Guest ctc Posted August 4, 2008 Posted August 4, 2008 1 of my existing 4 hard drives (not OS drive, data only) no longer appears in My Computer or Disk Management. The missing drive is a WD500gb SATA on an installed SATA card. Both are recognized by the Bios upon bootup. Both are recognized in the device manager and their properties state that they are working properly. The drive is found by Add Remove Hardware and is listed as working properly. And the Data Lifeguard Tools finds the drive and states that it is working properly. No other programs can see the drive. I have uninstalled the drive from Device Manager and upon rebooting it is automatically displayed there and it's properties state that it is working properly. I still can't see the drive in My Computer or Disk Management. My guess is that some file or the registry has become corrupt. Should I try to reinstall the OS and all of the service packs and updates? What will I loose in addition to a great deal of time? Should I try physically removing the drive & card from the computer and reinstalling it after running the computer through a reboot & shutdown. Please Advise.
Guest PaulM Posted August 4, 2008 Posted August 4, 2008 Re: Hard Drive Missing in My Computer Try this go here [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] and look for "NoViewOnDrive", if found delete it. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.paulsxp.com http://www.paulsxp.com/forum http://www.supportspace.com/home/home.s2?aiu=paulm --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "ctc" <ctc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5EACDDAC-3A38-456D-A528-D7395A9E6F8E@microsoft.com... > 1 of my existing 4 hard drives (not OS drive, data only) no longer appears > in > My Computer or Disk Management. > > The missing drive is a WD500gb SATA on an installed SATA card. Both are > recognized by the Bios upon bootup. Both are recognized in the device > manager > and their properties state that they are working properly. The drive is > found > by Add Remove Hardware and is listed as working properly. And the Data > Lifeguard Tools finds the drive and states that it is working properly. No > other programs can see the drive. > > I have uninstalled the drive from Device Manager and upon rebooting it is > automatically displayed there and it's properties state that it is working > properly. > > I still can't see the drive in My Computer or Disk Management. My guess is > that some file or the registry has become corrupt. > > Should I try to reinstall the OS and all of the service packs and updates? > What will I loose in addition to a great deal of time? > > Should I try physically removing the drive & card from the computer and > reinstalling it after running the computer through a reboot & shutdown. > > Please Advise.
Guest ctc Posted August 4, 2008 Posted August 4, 2008 Re: Hard Drive Missing in My Computer Thanks but I didn't find NoViewOnDrive, "PaulM" wrote: > Try this go here > [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] > and look for "NoViewOnDrive", if found delete it. > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.paulsxp.com > http://www.paulsxp.com/forum > http://www.supportspace.com/home/home.s2?aiu=paulm > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > "ctc" <ctc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:5EACDDAC-3A38-456D-A528-D7395A9E6F8E@microsoft.com... > > 1 of my existing 4 hard drives (not OS drive, data only) no longer appears > > in > > My Computer or Disk Management. > > > > The missing drive is a WD500gb SATA on an installed SATA card. Both are > > recognized by the Bios upon bootup. Both are recognized in the device > > manager > > and their properties state that they are working properly. The drive is > > found > > by Add Remove Hardware and is listed as working properly. And the Data > > Lifeguard Tools finds the drive and states that it is working properly. No > > other programs can see the drive. > > > > I have uninstalled the drive from Device Manager and upon rebooting it is > > automatically displayed there and it's properties state that it is working > > properly. > > > > I still can't see the drive in My Computer or Disk Management. My guess is > > that some file or the registry has become corrupt. > > > > Should I try to reinstall the OS and all of the service packs and updates? > > What will I loose in addition to a great deal of time? > > > > Should I try physically removing the drive & card from the computer and > > reinstalling it after running the computer through a reboot & shutdown. > > > > Please Advise. > >
Guest PaulM Posted August 4, 2008 Posted August 4, 2008 Re: Hard Drive Missing in My Computer What do you mean, No other programs can see it?? What other programs are you talking about? -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.paulsxp.com http://www.paulsxp.com/forum http://www.supportspace.com/home/home.s2?aiu=paulm --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "ctc" <ctc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:99FC7F03-62ED-4211-9448-2ADC43F6E7BF@microsoft.com... > Thanks but I didn't find NoViewOnDrive, > > "PaulM" wrote: > >> Try this go here >> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] >> and look for "NoViewOnDrive", if found delete it. >> >> "ctc" <ctc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:5EACDDAC-3A38-456D-A528-D7395A9E6F8E@microsoft.com... >> > 1 of my existing 4 hard drives (not OS drive, data only) no longer >> > appears >> > in >> > My Computer or Disk Management. >> > >> > The missing drive is a WD500gb SATA on an installed SATA card. Both are >> > recognized by the Bios upon bootup. Both are recognized in the device >> > manager >> > and their properties state that they are working properly. The drive is >> > found >> > by Add Remove Hardware and is listed as working properly. And the Data >> > Lifeguard Tools finds the drive and states that it is working properly. >> > No >> > other programs can see the drive. >> > >> > I have uninstalled the drive from Device Manager and upon rebooting it >> > is >> > automatically displayed there and it's properties state that it is >> > working >> > properly. >> > >> > I still can't see the drive in My Computer or Disk Management. My guess >> > is >> > that some file or the registry has become corrupt. >> > >> > Should I try to reinstall the OS and all of the service packs and >> > updates? >> > What will I loose in addition to a great deal of time? >> > >> > Should I try physically removing the drive & card from the computer and >> > reinstalling it after running the computer through a reboot & shutdown. >> > >> > Please Advise. >> >>
Guest ctc Posted August 4, 2008 Posted August 4, 2008 Re: Hard Drive Missing in My Computer Word, Excel, Acrobat, Notepad, et cetera. "PaulM" wrote: > What do you mean, No other programs can see it?? What other programs are > you talking about? > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.paulsxp.com > http://www.paulsxp.com/forum > http://www.supportspace.com/home/home.s2?aiu=paulm > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > "ctc" <ctc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:99FC7F03-62ED-4211-9448-2ADC43F6E7BF@microsoft.com... > > Thanks but I didn't find NoViewOnDrive, > > > > "PaulM" wrote: > > > >> Try this go here > >> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] > >> and look for "NoViewOnDrive", if found delete it. > >> > >> "ctc" <ctc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > >> news:5EACDDAC-3A38-456D-A528-D7395A9E6F8E@microsoft.com... > >> > 1 of my existing 4 hard drives (not OS drive, data only) no longer > >> > appears > >> > in > >> > My Computer or Disk Management. > >> > > >> > The missing drive is a WD500gb SATA on an installed SATA card. Both are > >> > recognized by the Bios upon bootup. Both are recognized in the device > >> > manager > >> > and their properties state that they are working properly. The drive is > >> > found > >> > by Add Remove Hardware and is listed as working properly. And the Data > >> > Lifeguard Tools finds the drive and states that it is working properly. > >> > No > >> > other programs can see the drive. > >> > > >> > I have uninstalled the drive from Device Manager and upon rebooting it > >> > is > >> > automatically displayed there and it's properties state that it is > >> > working > >> > properly. > >> > > >> > I still can't see the drive in My Computer or Disk Management. My guess > >> > is > >> > that some file or the registry has become corrupt. > >> > > >> > Should I try to reinstall the OS and all of the service packs and > >> > updates? > >> > What will I loose in addition to a great deal of time? > >> > > >> > Should I try physically removing the drive & card from the computer and > >> > reinstalling it after running the computer through a reboot & shutdown. > >> > > >> > Please Advise. > >> > >> >
Guest PaulM Posted August 4, 2008 Posted August 4, 2008 Re: Hard Drive Missing in My Computer Not much else you can do but, disconnect the drive reboot, then shutdown reconnect the drive and reboot again. What about the SATA card, can you switch the drive to another SATA port? "ctc" <ctc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BBE0F862-AFAD-44D2-B4B9-2D6C50FE5F58@microsoft.com... > Word, Excel, Acrobat, Notepad, et cetera. > > "PaulM" wrote: > >> What do you mean, No other programs can see it?? What other programs are >> you talking about? >> >> -- >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> http://www.paulsxp.com >> http://www.paulsxp.com/forum >> http://www.supportspace.com/home/home.s2?aiu=paulm >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> "ctc" <ctc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:99FC7F03-62ED-4211-9448-2ADC43F6E7BF@microsoft.com... >> > Thanks but I didn't find NoViewOnDrive, >> > >> > "PaulM" wrote: >> > >> >> Try this go here >> >> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] >> >> and look for "NoViewOnDrive", if found delete it. >> >> >> >> "ctc" <ctc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> >> news:5EACDDAC-3A38-456D-A528-D7395A9E6F8E@microsoft.com... >> >> > 1 of my existing 4 hard drives (not OS drive, data only) no longer >> >> > appears >> >> > in >> >> > My Computer or Disk Management. >> >> > >> >> > The missing drive is a WD500gb SATA on an installed SATA card. Both >> >> > are >> >> > recognized by the Bios upon bootup. Both are recognized in the >> >> > device >> >> > manager >> >> > and their properties state that they are working properly. The drive >> >> > is >> >> > found >> >> > by Add Remove Hardware and is listed as working properly. And the >> >> > Data >> >> > Lifeguard Tools finds the drive and states that it is working >> >> > properly. >> >> > No >> >> > other programs can see the drive. >> >> > >> >> > I have uninstalled the drive from Device Manager and upon rebooting >> >> > it >> >> > is >> >> > automatically displayed there and it's properties state that it is >> >> > working >> >> > properly. >> >> > >> >> > I still can't see the drive in My Computer or Disk Management. My >> >> > guess >> >> > is >> >> > that some file or the registry has become corrupt. >> >> > >> >> > Should I try to reinstall the OS and all of the service packs and >> >> > updates? >> >> > What will I loose in addition to a great deal of time? >> >> > >> >> > Should I try physically removing the drive & card from the computer >> >> > and >> >> > reinstalling it after running the computer through a reboot & >> >> > shutdown. >> >> > >> >> > Please Advise. >> >> >> >> >>
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