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From: Gareth on 2 Feb 2010 05:56
I used Partition Master (free Home Edition) to reduce the XP partition size
in a dual boot Windows 7 system.

Partition master could not complete the operation because it found "some
error" on the system following reboot.

XP still boots and Windows 7 still boots.

The only problem is that the XP drive is now missing when I boot in to
Windows 7 - I can no longer access the XP files from Windows 7. XP was
previously accessible as the "c:" drive from Windows 7 but now there is no
drive letter allocated to it and no sign of it in "My Computer".

Partition Master shows the XP install as "*" with no name but with all the
other attributes installed. The Partition Master file explorer shows that
all the files are still there.

How do I allocate a drive to XP from within Windows 7 so that Windows 7 can
see the XP files again?

From: Pegasus [MVP] on 2 Feb 2010 11:14


"Gareth" <hotmail.com(a)dgareth_remove.com> said this in news item
news:4b6804de$0$2485$db0fefd9(a)news.zen.co.uk...
> I used Partition Master (free Home Edition) to reduce the XP partition
> size in a dual boot Windows 7 system.
>
> Partition master could not complete the operation because it found "some
> error" on the system following reboot.
>
> XP still boots and Windows 7 still boots.
>
> The only problem is that the XP drive is now missing when I boot in to
> Windows 7 - I can no longer access the XP files from Windows 7. XP was
> previously accessible as the "c:" drive from Windows 7 but now there is no
> drive letter allocated to it and no sign of it in "My Computer".
>
> Partition Master shows the XP install as "*" with no name but with all the
> other attributes installed. The Partition Master file explorer shows that
> all the files are still there.
>
> How do I allocate a drive to XP from within Windows 7 so that Windows 7
> can see the XP files again?

It all depends on what damage the incomplete repartitioning action caused.
If the damage is minor then you can assign a drive letter by running
diskmgmt.msc via Start/Run, then right-clicking the System partition and
setting a drive letter.


From: Gareth on 2 Feb 2010 13:42


"Pegasus [MVP]" <news(a)microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Gareth" <hotmail.com(a)dgareth_remove.com> said this in news item
> news:4b6804de$0$2485$db0fefd9(a)news.zen.co.uk...
>> I used Partition Master (free Home Edition) to reduce the XP partition
>> size in a dual boot Windows 7 system.
>>
>> Partition master could not complete the operation because it found "some
>> error" on the system following reboot.
>>
>> XP still boots and Windows 7 still boots.
>>
>> The only problem is that the XP drive is now missing when I boot in to
>> Windows 7 - I can no longer access the XP files from Windows 7. XP was
>> previously accessible as the "c:" drive from Windows 7 but now there is
>> no drive letter allocated to it and no sign of it in "My Computer".
>>
>> Partition Master shows the XP install as "*" with no name but with all
>> the other attributes installed. The Partition Master file explorer shows
>> that all the files are still there.
>>
>> How do I allocate a drive to XP from within Windows 7 so that Windows 7
>> can see the XP files again?
>
> It all depends on what damage the incomplete repartitioning action caused.
> If the damage is minor then you can assign a drive letter by running
> diskmgmt.msc via Start/Run, then right-clicking the System partition and
> setting a drive letter.

Thank you. That worked!



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