performance details -quirky


  1. tbernstein
    Posts : 106
    Win 7
       New #1

    performance details -quirky


    Windows shows my harddrives correctly: two drives and several partitions, each with an appropriate drive letter. (D: is downloads, V: Video, P: Photos, etc.)
    But the performance page doesn't display or count two (large) partitions.
    I'm sure that this is because I've used letters A: and B: ( I don't have a floppy drive, but I do have Backups B: and some space Available A: )
    The system properties and My Computer report these partitions perfectly. But the performance details don't. Weird that.
    Last edited by tbernstein; 30 Oct 2009 at 06:20. Reason: Those smileys stop me putting brackets where we also use colons, e.g. drive letters, without a gap.
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  3. Fluffy
    Posts : 384
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
       New #2

    Why have so many partitions in the first place? Why not just folders in the 2 drives?
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  4. Digerati
    Posts : 1,074
    Windows 7 Profession 64-bit
       New #3

    Why have so many partitions in the first place? Why not just folders in the 2 drives?
    I would guess because he likes it that way. There's nothing wrong with using multiple partitions to keep your files organized, and separate. With large drives, it makes it very convenient.

    I suspect the problem is what you alluded to, your use of A and B for their drive designations. I note on mine, the first entry under storage is for total size of "hard" disk(s). My memory stick is not listed listed either. So I suspect, since A and B are typically reserved for floppy drives (that is, "removable" storage) they are ignored.

    Why don't you try re-lettering them to something above D - perhaps change your backup B: partition to R: for Recovery or Restore, and your A to M: for Misc for a test, then reboot and rerun the assessment again and see if they show up.
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  6. tbernstein
    Posts : 106
    Win 7
    Thread Starter
       New #4

    Windows....


    .... changed it for me.
    When I logged in the next time my drive A: had been relettered!
    Now I've made A: into U: unused.
    And why do I have so may partitions?
    Because, yes I like it that way, and also so that I can allocate an adequate amount of space for each function and user and see what I have "in stock".
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  7. Digerati
    Posts : 1,074
    Windows 7 Profession 64-bit
       New #5

    And so does everything show up as expected?
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  8. tbernstein
    Posts : 106
    Win 7
    Thread Starter
       New #6

    Almost


    For some reason the built in SD card reader keeps hijacking the A: drive letter when a card is inserted, which Vista never did.
    But otherwise, all is fine
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  10. Digerati
    Posts : 1,074
    Windows 7 Profession 64-bit
       New #7

    Built in reader? Don't know about that. You may have to uninstall it, reboot, then install it again and choose a letter.
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  11. tbernstein
    Posts : 106
    Win 7
    Thread Starter
       New #8

    Since I don't have a floppy drive A: is really just a free letter.
    Maybe WIN7 sees the reader as a kind of floppy substitute.
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

 

  Related Discussions
How can I re-associate .mp4 files with video details displaying in the Details Pane? After installing the K-lite codecs pack, my mp4's all began displaying in the details pane as audio files (Album, Artist etc) and no longer displays the important video default details (size, frame height, bitrate...
I need a little help with something that seems simple. I am using Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit. I have changed the columns in Details view in a folder. However Windows is not populating those columns, so what am I missing? This holds true on both my network drives and my local drives, so I checked...
I work with a lot of videos and need to enter details into the properties. Windows 7 will only let me enter the info into MP4 files and not into AVI, MPG, FLV, MKV etc...files. Does anybody know how to do this other than re-encoding my 3500 non-MP4 files? With XP I could enter the information into...
I just now installed an Intel 520 240GB SSD. Measuring the performance, got strange results. First it did not at all perform close to my expectations and Intels promises:...
Quirky desktop behavior
in General Discussion

I don't really know how to accurately describe the problem so forgive me if this problem is covered somewhere in the forum. After a repair install of Win7, I have to go through some quirky behavior to open a program. Here's my attempt to describe the problem: If I click on an icon in the...
Our Sites
Site Links
About Us
Windows 7 Forums is an independent web site and has not been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Microsoft Corporation. "Windows 7" and related materials are trademarks of Microsoft Corp.

 © Designer Media Ltd
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 15:32.
Find Us