drives in my computer missing

[Guest pkrash]

Just recovered from a hijack/virus/malware.

Somehow the drives (C: hard drive, D: floppy) have dissappeared from My

Computer...but they are still there and they are present in a newly created

user acct.

Can't find the path by backing out of My Documents neither so no access to

My Programs, etc.

Hard disk and floppy are ident as C: and D: in Hardware.

Must be a setting for the main admin/user that was hijacked....but I can't

find it.

[Guest sgopus]

RE: drives in my computer missing

 

insert the install cd and format and do a reinstall.

 

"pkrash" wrote:

> Just recovered from a hijack/virus/malware.

> Somehow the drives (C: hard drive, D: floppy) have dissappeared from My

> Computer...but they are still there and they are present in a newly created

> user acct.

> Can't find the path by backing out of My Documents neither so no access to

> My Programs, etc.

> Hard disk and floppy are ident as C: and D: in Hardware.

> Must be a setting for the main admin/user that was hijacked....but I can't

> find it.

[Guest pkrash]

RE: drives in my computer missing

 

That's a great idea, but I'll hold off for a while. I would think just

deleting the user acct and using another would work...as I said, everything

is still there, it's just not visible by one user acct.

I would think there is a setting that's been changed and can be changed back.

 

thanks.

 

"sgopus" wrote:

> insert the install cd and format and do a reinstall.

>

> "pkrash" wrote:

>

> > Just recovered from a hijack/virus/malware.

> > Somehow the drives (C: hard drive, D: floppy) have dissappeared from My

> > Computer...but they are still there and they are present in a newly created

> > user acct.

> > Can't find the path by backing out of My Documents neither so no access to

> > My Programs, etc.

> > Hard disk and floppy are ident as C: and D: in Hardware.

> > Must be a setting for the main admin/user that was hijacked....but I can't

> > find it.

[Guest Patrick Keenan]

Re: drives in my computer missing

 

"pkrash" <pkrash@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:7B7F05CB-4311-49EA-A808-34BF65AFED13@microsoft.com...

> That's a great idea, but I'll hold off for a while. I would think just

> deleting the user acct and using another would work...as I said,

> everything

> is still there, it's just not visible by one user acct.

> I would think there is a setting that's been changed and can be changed

> back.

 

If it works properly in another account, then it's likely that the original

user profile is corrupted. You should just migrate the data and settings

to new accounts and delete the damaged ones. This will likely be faster

and cleaner than trying to find and fix an unknowable set of obscure damage.

 

HTH

-pk

>

> thanks.

>

> "sgopus" wrote:

>

>> insert the install cd and format and do a reinstall.

>>

>> "pkrash" wrote:

>>

>> > Just recovered from a hijack/virus/malware.

>> > Somehow the drives (C: hard drive, D: floppy) have dissappeared from My

>> > Computer...but they are still there and they are present in a newly

>> > created

>> > user acct.

>> > Can't find the path by backing out of My Documents neither so no access

>> > to

>> > My Programs, etc.

>> > Hard disk and floppy are ident as C: and D: in Hardware.

>> > Must be a setting for the main admin/user that was hijacked....but I

>> > can't

>> > find it.