USB partitions not showing up in Windows

lin_myworld · 12-22-2007, 06:08 PM

hey friends,
i created two partitions in my pendrive using GNUs parted utility. one of 35 mb the minimum which i can made to store Grub files to be boot in case of emergency and other 900 something for storing data...

now my problem, whenver i plug my pendrive in windows it is only showing Ist 35 Mb partition and not mounting other partition.

what could be the problem??

djeikyb · 12-22-2007, 09:15 PM

What partition types are they? Are the partitions formatted?

lin_myworld · 12-23-2007, 04:30 AM

they r fat32 partitons n yes they r formatted n they work well in linux.

djeikyb · 12-23-2007, 03:38 PM

I'll assume you're using winXP. I'm not sure how to help you, but you can find more information about your drives by going to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management, then Disk Management, which is under Storage. Curiosity asks: what did you use to format your usb partitions? Mkfs? Windows? Perhaps it'd work if you formatted in windows rather than linux.

lin_myworld · 12-23-2007, 03:54 PM

i have tried that what u said,
in disc management its showing other partition but not mounting it..

and the disk cannot be formatted in windows??
i still cant understand the problem.

does it has something with my partition table of pendrive.

Mara · 12-25-2007, 03:34 PM

The problem seems to be Windows-specific, so the thread is moved to General.