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Help! I can't access my disk partition

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by longyc

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My disk with three partition: C,D,E .I can't access my disk partition D: and E: (FAT32) with local explorer and it ask me to format it ,but i can see the partition infomation use PartitionMagic6 pro . in PartitionMagic6, the partition D: and E: seems normal without any problem.
so ,how can I do with it ? pls help me !

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by expertpc

What happened between the time it worked until it stopped working?

Things to check

Did you make the partitions hidden with PM6?

PM6 can really only see that there are partitions and the ratio of info to freespace as reported by the File Allocation Table (FAT). Does it show that there is any amount of info on those drives? If it says it is all free then I would say it's all gone.

Does PM6 report that the drives are formatted? If so, what type? Fat16, Fat32, NTFS, etc. Is your OS capable of seeing that type of format?

Good Hunting!

by dmiles

Each logical or extended disk partition will need to be formatted individually,you can see the partition,yet you have not formatted the partition,use partition magic 6 and open the program to format,or open my computer and right-click on the D:partition and in the menu select format,do this for E: also,your question provides the key that you have not formatted.

by oskiller

I guess the first question is this - after creating the partitions and drive letters, did you format the partitions? If they are not formatted, they will be unusuable.

Secondly, are you using an OS that recognizes FAT32? If you are running NT or Windows 95 pre OSR2, you cannot use FAT32 as a partition and expect it to be accessable.

by macgyver.hicks

longyc,
A couple of other questions come to my mind. When you created the D: and E: drives, did you create an Extended DOS Partition and the drives inside there? Or, did you create the drives individually? If you want to use them as auxillary drives with only 1 operating system, they should either be created and formatted in an Extended DOS partition and as Logical Drives. Or, you can make them as Primary drives (like the C: drive) you just have to make sure that they are setup in PM to be"visible" to the C: drive and OS.

If you need any more help, just email me. I use PM 6 also.

by asjwm2

Look in the BootMagic configuration and see if the partitions are available on the bootmagic menu. You might be trying to access a partition type with another incompatible partition type. I run 6 systems on my home computer with partition magic. The partitions will APPEAR OK, but the question is: What is on the partitions ? Which Operating System are you running? Sounds like you want to do this:
i) Go to "BootMagic configuration"
ii) click "advanced"
iii) click "yes" on all the partitions
iv) restart the computer

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