2nd Hard-drive problem

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I recently bought a new 500gb hard-drive and I set it up using the disk
management tool, I split the hard-drive into three partitions for Virtual PC
(M), Data (N), and Backup (O). And for some reason after rebooting my PC I
now have 2 partitions for Virtual PC (M-the one I created)(J-???), it's an
exact duplicate same files everything. How do I get rid of this?
 
"GDRD" <GDRD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E0CBF310-BDB3-459A-93FE-55F568C6E07B@microsoft.com...
>I recently bought a new 500gb hard-drive and I set it up using the disk
> management tool, I split the hard-drive into three partitions for Virtual PC
> (M), Data (N), and Backup (O). And for some reason after rebooting my PC I
> now have 2 partitions for Virtual PC (M-the one I created)(J-???), it's an
> exact duplicate same files everything. How do I get rid of this?

You need to give a better description of what is going on. VPC partitions
are just virtual partitions contained within a VPC data file. It has nothing
to do with any partitions you created with the host.
 
The partion is named Virtual PC (drive M -used for virtual PC) but is a real
physical disk. And I have no idea what's going on? I checked disk manger it
only list drive M, it doesn't say anything about J which is an exact
duplicate of M. When I start my computer it always has to run ChDsk on J and
it is visible in My Computer.

"Bill Blanton" wrote:

> You need to give a better description of what is going on. VPC partitions
> are just virtual partitions contained within a VPC data file. It has nothing
> to do with any partitions you created with the host.
 
So you're saying that J: is actually M: also in My Computer. If you copy
a file to M: it also appears in J:?

Try changing M: to another letter and reboot. Disk Management > right click
the M: volume > Change drive letter......


"GDRD" <GDRD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:346108F3-AC93-465F-968A-F3E64A5B27AB@microsoft.com...
> The partion is named Virtual PC (drive M -used for virtual PC) but is a real
> physical disk. And I have no idea what's going on? I checked disk manger it
> only list drive M, it doesn't say anything about J which is an exact
> duplicate of M. When I start my computer it always has to run ChDsk on J and
> it is visible in My Computer.
>
> "Bill Blanton" wrote:
>
>> You need to give a better description of what is going on. VPC partitions
>> are just virtual partitions contained within a VPC data file. It has nothing
>> to do with any partitions you created with the host.
 
Yes, the contecnts are ussually the same except when I delete something off
of M: the file doesn't disappear from J: until I reboot my computer and runs
check disk. I tried changing the drive letter and rebooting didn't work.

"Bill Blanton" wrote:

> So you're saying that J: is actually M: also in My Computer. If you copy
> a file to M: it also appears in J:?
>
> Try changing M: to another letter and reboot. Disk Management > right click
> the M: volume > Change drive letter......
 
What programme are you using to create a backup?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
GDRD wrote:
> Yes, the contecnts are ussually the same except when I delete
> something off of M: the file doesn't disappear from J: until I reboot
> my computer and runs check disk. I tried changing the drive letter
> and rebooting didn't work.
>
> "Bill Blanton" wrote:
>
>> So you're saying that J: is actually M: also in My Computer. If you
>> copy
>> a file to M: it also appears in J:?
>>
>> Try changing M: to another letter and reboot. Disk Management >
>> right click the M: volume > Change drive letter......
 
I have used Seagate software several times. It is easy to use and it is
free.I have tried other software and it has always been grief for me.
To obtain this software( I don't have the link handy) do a search on the
Internet using Google, or other search tool such as MSN search engine.
Search for "Seagate DiscWizard" and go to the site that shows seagate.com.
(Other sites will undoubtedly work).
Download and Save the file. It does not occupy a great deal of disk space so
I retain it on my machine at all times as a handy tool. Just Run the
software and follow the instructions. I have never tried it with hard disks
other than Seagate's so I do not know if it will work. At any rate it wont
hurt anything to try..
If you do not want it occupying hard disk space you can use the just
downloaded software to copy it to a CD if you have the necessary burner
software. Seagate DiscWizard makes the CD bootable for you which is another
handy feature for trouble shooting.
I hope this helps.

GDRD" <GDRD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E0CBF310-BDB3-459A-93FE-55F568C6E07B@microsoft.com...
>I recently bought a new 500gb hard-drive and I set it up using the disk
> management tool, I split the hard-drive into three partitions for Virtual
> PC
> (M), Data (N), and Backup (O). And for some reason after rebooting my PC
> I
> now have 2 partitions for Virtual PC (M-the one I created)(J-???), it's an
> exact duplicate same files everything. How do I get rid of this?
 
Acronis True Image, but the problem was present before I installed Acronis so
I doubt that has anything to do with.

"Gerry" wrote:

> What programme are you using to create a backup?
>
> --
>
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
> FCA
> Stourport, England
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> GDRD wrote:
> > Yes, the contecnts are ussually the same except when I delete
> > something off of M: the file doesn't disappear from J: until I reboot
> > my computer and runs check disk. I tried changing the drive letter
> > and rebooting didn't work.
> >
> > "Bill Blanton" wrote:
> >
> >> So you're saying that J: is actually M: also in My Computer. If you
> >> copy
> >> a file to M: it also appears in J:?
> >>
> >> Try changing M: to another letter and reboot. Disk Management >
> >> right click the M: volume > Change drive letter......
>
>
>
 
If you have no non-default drive lettering pointers set up. I.e. %System%,
%Boot%, and %Pagefile% are all on the first primary partition/volume [C:] as detected
by XP, you might try deleting the MountedDevices key from the registry and
rebooting.


"GDRD" <GDRD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F82F9B53-FECD-4370-A88C-1AAA619173DC@microsoft.com...
> Yes, the contecnts are ussually the same except when I delete something off
> of M: the file doesn't disappear from J: until I reboot my computer and runs
> check disk. I tried changing the drive letter and rebooting didn't work.
>
> "Bill Blanton" wrote:
>
>> So you're saying that J: is actually M: also in My Computer. If you copy
>> a file to M: it also appears in J:?
>>
>> Try changing M: to another letter and reboot. Disk Management > right click
>> the M: volume > Change drive letter......
 
Tried that, didn't work either, I have also tried Western Digital hard drive
tools, which are probably the same as the segate tools.

"Bill Blanton" wrote:

> If you have no non-default drive lettering pointers set up. I.e. %System%,
> %Boot%, and %Pagefile% are all on the first primary partition/volume [C:] as detected
> by XP, you might try deleting the MountedDevices key from the registry and
> rebooting.
>
>
> "GDRD" <GDRD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F82F9B53-FECD-4370-A88C-1AAA619173DC@microsoft.com...
> > Yes, the contecnts are ussually the same except when I delete something off
> > of M: the file doesn't disappear from J: until I reboot my computer and runs
> > check disk. I tried changing the drive letter and rebooting didn't work.
> >
> > "Bill Blanton" wrote:
> >
> >> So you're saying that J: is actually M: also in My Computer. If you copy
> >> a file to M: it also appears in J:?
> >>
> >> Try changing M: to another letter and reboot. Disk Management > right click
> >> the M: volume > Change drive letter......
>
>
>
 
"Bill Blanton" <bblanton@REMOVEmagicnet.net> wrote in message news:eOVvIbhBIHA.4496@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> "GDRD" <GDRD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C5A9BA2F-14FC-4026-840E-64A5CCF49F47@microsoft.com...
>> Anybody?
>
> Why don't you run a partinfo on the drive.. If you want, email it to me as an attachment,
> and I'll see if there is anything pbviously wrong with the partition structure.
>
> D'load here
> ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/tools/pq/utilities/PartInNT.zip


The partinfo shows that the 500GB drive (Disk 2) has been set up as a dynamic disk.

Partition Information for Disk 2: 476,937.5 Megabytes
Volume PartType Status Size MB PartSect # StartSect TotalSects
====================================================
Type 42 Pri 476,937.5 0 0 0 976,768,065


The reason you're seeing a mirror volume of another volume isn't clear. It could
be that the volume was mounted in another drive:\folder, or that the dynamic disk's
database is corrupt.

Unless you have a specific need for using dynamic disks, it is much more desirable
(think data recovery) to set the disk up as a (non-proprietary) basic disk.
To do so, you would need to move all data off, remove all volumes, and then
convert the disk to basic. After the disk is converted, repartition/format, and move
your data back. There's probably a good chance that doing so will clear up
the problem.

If you do have a need for a dynamic disk, you might just try removing/recreating
the volume that is being mirrored.
 
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