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

[Scott Klement <pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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