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Re: What device is \Device\Harddisk1\D?

David,

The letter "D" isn't referring to which drive is having the error. Instead, the text "harddisk1" is telling you which hard disk. The first disk is harddisk0, the 2nd one is harddisk1, etc.

Remember, drive lettering is something that you can set up any way you want. Hardware errors want to be unambiguous, so they refer to the actual unit numbers as detected by Windows -- not the drive letter mapping that's user configured.

I'm fuzzy on the precise details, but I think harddisk1 is always the 2nd drive detected.


David Gibbs wrote:
Folks:

Anyone know what Windows is referring to when it calls out
"\Device\Harddisk1\D" in the event log?

I've noticed the message "An error was detected on device
\Device\Harddisk1\D during a paging operation." in my system event log
... but drive D is a CDROM and it shouldn't be used for paging any ways.

Any thoughts?

david



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