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by cstaunton 1 view

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Running XP prof with SP1. I ran defrag last night and now I can not access the D: . I can access the folders if I know the name, and can go thru history to files on the d: . (and the OS is operating from the D: . If I try to access it from run on the start menu I get the same problem. task manager says not responding. I can copy the files to another HDD but the main HDD is 20 gigs and the second has only 3 gigs left. I ran chkdsk but no difference. Any Ideas? Thanks in advance.

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by orpheum

okay
the first thing you want to check is if the drive letter has been renamed. right click my computer or net nghbrhd and select "map network drive". you aren't going to map a drive but you will check the drop menu with the letter "Z" to see if "D" is available as a selection.if it is, then you know that "D" is not assigned as a local drive.now pay attention to what letters are NOT in the list. write them down besides "A, B, C. the missing letter is the name of your "D" drive.

by cstaunton

D is not available and neither is E (cd-rom) or F an added Hard drive. but g thru z is. Any other ideas? Thanks for trying!

by dmessner

Have you tried Disk Management?

Right click My Computer>Manage>Disk Management

Which disk is giving the problems? Since you stated 2 different it would help to ID the problem disk, probably 0 or 1. Keep in mind it is telling you the size of the disk(s) in question so that should be a quick way to help you identify it.
Is it setup as Basic or Dynamic? More than likely it is Basic. At this point that is what I am assuming.
You should have your partion(s) listed to the right side of the problem disk. In the paritions should be the drive letters. Are they missing? You could try right clicking the partition missing the letter and select "change drive letter". If it is listing correctly you could change the letter and then change it back to D: or whatever you wish.

If this starting information does not get you to a solution, please post the answers to the questions listed and I(we) will be able to continue assisting you.

Good Luck,

David

by cstaunton

Thankyou David, I tried what you suggested but still no go. I can see the D: partition, I just can not access D:\. I have a 400K word doc with screen shots I could send you showing what I have so far. email me and I can send to you. Thanks for your ideas, I forgot about disk management. Chris

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