How does Windows label hard disks?

December 14, 2006 11:25 AM

How does Windows XP label hard disks?

In Windows XP, I'm getting the following error in the Event Viewer: "An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk2\D during a paging operation."

The problem: I have a few drives (each containing a single partition -- C, D, H, I, J, and K). In Disk Management, "Disk 2" contains (is) the J partition, while D is on "Disk 5." Is there an easy way to determine the disk about which the error is referring?

Namely, is there a little command I can run to find "Harddisk2" (which I assume is different from the Disk Management label of "Disk 2")?

Or am I being completely stupid, and "\Harddisk2\D" is telling me to look at the disk containing partition D?

posted by Symeon to computers & internet (4 comments total)

LIST DISK on the DISKPART command might help you figure it out.
posted by grouse at 11:48 AM on December 14, 2006

How to Distinguish a Physical Disk Device from an Event Message

Which basically just says the Disk Management number is the same.
posted by smackfu at 11:51 AM on December 14, 2006

right click my computer and select managment, select disk managment for a gui that handles the same stuff diskpart does.
posted by daHIFI at 1:17 PM on December 14, 2006

Thanks!
posted by Symeon at 2:49 PM on December 14, 2006