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Name: glorioso
Date: June 25, 2005 at 20:50:52 Pacific
OS: Win Server 2003
CPU/Ram: AMD 2800/512
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I have a win server 2003 w/ extended NTFS partition created, and all of the sudden i'm not able to access it. When i go into the disk management i see the two blocks for my two partitions (c,d) but the drive letters are not there or the type of format. I only see how much space is allocated.
When i try to acces the properties for either c: or d: i get the following
"operation was canceled due to an internal error"
If i try to change drive letter i get
" The operation did not complete, check the system event log for more information. Close disk management console and then restart disk management before retrying the operation.

I looked in the event log and i dont see nothing related to this problem.

any ideas would be very helpfull as i have important data stored on this extedned partition.
I'm able to access the C: drive with no problems, even i go into dos and try to access the d: drive i get "the system could not find the drive specified"

Thank you



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Name: wanderer
Date: June 26, 2005 at 09:18:17 Pacific
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what does fdisk say about your partitions?
if you boot off a ntfsdos boot diskette can you read the d: partition?

Separate a hardware issue/corrupted partition table/file system issue from a OS/driver/infection issue.


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Response Number 2
Name: v_2ad
Date: June 28, 2005 at 14:31:02 Pacific
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Are the disks mirrored and do they have a drive letter ? What is the nature of teh disks "Dynamic" or "Basic"

Windows Server Setup Specialist



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