Disk dirves disappear suddenly in Windows XP

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I have a PC running Windows XP SP2 with all patches updated. Every now and
then one or more of my secondary drives just disappear. They disappear
suddenly while I am using the PC and I find out when I try to access one of
the folders on a drive which is now missing. I check.



I cannot find them when I check it under "My computer"; or when I check it
using "Computer Management > Storage Management >> Disk Management"; and
also don't find it when I checked it by looking under "drives" in "Device
Manager".



They usually come back if I re-boot the PC ....



At first I thought it was a problem with a Maxtor drive I have in my PC,
then I noticed that it also does it with a Seagate drive.



Now I am suspecting that it might be a Windows XP or hardware problem.



Help, any suggestions on how I can troubleshoot or any suggestions on what
could be causing this problem, what to do to fix it?



Thanks and Regards,



Ted M.
 
You checked Event Viewer, as previously suggested?

"tmeb" <tmf2kg@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I have a PC running Windows XP SP2 with all patches updated. Every now and
>then one or more of my secondary drives just disappear. They disappear
>suddenly while I am using the PC and I find out when I try to access one of
>the folders on a drive which is now missing. I check.
>
>
>
> I cannot find them when I check it under "My computer"; or when I check it
> using "Computer Management > Storage Management >> Disk Management"; and
> also don't find it when I checked it by looking under "drives" in "Device
> Manager".
>
>
>
> They usually come back if I re-boot the PC ....
>
>
>
> At first I thought it was a problem with a Maxtor drive I have in my PC,
> then I noticed that it also does it with a Seagate drive.
>
>
>
> Now I am suspecting that it might be a Windows XP or hardware problem.
>
>
>
> Help, any suggestions on how I can troubleshoot or any suggestions on what
> could be causing this problem, what to do to fix it?
>
>
>
> Thanks and Regards,
>
>
>
> Ted M.
>
>
 
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