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deadforever

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Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 10:54 am Post subject: extra drives and how to delete them

I run xp2 and have two drives that I have no idea where they came from. They are labeled E: which is 38.5 megabytes and is formatted in fat32, and F: which is 3.89 gigabytes and also formatted in fat32. I realize they are just partitions of C: which is formatted in NTFS, but don't where they came from. I do not run any backup programs like norton ghost and they both appear empty, any ideas?

Bill_Bright

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Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 5:34 pm Post subject:

Are you saying they just appeared out of the blue one day? What are drive C (I assume your boot drive) and D (an optical?). How many harddrives are physically installed in that computer? Is there or has there been any external harddrives attached? _________________ Bill, AFE7Ret Freedom is NOT Free!

deadforever

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Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 6:01 pm Post subject: out of the blue

I have only one hard drive yes and have never had another drive attached.I have no idea where they came from. I do have a mda and blackberry phone that i link to pc but they have never had this happen. What I find strange(outside their appearance) is the formatting difference.

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Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 9:32 pm Post subject:

Well, MDA - I assume mail delivery agent - may use the small drive space, and you BB - does it take picture? and use a memory card? When you right click on the drive icons and hit properties, what does it say they are? You might want to run through the CastleCops MRP to make sure your system is clean. _________________ Bill, AFE7Ret Freedom is NOT Free!

deadforever

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Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 10:42 pm Post subject: just need to delete them

mda is a cell phone, does take pictures and has storage card slot but currently no card, The blackberry has no card slot and no picture. have ran all scans and negative. local disk fat 32 on properties. I would just like to know how to delete them.

Bill_Bright

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Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 4:40 am Post subject:

I'd be hesitent to go in and start deleting drives without knowing more about them. What kind of computer is this? Many PC makers put hidden drives on their systems for recovery. Do you have a card reader attached - either USB or firewire? _________________ Bill, AFE7Ret Freedom is NOT Free!

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Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 11:38 pm Post subject: dell

computer is a dell, the only usb attachment is for my cell phone, guess i will contact dell and see if these drives are for recovery. Thanks for your input.

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Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 3:31 am Post subject:

Well, I did not help you much. I don't know that Dell will either but it would be interesting to see what they say. Are the icons for these drives the same as your C or boot drive. You could delete them with Partition Magic - but if this Dell is still under warranty, you may not want to. _________________ Bill, AFE7Ret Freedom is NOT Free!

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Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 4:22 am Post subject: thanks

Any help or comments always give insight and direction to paths that you may not have been thinking about and are always appreciated. Yes both the drives have the same icon as C: I will let you know what dell has to say about it.

deadforever

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Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 4:37 am Post subject: double post oops

oops

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Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 3:02 am Post subject: Re: double post oops

deadforever wrote:

oops

What oops? Did you delete them?

I have heard that many Dell computers have hidden recovery partitions. Yours just got un-hid somehow. You can explore them with windows explorer to see what files are on them and that would give you a lot of insight. If you right-click a file and choose "Properties" it will tell you the author, the version, the date, etc. Then you know where it comes from.

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Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 3:11 am Post subject:

The oops was probably a double post. _________________ Bill, AFE7Ret Freedom is NOT Free!

deadforever

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Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 3:58 pm Post subject: the oops

was a double post. I have contacted dell and am waiting for there reply. I wii post there response as soon as I get it.

deadforever

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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 10:47 pm Post subject: reply

dell said the drive was a backup drive but is normally hidden. Did't give me an answer on how the drive became visible. My folder view is set on don,t show hidden files and folders. Guess I will finally be able to get some sleep now,lol.

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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 12:34 am Post subject:

Dell said "THE" drive but you opened this post with "two" unexplained drives. Did Dell have an explanation for that too, or are you going to be awake for another week? _________________ Bill, AFE7Ret Freedom is NOT Free!

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