Can't see Hard Drive.

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Marian Henna

For some reason, I cannot see a 1TB hard disk in Vista Explorer. There are

no relevant messages in the event logs etc. I can save data to it (via apps,

word, excel, downloads etc).



I just cannot see it in windows when I go to my computer.



Also, can't seem to find anything pertinent on the web, lost about a vista

drive not being seen by windows 7 (vice versa), but not what I am looking

for.



My concern is that if Windows won't display the drive, it may be going bad

and it's only 6 months old.



Any pointer(s) would be appreciated.



Thanks.
 
"Marian Henna" wrote in message

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> For some reason, I cannot see a 1TB hard disk in Vista Explorer. There are

> no relevant messages in the event logs etc. I can save data to it (via

> apps, word, excel, downloads etc).

>

> I just cannot see it in windows when I go to my computer.

>

> Also, can't seem to find anything pertinent on the web, lost about a vista

> drive not being seen by windows 7 (vice versa), but not what I am looking

> for.

>

> My concern is that if Windows won't display the drive, it may be going bad

> and it's only 6 months old.

>

> Any pointer(s) would be appreciated.

>

> Thanks.

>



Right click Computer on the desktop. Click Manage then Disk Management. Do

you see the drive in either the top area under Volume or in the gray area

below it? If in the gray area does it have a drive letter assigned. If so

is it the same drive letter that is assigned to a network drive (which will

not show up in the Disk Management window?) If it is the same letter as a

network drive one or the other needs to be changed. Let us know and we can

guide you.



If the drive is not showing up at all in Disk Management I have no idea how

a program could write to the drive.
 
My apologies, I should have mentioned that the drive is visible using Disk

Management. The volume is assigned the drive letter D: (basic volume) and

there are no network drives. The DVDRW is assigned drive letter W: (I do

this so that the universe knows it is a read(W:)ritable.



I should have also mentioned that this drive was visible, but only in the

past few days has it disappeared (at least that's when I noticed).



System is Virus and Malware clean as reported by Panda RescueCD, Kaspersky

RescueCD and BitDefender RescueCD. I booted with my BartPE and ran McAfee

command line scanner against both hard disks in the system, they were both

clean.



TweakUI does nothing magical, I read a web hit that suggested running

TweakUI and 'clicking' on the drive and it should work - nada.



The only data on Drive D: (the invisible guy) is video data, nothing else. I

changed the drive letter to drive E: in DM and rebooted, still invisible.



I mentioned that I could store docs etc there, but they were only tests and

my dynamic data is never stored there.



Thanks

"LVTravel" wrote in message

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>

>

> "Marian Henna" wrote in message

> news:#zrEWBr1KHA.2028@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>> For some reason, I cannot see a 1TB hard disk in Vista Explorer. There

>> are no relevant messages in the event logs etc. I can save data to it

>> (via apps, word, excel, downloads etc).

>>

>> I just cannot see it in windows when I go to my computer.

>>

>> Also, can't seem to find anything pertinent on the web, lost about a

>> vista drive not being seen by windows 7 (vice versa), but not what I am

>> looking for.

>>

>> My concern is that if Windows won't display the drive, it may be going

>> bad and it's only 6 months old.

>>

>> Any pointer(s) would be appreciated.

>>

>> Thanks.

>>

>

> Right click Computer on the desktop. Click Manage then Disk Management.

> Do you see the drive in either the top area under Volume or in the gray

> area below it? If in the gray area does it have a drive letter assigned.

> If so is it the same drive letter that is assigned to a network drive

> (which will not show up in the Disk Management window?) If it is the same

> letter as a network drive one or the other needs to be changed. Let us

> know and we can guide you.

>

> If the drive is not showing up at all in Disk Management I have no idea

> how a program could write to the drive.
 
"Marian Henna" wrote in message

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> My apologies, I should have mentioned that the drive is visible using Disk

> Management. The volume is assigned the drive letter D: (basic volume) and

> there are no network drives. The DVDRW is assigned drive letter W: (I do

> this so that the universe knows it is a read(W:)ritable.

>

> I should have also mentioned that this drive was visible, but only in the

> past few days has it disappeared (at least that's when I noticed).

>

> System is Virus and Malware clean as reported by Panda RescueCD, Kaspersky

> RescueCD and BitDefender RescueCD. I booted with my BartPE and ran McAfee

> command line scanner against both hard disks in the system, they were both

> clean.

>

> TweakUI does nothing magical, I read a web hit that suggested running

> TweakUI and 'clicking' on the drive and it should work - nada.

>

> The only data on Drive D: (the invisible guy) is video data, nothing else.

> I changed the drive letter to drive E: in DM and rebooted, still

> invisible.

>

> I mentioned that I could store docs etc there, but they were only tests

> and my dynamic data is never stored there.

>

> Thanks

> "LVTravel" wrote in message

> news:%23VLlQPr1KHA.5972@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>>

>>

>> "Marian Henna" wrote in message

>> news:#zrEWBr1KHA.2028@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>> For some reason, I cannot see a 1TB hard disk in Vista Explorer. There

>>> are no relevant messages in the event logs etc. I can save data to it

>>> (via apps, word, excel, downloads etc).

>>>

>>> I just cannot see it in windows when I go to my computer.

>>>

>>> Also, can't seem to find anything pertinent on the web, lost about a

>>> vista drive not being seen by windows 7 (vice versa), but not what I am

>>> looking for.

>>>

>>> My concern is that if Windows won't display the drive, it may be going

>>> bad and it's only 6 months old.

>>>

>>> Any pointer(s) would be appreciated.

>>>

>>> Thanks.

>>>

>>

>> Right click Computer on the desktop. Click Manage then Disk Management.

>> Do you see the drive in either the top area under Volume or in the gray

>> area below it? If in the gray area does it have a drive letter assigned.

>> If so is it the same drive letter that is assigned to a network drive

>> (which will not show up in the Disk Management window?) If it is the

>> same letter as a network drive one or the other needs to be changed. Let

>> us know and we can guide you.

>>

>> If the drive is not showing up at all in Disk Management I have no idea

>> how a program could write to the drive.

>

>



Any card readers installed on the computer, either in the computer or an

attached printer? Recently installed a printer and it rearranged my drive

letters until I changed the card reader that was on the printer to a

different letter.



You might want to read this article and see if it helps your situation:

http://www.brighthub.com/computing/windows-platform/articles/39913.aspx
 
Hello again, first let me thank you for your help.



I went over the article and confirmed everything in your link. All seems to

be fine. I have no card readers or anything new installed. What I'm going to

do is to review the most recent MS updates that may have been autoinstalled.



Normally I turn this off, but was preparing for a training course for 22

students for Vista and completely forgot. This is one of the items in the

link you sent me.



Next, I'll try a Sys-Restore, but I've installed about 55 videos and related

support apps for this upcoming session (which were all installed onto the

invisible drive), and will likely have to re-install. So fare the apps and

vids work fine, but I can't just copy to the drive via the GUI.



"I CAN", however copy and see the drive from a dos/command prompt. Hmmm...



Does this help?



I'll post more as it develops (or not develop).



Again, thanks.



"LVTravel" wrote in message

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>

>

> "Marian Henna" wrote in message

> news:eG3DmOs1KHA.260@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>> My apologies, I should have mentioned that the drive is visible using

>> Disk Management. The volume is assigned the drive letter D: (basic

>> volume) and there are no network drives. The DVDRW is assigned drive

>> letter W: (I do this so that the universe knows it is a read(W:)ritable.

>>

>> I should have also mentioned that this drive was visible, but only in the

>> past few days has it disappeared (at least that's when I noticed).

>>

>> System is Virus and Malware clean as reported by Panda RescueCD,

>> Kaspersky RescueCD and BitDefender RescueCD. I booted with my BartPE and

>> ran McAfee command line scanner against both hard disks in the system,

>> they were both clean.

>>

>> TweakUI does nothing magical, I read a web hit that suggested running

>> TweakUI and 'clicking' on the drive and it should work - nada.

>>

>> The only data on Drive D: (the invisible guy) is video data, nothing

>> else. I changed the drive letter to drive E: in DM and rebooted, still

>> invisible.

>>

>> I mentioned that I could store docs etc there, but they were only tests

>> and my dynamic data is never stored there.

>>

>> Thanks

>> "LVTravel" wrote in message

>> news:%23VLlQPr1KHA.5972@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>>>

>>>

>>> "Marian Henna" wrote in message

>>> news:#zrEWBr1KHA.2028@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>>> For some reason, I cannot see a 1TB hard disk in Vista Explorer. There

>>>> are no relevant messages in the event logs etc. I can save data to it

>>>> (via apps, word, excel, downloads etc).

>>>>

>>>> I just cannot see it in windows when I go to my computer.

>>>>

>>>> Also, can't seem to find anything pertinent on the web, lost about a

>>>> vista drive not being seen by windows 7 (vice versa), but not what I am

>>>> looking for.

>>>>

>>>> My concern is that if Windows won't display the drive, it may be going

>>>> bad and it's only 6 months old.

>>>>

>>>> Any pointer(s) would be appreciated.

>>>>

>>>> Thanks.

>>>>

>>>

>>> Right click Computer on the desktop. Click Manage then Disk Management.

>>> Do you see the drive in either the top area under Volume or in the gray

>>> area below it? If in the gray area does it have a drive letter

>>> assigned. If so is it the same drive letter that is assigned to a

>>> network drive (which will not show up in the Disk Management window?)

>>> If it is the same letter as a network drive one or the other needs to be

>>> changed. Let us know and we can guide you.

>>>

>>> If the drive is not showing up at all in Disk Management I have no idea

>>> how a program could write to the drive.

>>

>>

>

> Any card readers installed on the computer, either in the computer or an

> attached printer? Recently installed a printer and it rearranged my drive

> letters until I changed the card reader that was on the printer to a

> different letter.

>

> You might want to read this article and see if it helps your situation:

> http://www.brighthub.com/computing/windows-platform/articles/39913.aspx
 
"Marian Henna" wrote in message

news:eRfo0mu1KHA.752@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> Hello again, first let me thank you for your help.

>

> I went over the article and confirmed everything in your link. All seems

> to be fine. I have no card readers or anything new installed. What I'm

> going to do is to review the most recent MS updates that may have been

> autoinstalled.

>

> Normally I turn this off, but was preparing for a training course for 22

> students for Vista and completely forgot. This is one of the items in the

> link you sent me.

>

> Next, I'll try a Sys-Restore, but I've installed about 55 videos and

> related support apps for this upcoming session (which were all installed

> onto the invisible drive), and will likely have to re-install. So fare the

> apps and vids work fine, but I can't just copy to the drive via the GUI.

>

> "I CAN", however copy and see the drive from a dos/command prompt. Hmmm...

>

> Does this help?

>

> I'll post more as it develops (or not develop).

>

> Again, thanks.

>

> "LVTravel" wrote in message

> news:OsfUIet1KHA.260@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>

>>

>> "Marian Henna" wrote in message

>> news:eG3DmOs1KHA.260@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>> My apologies, I should have mentioned that the drive is visible using

>>> Disk Management. The volume is assigned the drive letter D: (basic

>>> volume) and there are no network drives. The DVDRW is assigned drive

>>> letter W: (I do this so that the universe knows it is a read(W:)ritable.

>>>

>>> I should have also mentioned that this drive was visible, but only in

>>> the past few days has it disappeared (at least that's when I noticed).

>>>

>>> System is Virus and Malware clean as reported by Panda RescueCD,

>>> Kaspersky RescueCD and BitDefender RescueCD. I booted with my BartPE and

>>> ran McAfee command line scanner against both hard disks in the system,

>>> they were both clean.

>>>

>>> TweakUI does nothing magical, I read a web hit that suggested running

>>> TweakUI and 'clicking' on the drive and it should work - nada.

>>>

>>> The only data on Drive D: (the invisible guy) is video data, nothing

>>> else. I changed the drive letter to drive E: in DM and rebooted, still

>>> invisible.

>>>

>>> I mentioned that I could store docs etc there, but they were only tests

>>> and my dynamic data is never stored there.

>>>

>>> Thanks

>>> "LVTravel" wrote in message

>>> news:%23VLlQPr1KHA.5972@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> "Marian Henna" wrote in message

>>>> news:#zrEWBr1KHA.2028@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>>>> For some reason, I cannot see a 1TB hard disk in Vista Explorer. There

>>>>> are no relevant messages in the event logs etc. I can save data to it

>>>>> (via apps, word, excel, downloads etc).

>>>>>

>>>>> I just cannot see it in windows when I go to my computer.

>>>>>

>>>>> Also, can't seem to find anything pertinent on the web, lost about a

>>>>> vista drive not being seen by windows 7 (vice versa), but not what I

>>>>> am looking for.

>>>>>

>>>>> My concern is that if Windows won't display the drive, it may be going

>>>>> bad and it's only 6 months old.

>>>>>

>>>>> Any pointer(s) would be appreciated.

>>>>>

>>>>> Thanks.

>>>>>

>>>>

>>>> Right click Computer on the desktop. Click Manage then Disk

>>>> Management. Do you see the drive in either the top area under Volume or

>>>> in the gray area below it? If in the gray area does it have a drive

>>>> letter assigned. If so is it the same drive letter that is assigned to

>>>> a network drive (which will not show up in the Disk Management window?)

>>>> If it is the same letter as a network drive one or the other needs to

>>>> be changed. Let us know and we can guide you.

>>>>

>>>> If the drive is not showing up at all in Disk Management I have no idea

>>>> how a program could write to the drive.

>>>

>>>

>>

>> Any card readers installed on the computer, either in the computer or an

>> attached printer? Recently installed a printer and it rearranged my

>> drive letters until I changed the card reader that was on the printer to

>> a different letter.

>>

>> You might want to read this article and see if it helps your situation:

>> http://www.brighthub.com/computing/windows-platform/articles/39913.aspx

>

>



I see you mentioned, and I missed, in an earlier post that you have Tweak UI

installed and run. What version do you have and where did you get it? The

one for XP should NOT be run on Vista or Win 7.
 
V2.10.0.0 for XP SP1 and Win2K3 is the one I had, I have downloaded the

Vista flavor, but no help. Thanks for the information as well.



I got to thinking again that the drive may be flakey, so this AM, I

installed it into another Vista machine and it displayed fine in Explorer.



Then thinking that the cable (power or data) were bad in the original

machine so I re-inserted the drive, swapped the cables around and same

thing. I then replaced the cables with brand new ones, same thing.



So it doesn't seem to be the drive, nor the cables.



The BIOS shows the drive correctly so it can't be the motherboard (or

interface). It's gotta be something in Vista.



Hmmm.

"LVTravel" wrote in message

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>

>

> "Marian Henna" wrote in message

> news:eRfo0mu1KHA.752@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> Hello again, first let me thank you for your help.

>>

>> I went over the article and confirmed everything in your link. All seems

>> to be fine. I have no card readers or anything new installed. What I'm

>> going to do is to review the most recent MS updates that may have been

>> autoinstalled.

>>

>> Normally I turn this off, but was preparing for a training course for 22

>> students for Vista and completely forgot. This is one of the items in the

>> link you sent me.

>>

>> Next, I'll try a Sys-Restore, but I've installed about 55 videos and

>> related support apps for this upcoming session (which were all installed

>> onto the invisible drive), and will likely have to re-install. So fare

>> the apps and vids work fine, but I can't just copy to the drive via the

>> GUI.

>>

>> "I CAN", however copy and see the drive from a dos/command prompt.

>> Hmmm...

>>

>> Does this help?

>>

>> I'll post more as it develops (or not develop).

>>

>> Again, thanks.

>>

>> "LVTravel" wrote in message

>> news:OsfUIet1KHA.260@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>>

>>>

>>> "Marian Henna" wrote in message

>>> news:eG3DmOs1KHA.260@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>>> My apologies, I should have mentioned that the drive is visible using

>>>> Disk Management. The volume is assigned the drive letter D: (basic

>>>> volume) and there are no network drives. The DVDRW is assigned drive

>>>> letter W: (I do this so that the universe knows it is a

>>>> read(W:)ritable.

>>>>

>>>> I should have also mentioned that this drive was visible, but only in

>>>> the past few days has it disappeared (at least that's when I noticed).

>>>>

>>>> System is Virus and Malware clean as reported by Panda RescueCD,

>>>> Kaspersky RescueCD and BitDefender RescueCD. I booted with my BartPE

>>>> and ran McAfee command line scanner against both hard disks in the

>>>> system, they were both clean.

>>>>

>>>> TweakUI does nothing magical, I read a web hit that suggested running

>>>> TweakUI and 'clicking' on the drive and it should work - nada.

>>>>

>>>> The only data on Drive D: (the invisible guy) is video data, nothing

>>>> else. I changed the drive letter to drive E: in DM and rebooted, still

>>>> invisible.

>>>>

>>>> I mentioned that I could store docs etc there, but they were only tests

>>>> and my dynamic data is never stored there.

>>>>

>>>> Thanks

>>>> "LVTravel" wrote in message

>>>> news:%23VLlQPr1KHA.5972@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> "Marian Henna" wrote in message

>>>>> news:#zrEWBr1KHA.2028@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>>>>> For some reason, I cannot see a 1TB hard disk in Vista Explorer.

>>>>>> There are no relevant messages in the event logs etc. I can save data

>>>>>> to it (via apps, word, excel, downloads etc).

>>>>>>

>>>>>> I just cannot see it in windows when I go to my computer.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Also, can't seem to find anything pertinent on the web, lost about a

>>>>>> vista drive not being seen by windows 7 (vice versa), but not what I

>>>>>> am looking for.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> My concern is that if Windows won't display the drive, it may be

>>>>>> going bad and it's only 6 months old.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Any pointer(s) would be appreciated.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Thanks.

>>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> Right click Computer on the desktop. Click Manage then Disk

>>>>> Management. Do you see the drive in either the top area under Volume

>>>>> or in the gray area below it? If in the gray area does it have a

>>>>> drive letter assigned. If so is it the same drive letter that is

>>>>> assigned to a network drive (which will not show up in the Disk

>>>>> Management window?) If it is the same letter as a network drive one or

>>>>> the other needs to be changed. Let us know and we can guide you.

>>>>>

>>>>> If the drive is not showing up at all in Disk Management I have no

>>>>> idea how a program could write to the drive.

>>>>

>>>>

>>>

>>> Any card readers installed on the computer, either in the computer or an

>>> attached printer? Recently installed a printer and it rearranged my

>>> drive letters until I changed the card reader that was on the printer to

>>> a different letter.

>>>

>>> You might want to read this article and see if it helps your situation:

>>> http://www.brighthub.com/computing/windows-platform/articles/39913.aspx

>>

>>

>

> I see you mentioned, and I missed, in an earlier post that you have Tweak

> UI installed and run. What version do you have and where did you get it?

> The one for XP should NOT be run on Vista or Win 7.
 
"Marian Henna" wrote in message

news:egoKwj61KHA.3868@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> V2.10.0.0 for XP SP1 and Win2K3 is the one I had, I have downloaded the

> Vista flavor, but no help. Thanks for the information as well.

>

> I got to thinking again that the drive may be flakey, so this AM, I

> installed it into another Vista machine and it displayed fine in Explorer.

>

> Then thinking that the cable (power or data) were bad in the original

> machine so I re-inserted the drive, swapped the cables around and same

> thing. I then replaced the cables with brand new ones, same thing.

>

> So it doesn't seem to be the drive, nor the cables.

>

> The BIOS shows the drive correctly so it can't be the motherboard (or

> interface). It's gotta be something in Vista.

>

> Hmmm.

> "LVTravel" wrote in message

> news:%23OpC$h01KHA.140@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>

>>

>> "Marian Henna" wrote in message

>> news:eRfo0mu1KHA.752@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>> Hello again, first let me thank you for your help.

>>>

>>> I went over the article and confirmed everything in your link. All seems

>>> to be fine. I have no card readers or anything new installed. What I'm

>>> going to do is to review the most recent MS updates that may have been

>>> autoinstalled.

>>>

>>> Normally I turn this off, but was preparing for a training course for 22

>>> students for Vista and completely forgot. This is one of the items in

>>> the link you sent me.

>>>

>>> Next, I'll try a Sys-Restore, but I've installed about 55 videos and

>>> related support apps for this upcoming session (which were all installed

>>> onto the invisible drive), and will likely have to re-install. So fare

>>> the apps and vids work fine, but I can't just copy to the drive via the

>>> GUI.

>>>

>>> "I CAN", however copy and see the drive from a dos/command prompt.

>>> Hmmm...

>>>

>>> Does this help?

>>>

>>> I'll post more as it develops (or not develop).

>>>

>>> Again, thanks.

>>>

>>> "LVTravel" wrote in message

>>> news:OsfUIet1KHA.260@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> "Marian Henna" wrote in message

>>>> news:eG3DmOs1KHA.260@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>>>> My apologies, I should have mentioned that the drive is visible using

>>>>> Disk Management. The volume is assigned the drive letter D: (basic

>>>>> volume) and there are no network drives. The DVDRW is assigned drive

>>>>> letter W: (I do this so that the universe knows it is a

>>>>> read(W:)ritable.

>>>>>

>>>>> I should have also mentioned that this drive was visible, but only in

>>>>> the past few days has it disappeared (at least that's when I noticed).

>>>>>

>>>>> System is Virus and Malware clean as reported by Panda RescueCD,

>>>>> Kaspersky RescueCD and BitDefender RescueCD. I booted with my BartPE

>>>>> and ran McAfee command line scanner against both hard disks in the

>>>>> system, they were both clean.

>>>>>

>>>>> TweakUI does nothing magical, I read a web hit that suggested running

>>>>> TweakUI and 'clicking' on the drive and it should work - nada.

>>>>>

>>>>> The only data on Drive D: (the invisible guy) is video data, nothing

>>>>> else. I changed the drive letter to drive E: in DM and rebooted, still

>>>>> invisible.

>>>>>

>>>>> I mentioned that I could store docs etc there, but they were only

>>>>> tests and my dynamic data is never stored there.

>>>>>

>>>>> Thanks

>>>>> "LVTravel" wrote in message

>>>>> news:%23VLlQPr1KHA.5972@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>> "Marian Henna" wrote in message

>>>>>> news:#zrEWBr1KHA.2028@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>>>>>> For some reason, I cannot see a 1TB hard disk in Vista Explorer.

>>>>>>> There are no relevant messages in the event logs etc. I can save

>>>>>>> data to it (via apps, word, excel, downloads etc).

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> I just cannot see it in windows when I go to my computer.

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> Also, can't seem to find anything pertinent on the web, lost about a

>>>>>>> vista drive not being seen by windows 7 (vice versa), but not what I

>>>>>>> am looking for.

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> My concern is that if Windows won't display the drive, it may be

>>>>>>> going bad and it's only 6 months old.

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> Any pointer(s) would be appreciated.

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> Thanks.

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Right click Computer on the desktop. Click Manage then Disk

>>>>>> Management. Do you see the drive in either the top area under Volume

>>>>>> or in the gray area below it? If in the gray area does it have a

>>>>>> drive letter assigned. If so is it the same drive letter that is

>>>>>> assigned to a network drive (which will not show up in the Disk

>>>>>> Management window?) If it is the same letter as a network drive one

>>>>>> or the other needs to be changed. Let us know and we can guide you.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> If the drive is not showing up at all in Disk Management I have no

>>>>>> idea how a program could write to the drive.

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>

>>>> Any card readers installed on the computer, either in the computer or

>>>> an attached printer? Recently installed a printer and it rearranged my

>>>> drive letters until I changed the card reader that was on the printer

>>>> to a different letter.

>>>>

>>>> You might want to read this article and see if it helps your situation:

>>>> http://www.brighthub.com/computing/windows-platform/articles/39913.aspx

>>>

>>>

>>

>> I see you mentioned, and I missed, in an earlier post that you have Tweak

>> UI installed and run. What version do you have and where did you get it?

>> The one for XP should NOT be run on Vista or Win 7.

>

>



Have you totally uninstalled the XP TweakUI from the computer prior to

installing the Vista flavor one? If not uninstall both then

install/reinstall the one I recommend below.



I use Tweak VI free version from http://www.totalidea.com/download.php and

have been happy with that program. When installing allow it to create a

system restore point when it asks to. If running that program click the

System Information and Tweaks on the left side of the program's window then

Hard drive information, optimize hard... on the right side. In the new

window that opens click on the Hide disk drives / Hard drive tweaks tab.

Ensure that all the drive letters show a check mark next to them. Let me

know if any were turned off.
 
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