M. Ingram

Hello,

I've just reinstalled XP on my system and I can't get to a partition. It's
got a drive letter assigned to it, but when I try to open that drive I get
the message: "The disk in drive G: is not formatted. Do you want to format
it now?". This partition is without a doubt formatted (and at least was
known to be healthy) and the drive has never had any problems, error, sounds
or made any funny noises. There are other partitions on this drive that are
working fine too. When I bring up Computer Management/Disk Management that
83.3 gig partition shows as "Healthy".

Why am I getting this message? How can I get around this and get to the
data that is most definitely on that partition?

Thanks in advance,

Jeff
 
Jeff

What programme did you use to create the partition? How large do you think the partition is?


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I used XP's installation program to create the partition. It's 83.3 gig.

Thanks,

Jeff


Jeff

What programme did you use to create the partition? How large do you think
the partition is?


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Jeff

Your problem is not one I have encountered.

Guessing! Might this article apply?
The partition size is extended, but the file system remains the original size when you extend an NTFS volume
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;832316&Product=winxp

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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