Unknown Drive is computer managment


  1. danviau
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    Dual Boot - C: Win 7 & D: XP PRO
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    Unknown Drive in computer managment


    hello!

    In my computer managment I have a volume that have no clue what's on it. its 1G and 823MB are used. See snap shot its the * volume. Any clue what this is? Can I delete it?

    Drive D: use to be a recovery section which I formated so I can dual boot XP & Win 7.
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  3. zigzag3143
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    danviau said:
    hello!

    In my computer managment I have a volume that have no clue what's on it. its 1G and 823MB are used. See snap shot its the * volume. Any clue what this is? Can I delete it?

    Drive D: use to be a recovery section which I formated so I can dual boot XP & Win 7.
    Hi Dan and welcome

    I suspect ( i cant really see) the volume is an XP volume. if you are dual booting you need to be careful. When win 7 is dual booting XP it puts a hidden folder called boot. thats where the ntldr amd other files are. You can click show all look in the volume and see if there is a folder called boot.

    If you upload a bigger pic im sure someone will give you a hand

    Thanks

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