unable to assign drive letters to select partitions

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yawnmoth

I plugged in a 2.5" HDD from a dead laptop of mine and although one
partition, I see, was assigned a drive letter, there are two other
partitions that have not been assigned drive letters. One of these
two partitions (described as 'Primary Partition') is, presumably, a
hidden partition off which the laptop's operating system can be
restored. The other partition, described as 'EISA Configuration', is,
at 47mb, a bit too small to contain an OS backup.

Anyway, is there a way I can mount the partitions by assigning them
drive letters and then to browse their contents?

Also, if I right click on any partition other than the 47mb one, I'm
presented with the option of deleting that partition. The 47mb,
however, doesn't present me with any options, when I right click on
it, save for 'Help'. This begs the question... how can I reclaim
that 47mb? It's not a whole lot, I know, but every bit counts...
 
I plugged in a 2.5" HDD from a dead laptop of mine and although one
partition, I see, was assigned a drive letter, there are two other
partitions that have not been assigned drive letters. One of these two
partitions (described as 'Primary Partition') is, presumably, a hidden
partition off which the laptop's operating system can be restored. The
other partition, described as 'EISA Configuration', is, at 47mb, a bit
too small to contain an OS backup.

Anyway, is there a way I can mount the partitions by assigning them
drive letters and then to browse their contents?
Click to expand...

You could very easily do that from a Linux Live CD.
Also, if I right click on any partition other than the 47mb one, I'm
presented with the option of deleting that partition. The 47mb,
however, doesn't present me with any options, when I right click on it,
save for 'Help'. This begs the question... how can I reclaim that
47mb? It's not a whole lot, I know, but every bit counts...
Click to expand...

Try the gparted Live CD.
 
yawnmoth said:
I plugged in a 2.5" HDD from a dead laptop of mine and although one
partition, I see, was assigned a drive letter, there are two other
partitions that have not been assigned drive letters. One of these
two partitions (described as 'Primary Partition') is, presumably, a
hidden partition off which the laptop's operating system can be
restored. The other partition, described as 'EISA Configuration', is,
at 47mb, a bit too small to contain an OS backup.

Anyway, is there a way I can mount the partitions by assigning them
drive letters and then to browse their contents?

Also, if I right click on any partition other than the 47mb one, I'm
presented with the option of deleting that partition. The 47mb,
however, doesn't present me with any options, when I right click on
it, save for 'Help'. This begs the question... how can I reclaim
that 47mb? It's not a whole lot, I know, but every bit counts...
Click to expand...

I have come across this also .. people have suggested letting vista format
the disk but i need the stuff thats on it
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You could very easily do that from a Linux Live CD.




Try the gparted Live CD.
Click to expand...

Certainly that's an option, but I'd prefer to do it with Windows if at
all possible. It's kinda like... if I wanted a new computer, I could
buy one from an OEM manufacturer, or I could buy the individual
components to build my own. Although the former would certainly be
easier, I'd learn more doing the latter. Same thing with this. I
could do as you suggest with a Live CD very easily, but I'd be
depriving myself of a chance to learn something new if I did...
 
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