Jul
07
Problem:
looked through the forums and didnt see this come up, but it might have already been answered. A friend of mine recently upgraded to Vista from XP. He had problems with installing over top of XP, so he finally just did an entire clean install of Vista, but before he did he put all his files on his second Hard Disk.
Well, Vista is working, except he cannot get to any of the files on his second drive. He can SEE the second drive, but cannot access that whole drive. Has anyone experienced this before?
Well, Vista is working, except he cannot get to any of the files on his second drive. He can SEE the second drive, but cannot access that whole drive. Has anyone experienced this before?
Solution:
Right click on my computer and choose manage
Go into disk management.
It will list all physical drives and partitions attatched. He may have to assign it a drive letter. If so, he can do it here
Go into disk management.
It will list all physical drives and partitions attatched. He may have to assign it a drive letter. If so, he can do it here
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