Windows not detecting 2nd partition

electrorcamd · 01-23-05, 05:07 PM

I have Windows Server 2003 EE evaluation edition installed on my computer. I have 2 hard drives, one for Linux and one for Windows; the Windows drive has two partitions. The first is NTFS, the second is FAT32. I was using Overclockix and tried to install it to my Linux drive and it didn't work. I then rebooted and did fdisk /mbr to wipe the bootloader from another os that wouldn't let Windows boot. Then when I rebooted in Windows, I couldn't get to the FAT32 partition on my Windows drive. I can mount it and browse through everything in Linux fine; the partition just won't show up in Windows.
How can I get this partition to show up?

Daddyjaxx · 01-23-05, 06:57 PM

I think I read somewhere once that only 2003 Standard supports FAT32. I may be wrong.

turd · 01-23-05, 07:16 PM

Run your recovery console and do a help, then look at fixboot or fixmbr
Heres a link about the RC
http://support.microsoft.com/default...n-us;Q307654#5

electrorcamd · 01-23-05, 09:01 PM

It used to work fine with it. I will try the recovery console though.

electrorcamd · 01-23-05, 09:14 PM

I ran both fixmbr and fixboot; Windows still won't list the drive in My Computer.
Anything else I can try?

Edit: I think I found the problem, but I don't know if I can fix it without reformatting the FAT32 partition. When I go to the properties for the drive, then to the volumes tab, it shows both partitions. When I go to properties for the missing partition, it shows no type with a raw filesystem and a capacity of 0 bytes. Can I restore the filesystem somehow, since Linux detects it, or should I just reformat the second partition?

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electrorcamd · 01-25-05, 09:15 PM

Any ideas or opinions as to what I should do?

01-23-05, 05:07 PM	Thread Starter #1
electrorcamd Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Belton, MO	Windows not detecting 2nd partition I have Windows Server 2003 EE evaluation edition installed on my computer. I have 2 hard drives, one for Linux and one for Windows; the Windows drive has two partitions. The first is NTFS, the second is FAT32. I was using Overclockix and tried to install it to my Linux drive and it didn't work. I then rebooted and did fdisk /mbr to wipe the bootloader from another os that wouldn't let Windows boot. Then when I rebooted in Windows, I couldn't get to the FAT32 partition on my Windows drive. I can mount it and browse through everything in Linux fine; the partition just won't show up in Windows. How can I get this partition to show up? __________________ Main: Athlon 2 X3 435, 4GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR3, Asus M4A785TD-V evo mobo, HD4200 graphics, stock cooling, Seasonic S12II Bronze 520w psu Laptop: HP Pavilion dv5000, Turion64 ML-37, 1GB RAM, Xpress 200M graphics, 80GB hdd, XP MCE 2005 Folding for T32
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01-23-05, 07:16 PM	#3
turd Member Join Date: Sep 2001	Run your recovery console and do a help, then look at fixboot or fixmbr Heres a link about the RC http://support.microsoft.com/default...n-us;Q307654#5
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01-23-05, 09:01 PM	Thread Starter #4
electrorcamd Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Belton, MO	It used to work fine with it. I will try the recovery console though. __________________ Main: Athlon 2 X3 435, 4GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR3, Asus M4A785TD-V evo mobo, HD4200 graphics, stock cooling, Seasonic S12II Bronze 520w psu Laptop: HP Pavilion dv5000, Turion64 ML-37, 1GB RAM, Xpress 200M graphics, 80GB hdd, XP MCE 2005 Folding for T32
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01-23-05, 09:14 PM	Thread Starter #5
electrorcamd Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Belton, MO	I ran both fixmbr and fixboot; Windows still won't list the drive in My Computer. Anything else I can try? Edit: I think I found the problem, but I don't know if I can fix it without reformatting the FAT32 partition. When I go to the properties for the drive, then to the volumes tab, it shows both partitions. When I go to properties for the missing partition, it shows no type with a raw filesystem and a capacity of 0 bytes. Can I restore the filesystem somehow, since Linux detects it, or should I just reformat the second partition? Thanks __________________ Main: Athlon 2 X3 435, 4GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR3, Asus M4A785TD-V evo mobo, HD4200 graphics, stock cooling, Seasonic S12II Bronze 520w psu Laptop: HP Pavilion dv5000, Turion64 ML-37, 1GB RAM, Xpress 200M graphics, 80GB hdd, XP MCE 2005 Folding for T32 Last edited by electrorcamd; 01-23-05 at 09:19 PM.
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01-25-05, 09:15 PM	Thread Starter #6
electrorcamd Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Belton, MO	Any ideas or opinions as to what I should do? __________________ Main: Athlon 2 X3 435, 4GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR3, Asus M4A785TD-V evo mobo, HD4200 graphics, stock cooling, Seasonic S12II Bronze 520w psu Laptop: HP Pavilion dv5000, Turion64 ML-37, 1GB RAM, Xpress 200M graphics, 80GB hdd, XP MCE 2005 Folding for T32
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