You need to be sure that any partitions are well-thought-out. A partition may have a drive letter but not be "recognized" by Windows because it is too far out to be used for booting the computer. That doesn't mean it doesn't exist, it just means that it doesn't have the full functionality of a drive positioned better on the disk.

I haven't looked at the partitions on this new computer of mine yet, though I can tell that HP has set it up so the recovery information is on the "D" drive on the hard drive. As you say, it has been a busy week. Time to check out partitions will come along later.

SRS