I solved this problem by going into device manager and uninstalling the usb drivers. Then when I plugged the hard drive back in it reinstalled the driver and worked.
Disk Management Console view is not up-to-date.
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OS Name Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Ultimate
Version 6.0.6002 Service Pack 2 Build 6002
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name -----
System Manufacturer INTEL_
System Model DP45SG
System Type X86-based PC
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6700 @ 2.66GHz, 2660 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date Intel Corp. SGP4510H.86A.0083.2008.0819.1026, 8/19/2008
SMBIOS Version 2.4
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.0.6002.18005"
User Name -----
Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 2.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 2.00 GB
Available Physical Memory 691 MB
Total Virtual Memory 4.23 GB
Available Virtual Memory 2.38 GB
Page File Space 2.29 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Partition **** Disk #0, Partition #0
Partition Size **** 104.43 GB (112,134,193,664 bytes)
Partition Starting Offset 1,048,576 bytes
Partition **** Disk #0, Partition #1
Partition Size **** 361.33 GB (387,979,805,696 bytes)
Partition Starting Offset 112,133,668,864 bytes
I went to do something with partition magic (it recognized something with the pointers I believe, so I allowed it to automatically fix the error) and now I'm not even able to access Partition Disk #0, Partition #1 which is a drive that I used to store data (No OS). It doesn't appear in 'My Computer', but does appear in Disk Management but it doesn't seem like I can do anything with it besides delete the partition. There's a lot of data that I have stored and I don't want to lose it all.
I used a partition tool to find out what sectors each of the partitions are starting at and for one of them it's sector 15 and the other it is sector 33. I'm not sure if that has any significance to my problem, but just thought I'd let it be known.
- Program: Disk Managemet
- Error Message: "The operation failed to complete because the Disk Management console view is not up-to-date. Refresh the view by using the refresh task. If the problem persists close the Disk Management console, then restart Disk Management or restart the computer.
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Hello trichard13,
Thank you for visiting the Microsoft Answers Community.
Try using diskpart to assign a drive letter to Disk #0, Partition #1.
· Click Start Orb > type diskpart
· Right-click diskpart in results above > click Run as administrator
· Once diskpart loads type list volume, press enter
You should notice that you will see your partition that you use for your data, it should not show a drive letter assigned to it.
· Type select volume 6 **** (replace 6 with the volume number assigned to the partition in question)
· Type assign letter Z (replace Z with the letter that you want to assign to it)
When you look in Computer, you should be able to see your partition.
Hope this helps
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Anonymous
2011-12-03T15:37:37+00:00 Hey Elias Rahmeh,
If your wanting an answer for the naming of your drive, I would say create a new thread, this thread has been running on. Since the main issue was resolved a new thread for your new issue would be your best route.
Thanks!
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Anonymous
2011-12-06T08:54:36+00:00 Thanks to JimmySedgmen!
Had this exact problem with one external usb drive while another would crash the explorer once copied to... so deleted the usb drivers, plugged an external usb drive in and voila! Problem solved! ...Thank God! ...and JimmyS!
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Anonymous
2011-12-25T15:41:18+00:00 When i type select volume 3 than its shows the error that says the volume that you select is not valid or not found... but 2 extra partition are seen in the disk management...same problem as mentioned above..please help...realy needed..please help...please please...as soon as...