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Laurie
Computer: Toshiba 4090CDT with 400MHz Celeron, 192MB RAM, 40 GB HDD. It has
been running Windows 2000 almost ever since I bought it.
In preparing the computer to be taken over by somebody (my son) who had
been just a user with rather limited rights, I formatted C: partition to make
a fresh start from serious registry problems. Those had come from programs
that did not uninstall cleanly and the computer was taking over 20 minutes to
boot up. Both C: and D: were NTFS formatted under Windows 2000.
We did a clean install of Windows 2000 and found that D: did not show in
Windows Explorer.
Under Disk Management, we moved the CD drive to R: and assigned the drive
letter D: to the second partition which is where the data is located.
Then we had to take ownership of all of the files and folders as some of
them were inaccessible.
At that point all appeared to be operating normally.
THEN we decided it was a good time to upgrade to Windows XP.
The process appeared to run smoothly, but at the end D: had vanished again
from Windows Explorer.
The CD was still R: as we had earlier assigned it in getting D: back for
Windows 2000.
However, now the Computer Management window correctly reports the statistics
and the formatting of both partitions but reports the second partition as a
"Healthy (Unknown Partition)". A right click does NOT allow us to assign a
drive letter. The only options not greyed out are the Delete and the Help
buttons.
Any suggestions for getting his data back?
There IS a backup so we are not desperate but surely others have hit similar
problems? And maybe found solutions?
I am treating it as a learning exercise for both of us.
Laurie.
been running Windows 2000 almost ever since I bought it.
In preparing the computer to be taken over by somebody (my son) who had
been just a user with rather limited rights, I formatted C: partition to make
a fresh start from serious registry problems. Those had come from programs
that did not uninstall cleanly and the computer was taking over 20 minutes to
boot up. Both C: and D: were NTFS formatted under Windows 2000.
We did a clean install of Windows 2000 and found that D: did not show in
Windows Explorer.
Under Disk Management, we moved the CD drive to R: and assigned the drive
letter D: to the second partition which is where the data is located.
Then we had to take ownership of all of the files and folders as some of
them were inaccessible.
At that point all appeared to be operating normally.
THEN we decided it was a good time to upgrade to Windows XP.
The process appeared to run smoothly, but at the end D: had vanished again
from Windows Explorer.
The CD was still R: as we had earlier assigned it in getting D: back for
Windows 2000.
However, now the Computer Management window correctly reports the statistics
and the formatting of both partitions but reports the second partition as a
"Healthy (Unknown Partition)". A right click does NOT allow us to assign a
drive letter. The only options not greyed out are the Delete and the Help
buttons.
Any suggestions for getting his data back?
There IS a backup so we are not desperate but surely others have hit similar
problems? And maybe found solutions?
I am treating it as a learning exercise for both of us.
Laurie.
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