Missing HD D:

Detlev Dreyer wrote:

>> BIOS does, connections are good...?
>
> This does not mean that you're all set. Check with the device manager
> and with the disk management as well. "Anymore" means that the drive
> has been already formatted and that is has been recognized in the past,
> most likely. Also not clear if this is an internal or external drive.

Addendum: Assuming an internal drive since showing up in the BIOS. Next
question is what (hardware) changes have been made prior to the problem.

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d-d
 >> Stay informed about: Missing HD D: 

device manager shows in IDE controllers the HD

(after a check for new hardware).

disk drives then installs same (with a balloon tip on

sys tray confirming same).

explorer does not show it or disk management

either.

going back to device manager under Disks, it is

gone!

IDE shows a secondary, but you have to do a re-

scan, and so the loop begins again?!


stu


----- Original Message -----
From: "Detlev Dreyer"
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 2:50 PM
Subject: Re: Missing HD D:


> Detlev Dreyer wrote:
>
>>> BIOS does, connections are good...?
>>
>> This does not mean that you're all set. Check with the device manager
>> and with the disk management as well. "Anymore" means that the drive
>> has been already formatted and that is has been recognized in the past,
>> most likely. Also not clear if this is an internal or external drive.
>
> Addendum: Assuming an internal drive since showing up in the BIOS. Next
> question is what (hardware) changes have been made prior to the problem.
>
> --
> d-d


"Detlev Dreyer" wrote in message

> Detlev Dreyer wrote:
>
>>> BIOS does, connections are good...?
>>
>> This does not mean that you're all set. Check with the device manager
>> and with the disk management as well. "Anymore" means that the drive
>> has been already formatted and that is has been recognized in the past,
>> most likely. Also not clear if this is an internal or external drive.
>
> Addendum: Assuming an internal drive since showing up in the BIOS. Next
> question is what (hardware) changes have been made prior to the problem.
>
> --
> d-d
 >> Stay informed about: Missing HD D: 

"stu" wrote
> device manager shows in IDE controllers the HD
>
> (after a check for new hardware).
>
> disk drives then installs same (with a balloon tip on
>
> sys tray confirming same).
>
> explorer does not show it or disk management
>
> either.
>
> going back to device manager under Disks, it is
>
> gone!
>
> IDE shows a secondary, but you have to do a re-
>
> scan, and so the loop begins again?!

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Detlev Dreyer"
> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
> Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 2:50 PM
> Subject: Re: Missing HD D:
>
>
>> Detlev Dreyer wrote:
>>
>>>> BIOS does, connections are good...?
>>>
>>> This does not mean that you're all set. Check with the device manager
>>> and with the disk management as well. "Anymore" means that the drive
>>> has been already formatted and that is has been recognized in the past,
>>> most likely. Also not clear if this is an internal or external drive.
>>
>> Addendum: Assuming an internal drive since showing up in the BIOS. Next
>> question is what (hardware) changes have been made prior to the problem.

> "Detlev Dreyer" wrote

>> Detlev Dreyer wrote:
>>
>>>> BIOS does, connections are good...?
>>>
>>> This does not mean that you're all set. Check with the device manager
>>> and with the disk management as well. "Anymore" means that the drive
>>> has been already formatted and that is has been recognized in the past,
>>> most likely. Also not clear if this is an internal or external drive.
>>
>> Addendum: Assuming an internal drive since showing up in the BIOS. Next
>> question is what (hardware) changes have been made prior to the problem.


Check your time / time zone, you're posting in the future.

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
 >> Stay informed about: Missing HD D: 

"stu" wrote:

> device manager shows in IDE controllers the HD

That's hard to believe. When expanding the IDE controllers, only the
Controller itself and the Primary and Secondary IDE channel show up.

The hard disk shows up when expanding the "Disk drives" section.

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d-d
 >> Stay informed about: Missing HD D: 

It does show exactly as you describe.

maybe I worded it wrong?

But, still the same, no D:drive.


"Detlev Dreyer" wrote in message

> "stu" wrote:
>
>> device manager shows in IDE controllers the HD
>
> That's hard to believe. When expanding the IDE controllers, only the
> Controller itself and the Primary and Secondary IDE channel show up.
>
> The hard disk shows up when expanding the "Disk drives" section.
>
> --
> d-d
 >> Stay informed about: Missing HD D: 

"stu" wrote:

> It does show exactly as you describe.
>
> maybe I worded it wrong?
>
> But, still the same, no D:drive.

See if that drive appears multiple times (hidden) in the device manager:
"Device Manager does not display devices that are not connected to the
Windows XP-based computer"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315539/en-us

If this is the case, remove all entries related to that drive, reboot
and/or run the new hardware wizard. If this doesn't help, you should
consider a hardware problem (second HDD) as well.

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d-d
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