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Bizarre problem: Missing harddrive after SP2 install
There have been reports of SP2 causing problems with chipset drivers. I
would suggest getting the latest VIA chipset drivers compatable with your board and install those while you have SP2 installed. FWIW, len " wrote in message ... I was referred here from xpbasics, since nobody was able to help me out on this. This has been more of a nuisance then a real big problem, but I'll ask here if somebody can shed light on this bizarre problem that seems to be SP2 related (on my machine at least): Question: Anybody has any tips on how to let XP remember I have a 2nd hard drive (F in the system? All was fine under SP1. I upgraded to SP2 and all went well during the upgrade. The system rebooted and all looked normal. The next day I power up the machine and I notice in Explorer that the 2nd F: drive (Seagate ST380013A) is not listed. I go into control panel, click on add new hardware, select that the hardware is already present, then find my Seagate drive in the list of hardware. I click on it, XP tells me the drive is working properly and then I click on cancel. Now the drive is there, just fine. I have to do this "add new hardware" trick every time I cold or warm boot now. I uninstalled SP2 and all was fine again. When I re-installed SP2, again that same problem occurs. Important note: I can't "initialize" that drive under Disk Management because the drive is completely invisible unless I use add-new-hardware in control panel. After I do this all is fine and disk management sees the drive and all is OK. I am at my wits end here trying to get my system under SP2 to recognize the F: drive at boot. It's annoying to have to go into control panel each and every time I boot to "activate" that drive that XP keeps telling me is "working properly". It's bizarre that when I go back to SP1 all of this ceases to occur. But as soon as SP2 is installed here, XP keeps forgetting the second drive. Anybody else had this strange phenomenon occur? Any tips? I want to keep SP2 but it is a PITA to have to "reinstall" that drive everytime I boot up. I even tried to reformat that drive under SP2 and reinstall all my stuff to it, but that didn't help any either. It just keeps ignoring that drive at boot up. Any tips/suggestions appreciated. I been at the Seagate site and there it tells me I need no special drivers for Win XP. Haven't tried the VIA chipset drivers yet. It's a pretty old machine, as you can see Here's my hardware info: Computer Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Personal 5.1.2600 (WinXP Retail) --------[ Summary ]----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Computer: Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Personal OS Service Pack Service Pack 2 Motherboard: 02/02/2000-VT693-596A-PELICAN CPU Type Intel Pentium IIIE, 600 MHz (4.5 x 133) Motherboard Name Unknown Motherboard Chipset VIA VT82C693A Apollo Pro133 System Memory 512 MB (SDRAM) BIOS Type Award Medallion (02/02/00) Communication Port Communications Port (COM1) Communication Port Communications Port (COM2) Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1) Display: Video Adapter NVIDIA Vanta/Vanta LT (8 MB) 3D Accelerator nVIDIA Vanta Monitor Hitachi CM751 ( ) Multimedia: Audio Adapter Rockwell Master Riptide Audio Device Storage: Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive Disk Drive Maxtor 93073U6 (30 GB, 5400 RPM, Ultra-ATA/66) Disk Drive ST380013A Optical Drive LG CD-RW CED-8080B (8x/4x/32x CD-RW) Optical Drive SAMSUNG DVD-ROM SD-608 (8x/40x DVD-ROM) Partitions: C: (NTFS) 29309 MB (13151 MB free) F: (NTFS) 76316 MB (28303 MB free) Input: Keyboard HID Keyboard Device Keyboard standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard Mouse Kensington HID Mouse*in*a*Box Scroll Network: Network Adapter HP EN1207D-TX PCI 10/100 Fast Ethernet Adapter (192.168.1.101) Modem Lucent Win Modem Modem SoftV90 Voice Speakerphone Modem Peripherals: Printer Canon BJC-4300 Series USB Device Generic USB Hub USB Device IBM Travel Mouse (HID) USB Device USB Composite Device USB Device USB Human Interface Device USB Device USB Human Interface Device --------[ Debug - PCI ]------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B00 D00 F00: VIA VT82C693A Apollo Pro133 Chipset - Host-PCI Bridge Offset 00: 06 11 91 06 06 00 10 A2 44 00 00 06 00 00 00 00 Offset 10: 08 00 00 E4 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 30: 00 00 00 00 A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 50: 3D 1E C0 90 00 00 40 40 88 80 08 10 20 30 40 40 Offset 60: 3F EA 00 A0 60 60 60 60 67 A8 65 2D 20 3F 00 44 Offset 70: C0 88 4C 0C 0E 82 F2 00 00 F4 01 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 80: 0F 45 00 00 C0 00 00 00 03 00 01 00 AA 00 00 00 Offset 90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset A0: 02 00 10 00 03 02 00 07 02 01 00 00 6A 12 00 00 Offset B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset F0: 88 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 22 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 B00 D01 F00: VIA AGP Controller Offset 00: 06 11 98 85 07 00 30 22 00 00 04 06 00 00 01 00 Offset 10: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 01 00 F0 00 00 00 Offset 20: 00 E0 E0 E1 F0 E1 F0 E3 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 30: 00 00 00 00 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 Offset 40: C8 CD 00 44 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 50: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 80: 01 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 B00 D07 F00: VIA VT82C596B PCI-ISA Bridge Offset 00: 06 11 96 05 87 00 00 02 11 00 01 06 00 00 80 00 Offset 10: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 40: 00 01 00 00 00 80 60 A0 01 00 84 00 00 00 00 F3 Offset 50: 24 00 00 00 00 B0 99 90 00 04 F4 08 40 00 00 00 Offset 60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 70: 00 00 00 00 01 44 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 B00 D07 F01: VIA VT82C571 IDE Controller Offset 00: 06 11 71 05 87 00 80 02 06 8A 01 01 00 20 00 00 Offset 10: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 20: 01 D8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 40: 0B C2 09 3A 68 10 C0 00 31 31 31 31 FF 00 FF FF Offset 50: 03 E0 0B 03 14 00 00 00 A8 A8 A8 A8 00 00 00 00 Offset 60: 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 70: 02 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C8 C9 BC 02 00 00 00 00 Offset 90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset D0: 06 00 71 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 B00 D07 F02: VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller Offset 00: 06 11 38 30 17 00 00 02 05 00 03 0C 08 20 00 00 Offset 10: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 20: 01 D4 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 25 09 34 12 Offset 30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 09 04 00 00 Offset 40: 00 02 00 00 C2 00 11 D8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 50: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 60: 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset C0: 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 B00 D07 F03: VIA Power Management Controller Offset 00: 06 11 51 30 00 00 80 02 20 00 00 06 00 00 00 00 Offset 10: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 40: 20 84 49 00 00 00 00 00 01 E4 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 50: 00 FF FF 04 00 00 00 00 00 FF FF 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 90: 01 E8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset D0: 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 B00 D0A F00: Hewlett-Packard EN1207D-TX 10/100 Fast Ethernet Adapter Offset 00: 13 11 11 12 05 00 90 02 10 00 00 02 00 20 00 00 Offset 10: 01 D0 00 00 00 00 80 DF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 3C 10 07 92 Offset 30: 00 00 00 00 50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 09 01 20 40 Offset 40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 50: 01 00 02 76 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 B00 D0B F00: Rockwell Master Riptide Audio Device Offset 00: 7A 12 10 43 07 00 90 02 00 00 01 04 00 20 80 00 Offset 10: 01 B8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 35 12 10 43 Offset 30: 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 09 01 00 00 Offset 40: 01 00 01 02 00 00 00 00 20 02 88 03 60 03 09 02 Offset 50: 99 9D 03 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 B00 D0B F01: Rockwell/Conexant Modem Enumerator Offset 00: 7A 12 11 43 07 00 90 02 00 00 80 07 00 20 80 00 Offset 10: 00 00 00 DF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 35 12 11 43 Offset 30: 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 09 01 00 00 Offset 40: 01 00 21 44 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 50: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 B00 D0B F02: Rockwell Riptide Game Controller Offset 00: 7A 12 12 43 07 00 90 02 00 00 80 09 00 00 80 00 Offset 10: 00 00 80 DE 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 35 12 12 43 Offset 30: 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 Offset 40: 01 00 01 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 50: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 B01 D00 F00: nVIDIA Vanta Video Adapter Offset 00: DE 10 2C 00 07 00 B0 02 15 00 00 03 00 F8 00 00 Offset 10: 00 00 00 E0 08 00 00 E2 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 43 10 FE FF Offset 30: 00 00 00 00 60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0B 01 05 01 Offset 40: 43 10 FE FF 02 00 20 00 07 00 00 1F 02 01 00 07 Offset 50: 01 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 CE D6 23 00 0F 00 00 00 Offset 60: 01 44 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Motherboard 02/02/2000-VT693-596A-PELICAN Motherboard Motherboard ID ==VernMan== |
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