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Hard drive reported as removable
Name: richard (by slowpoke) Date: November 15, 2003 at 10:27:57 Pacific OS: Windows ME CPU/Ram: Athlon 1200 / 512
Comment:
Today I installed a second hard drive in my Windows ME system. I formatted the drive and installed software on it and the drive worked perfectly. However, when I view the drive contents with desktop explorer or Norton System Works the drive is reported to be a removable drive. I replaced the drive with another and received the same results. I need to mention that I do have a external scsi Orb drive installed in this system. How do I get the system to recognize the drive as a fixed drive?
Name: wawadave Date: November 15, 2003 at 20:25:26 Pacific
Reply:
hello try removeing external drive and reboot it may be whats interfearing with the system. than after fix drive is read corectly reinstall removeable drive.
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Response Number 2
Name: Richard Date: November 16, 2003 at 04:36:34 Pacific
Reply:
I removed the external drive from the system but the secondary hard drive is still reported as a removeable drive. I purchased a new hard drive, did the fdisk/format thing and installed it. The new drive is reported as a removeable drive. Looks like this is something that I will have to live with. Hate that!
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Response Number 3
Name: XLWH Date: November 16, 2003 at 10:10:00 Pacific
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