I'm not sure which board this should go into since there's multiple issues...

BACKGROUND:

I reformatted my computer, partitioned my hard drive into a C:20GB (for Windows) and D:240GB and did a fresh insall of XP Media Cener.

PROBLEMS:

1. My computer only shows my C drive (20G). It does not show my D drive (rest of hard drive). Is there a way to get my computer to recognize it?


2. My computer also has a yellow sign next to a PCI device in Device Manager. I have no idea what it could be. Both my video and audio drivers are installed (which are the only PCI cards in my computer)... What could it be?


3. My ethernet does not seem to be working. I cannot connect to the internet at all. It shows up in the Network connectons but has a red "x" on it. The latest drivers are installed from the mobo's manufaturing site. My set up right now is a cabe wire to the modem, an ethernet cable from modem to router, an ethernet cable from router to my computer. My laptop gets the internet just fine from the modem, so it's not the network. I've tried to uninstall the ethernet driver and then reboot. I've tried to unplug the modem and router for a while and then plug them back in and then turn on my computer but that didn't work. Could this be related to my second question?


Any help would be awesome! Thanks!
Pots

Went to Disk Management and am now in the process of reformatting my second partition. It was "unallocated" before which is why I couldn't access it. Thanks roadrunner!

I will try to uninstall the drivers for the ethernet and uninstall the PCI device and then put in my cd for the mobo drivers and then reboot. We'll see what happens...

ADDITIONAL QUESTION:

1. Now when I try to shut down my computer it starts back up again on its own for some reason. Why would that be the case?

What is the mobo you are using? Me and a couple friends had abit ip35-e's and it did the same thing. Turns out there was an issue with the bios. Flashed them and all better.

Uninstal/ reinstall you ethernet drivers. Make sure the light on the port is working.

Have you reset the modem/router "both"? It might need reset to issue your PC a differnt IP address. I cant just plug in from pc to pc, or xbox on mine. I have to reset the modem when I make different connections.

Maybe the port is dead? Try a PCI ethernet card or wireless usb.

When I type in ipconfig /all I get:

Node Type: Unknown
IP Routing Enabled : No
WINS Proxy Enabled: No
Media State: Media disconnected
Physical Address 00-00-00-00-00-00

And I thought that the powering itself on was fixed but I came home with the power on (after leaving having it powered off). I want to say that it takes about a half hour for it to power on. It's not an immediate thing. Is there some option that would cause this in the BIOS or somewhere else?

I tried a USB connection for the modem but I got a yellow exclaimation mark with no access again... I don't know wha the heck is going on... but it's really frustrating...

Well if it worked before, you screwed something up when installing drivers. reformat and try again.

First off did flushing your DNS or reseting the WINSOCK change the results of ipconfig /all? Specifically are you still getting 00-00-00-00-00-00 for a physical address? If that is the case then most likely the drivers you have are bad or the actual ethernet port is bad. I would try getting online and see if there are any new drivers out for your mobo that could fix this problem. Try to find the newest drivers, and if they are the drivers you currently have download them again anyways to make sure yours aren't corrupted somehow.

As for the TCP/IPv6 you can check it from start > Network connection > Local Area Connection > TCP/IPv6 (if you have it), although i doubt this would be the problem if you aren't even getting a MAC address.