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    This is probably nothing big but it sparks my concern. I had a 2nd Hard disk plugged into my system for more space. Well I never even done any partitioning and my uncle formatted it before he gave it to me so I can use it. After I connected it and turned it on I see this 3rd mysterious volume. How did this get here?
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    What's that camcorder thing? Maybe it's a memory card on there or something. Giving a screenshot of the drive manager in Computer Management should explain what's going on (except on my PC - I think I have too many HDs and CD drives so the last one doesn't show up for me).
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    The Camcorder is my digital camera in the USB port.
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    Well there you go, you can clearly see the 2nd disk has 2 volumes on it, hence why it gets 2 letters assigned by default Nothing wrong with a disk having more than 1 volume on it - my drives have 2, 2, 4 and 7 partitions each
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    Thank the good Heavens for partitioning.

    I don't know what I'd do without it.
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    If for some bizarre reason you don't want 2 volumes, back up everything off those drives, then delete the partitions using the computer management program. Then create a drive using the entire space.

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    Wouldn't partitioning clear itself after a disk has been formatted?

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    You don't format disks, you only ever format partitions on a disk Common misconception, plus it's easier to say format your disk
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