Help ~ Reading Internal Partitions

[Avander]

Hey Guys

I looked for a similar thread, but was not able to find one. If there is, I apologize for creating a new one, and maybe someone would be able to direct me to it.

Otherwise, i am hoping someone could help me with this.

I have a 500GB hard drive partitioned into two. A 400GB NTFS partition (For windows 7), and an extra 100GB partition formatted as FAT32. What i was wondering is how, when booted into windows, can you see the FAT32 partition, and read/write files to it.

Thanks for any help you guys can provide

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello Avander, welcome to Seven Forums!


In the start menu, computer do both partitions show up?

 

[Avander]

Thanks Bare Foot Kid

No, thats the problem. Only the Main partition (400GB) one shows up, the FAT32 does not appear. That is why i am trying to see if there is some special way or something i am missing in order to see the FAT32 partition... its there, but does not show up under My Computer.

 

[whs]

If the files are less than 4GBs, you should be able to write to it. If the partition has a drive letter, you should see it in Computer, else in Disk Management where you can assign a letter.
Btw: why did you choose Fat32 for that partition? - just curious.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Does it show up in control panel, administrative tools, computer management, disk management?

 

[Avander]

Thanks whs

I am experimenting with drive partitions, and i wanted to create a kind of an internal file "drop box" so to say, a partition separate to the main one.

hmmm, is there something special i had to have done when partitioning the drive so as to ensure it would receive a drive letter? i am only recently experimenting with drive partitioning, so if i missed something, that would be the case hahaha.

 

[logicearth]

Right-click on Computer > Manage > Disk Management.
Does the FAT32 partition have a drive letter associated with it?
Is it even displayed in the list?

 

[whs]

Have a look at the little video tutorial I had made for the purpose. Maybe you can identify whether you forgot something.

PS: I would delete it and recreate a new partition in NTFS. There is really no advantage to Fat32. That's only good for USB sticks.

 

[Avander]

Thanks guys, sadly, i do not have it with me at this moment, probably have access to it in about an hour or so. But in case, what would it mean if i do see it via disk management, but it has no drive letter associated with it?

and thanks whs, i am looking at your video now

 

[seekermeister]

Thanks guys, sadly, i do not have it with me at this moment, probably have access to it in about an hour or so. But in case, what would it mean if i do see it via disk management, but it has no drive letter associated with it?

and thanks whs, i am looking at your video now

It only means that you need to assign a letter to it.

 

[Avander]

Ok, thanks whs for the video link, makes it a lot clearer now. I am going to follow those steps to the letter, and see how it turns out. I'll post back in a little while.

 

[whs]

Ok, thanks whs for the video link, makes it a lot clearer now. I am going to follow those steps to the letter, and see how it turns out. I'll post back in a little while.

OK, awaiting your success report.

 

[Avander]

AHA

It works now, all is seen and can be written to. Thanks so much everyone for all the help, this was bugging me, and i was just not able to find the solution until now

You guys are great, thanks

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello Avander, glad you got it sorted; below is another useful tutorial.


http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1911-take-ownership-shortcut.html?ltr=T

 

[whs]

Very good. Glad we could help.

 

[Avander]

That is really interesting Bare Foot Kid, i never would have thought of something like that, real handy.

And yeah, you guys helped a lot. Thanks

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

That is really interesting Bare Foot Kid, i never would have thought of something like that, real handy.

And yeah, you guys helped a lot. Thanks

It is very handy!