Windows 7 No second HDD in Explorer

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Moosetek13

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• Jan 14, 2009

• #2

Go into Disk Management and assign a drive letter to that partition, then it will show up in Explorer.

 

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Tak3

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• Jan 14, 2009

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Thanks, but,,,

Went into /control panel/Storage/Disk Manager/. Found the drive that does not
have drive letter assigned.
Tried to assign, the default was "H" which is the next letter of all used.
The message box said something like "This letter is used. Reset the letter anyway?"
Did it, but it was rejected.

My next option was to assign "I". the Response was "Invalid parameter".

There seems no way to give a letter.

 

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hammydown

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• Jan 14, 2009

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Go into device manager and ensure that the device got installed correctly. Many times the problem is a bad driver that shows the device exists but wont let you access it. I am gonna suggest look for the most up to date driver.

Another suggestion would be to try more drive letters and see if for some reason they dont want you using the drive I. Let me know what you find out.

 

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Ooops,

The letter "H" appered after a couple of minutes, on Explorer.
Thanks anyway.

 

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hammydown

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• Jan 14, 2009

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Tak3 said:

Ooops,

The letter "H" appered after a couple of minutes, on Explorer.
Thanks anyway.

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Glad to hear we solved your problem. Once again welcome to the windows 7 forums.

 

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