Partition appeared from no where (no access)


  1. barmanjonny
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    Partition appeared from no where (no access)


    right guys i really hope someone can help,
    I have 2 hard drives 1x 1.5 TB and 1x .5TB. Now i have a 100GB partition for media off of my 1.5TB but some how i have ended up with a "Q" partition with no info and no access.
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  3. gregrocker
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    It's the virtual Q-drive used by the Click-to-Run version of Office 2010.

    Read more here: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ex...101850493.aspx
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  4. barmanjonny
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    thank you very much
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