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    Extra drives created by windows 7

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by qbektrix, Mar 1, 2012.

  1. qbektrix

    qbektrix Notebook Enthusiast

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    I am not sure if its windows 7 or ThinkPad. But I have some extra drives created in my system when I did the factory system recover.
    I saw this when I checked my system with Hiren’s Boot CD’s Mini XP. The drives are:
    B: RamDrive – 500 Mb
    C: SYSTEM_DRV – 1.7 Gb
    D: Windows7_OS – 100 Gb
    When I boot into windows, its shows only C drive which is 100 Gb.
    What is the issue here? Should I do something? Sorry if this is some common thing. I jumped from Windows XP to Windows 7, so I am unaware of the recent changes.
     
    qbektrix, Mar 1, 2012
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  2. Kaso

    Kaso Notebook Virtuoso

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    When you look at Disk Management, you'll see all partitions, some of which are hidden by Windows Explorer. Usually, only C: is shown.
     
    Kaso, Mar 1, 2012
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  3. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    The next step is, in Disk Management, to remove the drive letters from the partitions that you don't want to see.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Mar 1, 2012
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