Help with a lost drive....

[iL.L0gIc.aL]

my father in laws computer's D: drive disappeared. He's not sure if its a actual seperate physical drive that it's on, or if it's just a partition? What would be the best way to find this out, and is there a way to get it to show back up? I can't give system specs because i think his comp is only like a Duron 500 or something like that. Thanks for the help in advance tho.

[Mojo]

If it's Windows 9x:

Boot up - check the size of the drive at POST, or in BIOS, or just read it off the top sticker of the physical drive. Then, in Windows Explorer, right click on C drive, and see how much space is on the partition. If there's a difference of more than a few hundred MB, then there's likely to be more than one partition on the drive.

If it's an NT Based Windows (2k, XP):

Go to Control Panel / Administrative Tools / Computer management, and then open up Disk management. Should give a visual idea of your disks and partitions.

If this doesn't help, then we'll probabbly need more info - OS, Drive types, number of current partitions, date of last virus scan/update etc.

*edit* This thread might be useful to you as well...