Ok, update. I managed to fix this issue by simply re-assigning a drive letter in windows to the partition. (forcing it, if you will). But it works, no problem.

I've just stumbled onto a different problem, but I'll create a new post for that since it has nothing to do with this problem.
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Riocar 80gig S/N : 010101580 red
Riocar 80gig (010102106) - backup