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Slave drive missing in Windows Explorer (XP SP3)

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I just finished using Acronis TI 9.0 to clone and replace my Master EIDE drive. To do that, I had to take the Slave drive out and put the new drive into the Slave position while I cloned the Master. Then I removed the old Master, put the new drive in its place (changed jumpers), and then put the original Slave drive back.

The Slave drive, which should be designated F:, is not visible in Windows Explorer. It appears in the Device Manager, which says that it is working properly. But when I open up My Computer or right-click on Start and choose Explore, it doesn't show up.

Any ideas how I can get it to show up in Windows Explorer so that I can use it?

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Dan:

Does the drive show up in Disk Management Console? If so, you may just need to assign drive letters to the drive's partitions.

Never mind. Got the answer from, of all people, the pastor at my church. Right click on My Computer, choose Manage, choose Disk Management, select the disk and assign it a path/drive letter. Done!