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Gary Tennesen <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 25 Apr 2001 18:55:24 -0700
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What does Fdisk tell you about your hard drives?  Has drive 2 been
partitioned by your operating system?

--gary

----- Original Message -----
From: "James HIlls" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 2:45 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Hard disk Drives


> I am working on a HP Vectra XU 5/90C computer with two
> 1 gb hard drives and a Toshiba CD-ROM all on an AMD SCSI
> controller and the BIOS is assigned the following to that controller.
>
> SCSI ID  VENDOR     PRODUCT                       CAPACITY     INT13H
>  2             HP               1.05 GB #A2                    1001MB
> 80h
>  4             Toshiba        CD-ROM XM-3601TA    N/A          N/A
>  6             Quantum      FIREBALL1080S             1042MB   81h
>
> When I go Explorer I find the first disk assigned to "C:".
> I have reassigned the CD-ROM from "D:" to "E:".
> I have been unable to assign the FIREBALL a device letter.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I need to do to get access
> to the
> second hard disk  HP has no help for this system.
>
> The system was donated to local elementary school for use by students
> and
> I am assisting in the maintenance and installs.
>
> Jim Hills
> Houston TX
>
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