Can't Display Hard Disk Drives Properties

PROBLEM

I can’t bring up the 'properties' of my hard drives.

I open 'Computer', right click a hard drive, select properties and nothing

happens!

I can bring up properties of CD Drives.

Selecting the hard drive and clicking the properties button also doesn’t work.

MY HARD DRIVES:

WDC WD2500JS-75NCB2 ATA, (C:, D: Partitioned), NTFS

C: - 174032MB

D: - 59577MB

ST332062 0A USB External Hard Drive, NTFS

I: - 305243MB

I am running Windows Vista Home Premium (updated from Windows XP Media

Center 2005)

The problem developed when I have Windows XP but the installation of Vista

hasn’t fixed it.