Hard Drive Not Detected

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Taliseian

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Hello all,

I've got an issue during post installation. One of my hard drive is never given a drive letter, but it does show up as a possible install drive during setup.

I always have to go into Drive Management and assign that drive a letter (and moving my DVD drive down a letter to keep the letters in order).

Under Drive Management the drive has the Properties (System, Active, Primary Partition), so I'm wondering if that is the issue.

Is there a way to change Drive Properties (if that is the case)?

Thanks



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My Computer

OS
Win 7 SP1
CPU
Intel i7 920
Motherboard
Asus P6T
Memory
6g OCZ Triple Channel
Graphics Card(s)
nVidia GTX 275 868mg
Sound Card
Asus Xonar D2X PCI-e
Monitor(s) Displays
ASUS VE228H
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080 (1080p - HD)
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Intel X-25M 80g SSD and 4x SATA II (2 WD, 2 Seagate)
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Logitech G19
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For some reason, maybe to prevent people from messing up their system, Windows sometimes hides the "system" partition. The system partition is the partition that holds the files necessary to boot (which is also why it is set "active"). If your system partition is only 100MB you might as well leave it alone. Do not assign it a drive letter.

In my case Windows XP is on the system drive. but once I assigned it a letter in disk management, all is fine.

Taliseian said:
Is there a way to change Drive Properties (if that is the case)?
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Yes. By installing/moving the boot manager to another partition and setting that new partition as active. You could use the bcdboot and diskpart tools for that (both are included in Windows and on the recovery/install discs).
 
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My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Too many to list.
OS
XP, Seven, 2008R2
CPU
AMD, Intel, VIA
Motherboard
Various
Memory
Corsair, Kingston, etc.
Graphics Card(s)
ATI, NVIDIA
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung
Hard Drives
Maxtor, Western Digital
Keyboard
qwerty
Internet Speed
22 Mb/s @ home, 1 Gb/s @ server
Other Info
All of my systems still run fastest on XP 32-bit for the most part. Win7 is fun to play with, but I still prefer XP for raw speed, security, and functionality.
What you may be detecting is the OEM restore partition. This will house the factory backup file if you use the OEM restore program (for example PC Angel). You will only be able to alter the partition using the advanced repair options when booting from the Windows 7 DVD.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Compaq Desktop
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
AMD Sempron Dual Core
Memory
3GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
Screen Resolution
1024x768
Hard Drives
150GB Sata
Orbital Shark said:
What you may be detecting is the OEM restore partition. This will house the factory backup file if you use the OEM restore program (for example PC Angel). You will only be able to alter the partition using the advanced repair options when booting from the Windows 7 DVD.
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Doubtful since this is a homemade system with store bought drives.


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My Computer

OS
Win 7 SP1
CPU
Intel i7 920
Motherboard
Asus P6T
Memory
6g OCZ Triple Channel
Graphics Card(s)
nVidia GTX 275 868mg
Sound Card
Asus Xonar D2X PCI-e
Monitor(s) Displays
ASUS VE228H
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080 (1080p - HD)
Hard Drives
Intel X-25M 80g SSD and 4x SATA II (2 WD, 2 Seagate)
Keyboard
Logitech G19
Internet Speed
Cable
sup3rsprt said:
...By installing/moving the boot manager to another partition and setting that new partition as active. You could use the bcdboot and diskpart tools for that (both are included in Windows and on the recovery/install discs).
Click to expand...
Did you attempt this or not? Do you understand it?
 
I understood but have not attempted yet. College Mid-Terms are kinda in the way.... ;)


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My Computer

OS
Win 7 SP1
CPU
Intel i7 920
Motherboard
Asus P6T
Memory
6g OCZ Triple Channel
Graphics Card(s)
nVidia GTX 275 868mg
Sound Card
Asus Xonar D2X PCI-e
Monitor(s) Displays
ASUS VE228H
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080 (1080p - HD)
Hard Drives
Intel X-25M 80g SSD and 4x SATA II (2 WD, 2 Seagate)
Keyboard
Logitech G19
Internet Speed
Cable
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