Hidden partition is accessible but not visible in explorer

[cedric.dennis@gmail.com]

I have an IBM ;hard disk 40GB with C: visible and D: (invisible) as
the recovery software partition.
As my HDD was full, I cloned it to a 120GB disk .
I grew the partition D using Seagate Discwizard to include all the
free space...done..no problem..Software in D: remained intact.
I went to Bios and disabled recovery partition access ..which
technically should allow me to use this disk as any other storage
device.
>From My Computers---Manage----Disk Management; I can view and click on
D:\ and freely access the drive.
However the disk still does not show up in Windows Explorer ?
Please help anyone if you can !!

 

[neil]

You need to select the space and allocate a drive letter, have you done
that. Or perhaps you need to format the partition in disk management. (if I
understand what you have done that is)
Neil

 

[Lil' Dave]

<cedric.dennis@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1191246859.127539.141870@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com...
>I have an IBM ;hard disk 40GB with C: visible and D: (invisible) as
> the recovery software partition.
> As my HDD was full, I cloned it to a 120GB disk .
> I grew the partition D using Seagate Discwizard to include all the
> free space...done..no problem..Software in D: remained intact.
> I went to Bios and disabled recovery partition access ..which
> technically should allow me to use this disk as any other storage
> device.
>>From My Computers---Manage----Disk Management; I can view and click on
> D:\ and freely access the drive.
> However the disk still does not show up in Windows Explorer ?
> Please help anyone if you can !!
>

XP cannot designate a drive letter for a hidden partition. A partition is
not a disk. What is your end intention?
Dave

 

[cedric.dennis@gmail.com]

On Oct 2, 7:21 am, "Lil' Dave" <spamyours...@virus.net> wrote:
> <cedric.den...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1191246859.127539.141870@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com...
>
> >I have an IBM ;hard disk 40GB with C: visible and D: (invisible) as
> > the recovery software partition.
> > As my HDD was full, I cloned it to a 120GB disk .
> > I grew the partition D using Seagate Discwizard to include all the
> > free space...done..no problem..Software in D: remained intact.
> > I went to Bios and disabled recovery partition access ..which
> > technically should allow me to use this disk as any other storage
> > device.
> >>From My Computers---Manage----Disk Management; I can view and click on
> > D:\ and freely access the drive.
> > However the disk still does not show up in Windows Explorer ?
> > Please help anyone if you can !!
>
> XP cannot designate a drive letter for a hidden partition. A partition is
> not a disk. What is your end intention?
> Dave

XP Computer Management is showing it as IBM Servic (E..FAT32 ( as D:
is my CD - ROM) .
It is accessible with a click from here. E: is also accessible at the
Command prompt within XP.
End intention is to use this drive as a storage drive.
I am already using this as a storage disk...have made a shortcut to
desktop and using it currently.
My only problem is that it is not showing as E: in windows
explorer...which is very irritating. Like...If i open Office
documents ..I cannot browse to this drive...or when i install new
software...same problem.....
Thanks for any help....