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Answer» Since I installed Windows 3.1, my D:\ Drive is no longer showing up. The D drive is what - a logical partition on the hard drive or a CD drive or what? I am not clear on the specifics of what you are working with. Any BIOS information?Drive D is a PARTITIONED drive, its part of drive C:\. In DOS and Windows 3.1, it is not being detected. I doubt its the BIOS since the problem started after upgrading to DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.1. What could be the problem? BIOS: I think they are Phoenix BIOS from the year 1996 but that's really all I can tell you about them. My BIOS have no setup, just a basic setup for password manager and power settings (and a few other things, but no hard drive configuration)If that partition is not being seen at all by DOS or Win 3.1 chances are you inadvertantly wiped it on the re-insatll....Doubtful. I checked, and FDISK displays two partitions, but the second partition has no settings. Don't know what happened there... is there a command I can use to remake the FDISK settings without loosing the contents of the D:\ partition?You stated it wasn''t being seen in DOS...if FDisk sees 2 partitions then DOS should SEE it. Quote You stated it wasn''t being seen in DOS...if FDisk sees 2 partitions then DOS should see it.But DOS cannot see it. Dir D:\ Invalid Drive SpecificationHow big is this hard drive? Quote How big is this hard drive?Not sure. 1-3GB It worked with Windows 3.0, and DOS 4.1. So I don't know why it WOULD stop with DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.1...What happens if you do "format d:"? I don't know if fdisk will let you non-destructively tinker with the second partition... but if you're willing to boot from a Linux Live CD, cfdisk certainly can change the filesystem type of the second partition without fragging the first.Yes FDisk will allow you to do this without affecting the Primary partition...Z how exactly is FDisk reporting the 2nd partition ? ? ? patio. 8-) |
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