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how to find how many drives i have

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karsh

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Aug 5, 2002
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is there any way to find how many drives we have without physically looking in to CPU? as there are many partitioned drives.
so how to distinguish between the two
thanks
 
Right click non My Computer >> Properties >> Device Manager tab >> Double click "Disk Drives" ... everything you need should be there.
 
great,
but still it doesnt tell me what drives are partitioned.
as when i go to my computer its shows be C,E and M drive.
when i go to the path you said, shows that i have 2 disks.
but still it doesnt tell me whether M is part of C or E.
Thanks
 
what's your operating system?

If its 2k/XP, use disk management (run diskmgmt.msc).
If its NT use disk adminstrator (run windisk.exe)
If its 9x/ME, run fdisk from a dos prompt. Option 4 displays details of current drive (ie, partitions, logical drives), option 5 allows you to change which physical drive you're looking at.
 
Go to
Programs
Accesories
system tools
system information
components
storage
drives

you should be able to tell which are your physical drives.
 
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