Ok I’ll explain read carefully please………
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kopie54
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about 16 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Not very clear!
I run a few SCSI HDDs. I wanted to install MCE on a spare drive that I wasn’t using which at this point was sat on my desk and not connected.
I disconnected the other drives and connected the spare drive that I had. I now have 1 drive connected the others have temporarily been disconnected.
I installed MCE edition on the spare drive that is now connected and the other drives are still temporarily disconnected. MCE installs without any problems using an NTFS Partition and works perfectly.
I close down the MCE OS and connect the SCSI HDD that was my D: Drive previously it is partitioned FAT32 and has all the hardware drivers I need and software I use, all Programs are in an installable form. This drive was previously in a Windows ME PC that I have.
I now have the MCE OS on the spare drive I connected and now the D: Drive connected (the 2nd SCSI HDD). When I boot the MCE OS it boots up fine, no problems but the 2nd HDD is not shown in My Computer it is present in Disk Management (without a drive letter) and is also shown in Device Manager.
I did have Norton Go Back installed on the XP Professional Drive the original HDD that I disconnected to install MCE on the spare SCSI Drive I had which is now connected with the D: Drive.
Below is answers to your reply in the order that you asked your questions.
The drive was connected when I installed MCE.
I didn’t use another PC with the same hardware to resolve driver conflicts. I don’t have any driver conflicts.
The BIOS is configured perfectly for my SCSI setup.
The D: Drive (2nd SCSI HDD) was Partitioned using FAT32 in a Windows ME PC.
The newly installed MCE OS I used NTFS Partition.
Finally:
I hope this clears up any confusion and you can now shed some light as to why MCE OS is not allocating a drive letter to the 2nd SCSI drive I connected. Is it as previously mentioned in this topic to do with Norton Go Back?