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July 4th 06, 06:55 PM
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Lost my second hard drive
I have 2 internal hard drives, D & D. Suddenly the D drive does not appear
under My Computer on in Explorer. Any ideas how to get it back into the system? Win XP 2E Thanks & Happy 4th. Jim Hiv 
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July 4th 06, 07:10 PM
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Lost my second hard drive
And What does Disk Management say?
See win help "Jim Hiv" Jim wrote in message ... I have 2 internal hard drives, D & D. Suddenly the D drive does not appear under My Computer on in Explorer. Any ideas how to get it back into the system? Win XP 2E Thanks & Happy 4th. Jim Hiv
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July 4th 06, 10:03 PM
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Lost my second hard drive
"Jim Hiv" Jim wrote in message
... I have 2 internal hard drives, D & D. Typo? -- Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User } Conflicts start where information lacks. http://basconotw.mvps.org/ Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 "Jim Hiv" Jim wrote in message ... I have 2 internal hard drives, D & D. Suddenly the D drive does not appear under My Computer on in Explorer. Any ideas how to get it back into the system? Win XP 2E Thanks & Happy 4th. Jim Hiv
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July 4th 06, 11:52 PM
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Lost my second hard drive
Is the drive being detected in the BIOS? If not the drive could be damaged
or possibly the drive has become disconnected physically. I've had that happen. If the drive is not being listed in the BIOS shut down the computer, open the case and ensure the cables tot eh drive are snugly seated. Then reboot. If the drive is still not being detected it could be damaged. -- Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User] "Jim Hiv" Jim wrote in message ... I have 2 internal hard drives, D & D. Suddenly the D drive does not appear under My Computer on in Explorer. Any ideas how to get it back into the system? Win XP 2E Thanks & Happy 4th. Jim Hiv
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September 18th 06, 10:01 AM
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Lost my second hard drive
-- mackdaddy1538 "Harry Ohrn MS MVP" wrote: Is the drive being detected in the BIOS? If not the drive could be damaged or possibly the drive has become disconnected physically. I've had that happen. If the drive is not being listed in the BIOS shut down the computer, open the case and ensure the cables tot eh drive are snugly seated. Then reboot. If the drive is still not being detected it could be damaged. -- Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User] "Jim Hiv" Jim wrote in message ... I have 2 internal hard drives, D & D. Suddenly the D drive does not appear under My Computer on in Explorer. Any ideas how to get it back into the system? Win XP 2E Thanks & Happy 4th. Jim Hiv I have a 30gig drive and in disk management it shows that the drive is emptya nd asks if i want to format it. is my data lost???? where did it go??? help please all my media files are on that drive
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September 18th 06, 11:26 AM
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Lost my second hard drive
mmm, lost the MBR I guess?
Bet it's NTFS too, huh? There is a fix for that to rebuild the MBR. I reckon I saw it on Gibson's site. Fix for the CIR is here. I'm not an expert & encourage you to read & make up your own mind. http://www.grc.com/fix-cih.htm Might just be a loose cable? "mackdaddy1538" wrote in message ... -- mackdaddy1538 "Harry Ohrn MS MVP" wrote: Is the drive being detected in the BIOS? If not the drive could be damaged or possibly the drive has become disconnected physically. I've had that happen. If the drive is not being listed in the BIOS shut down the computer, open the case and ensure the cables tot eh drive are snugly seated. Then reboot. If the drive is still not being detected it could be damaged. -- Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User] "Jim Hiv" Jim wrote in message ... I have 2 internal hard drives, D & D. Suddenly the D drive does not appear under My Computer on in Explorer. Any ideas how to get it back into the system? Win XP 2E Thanks & Happy 4th. Jim Hiv I have a 30gig drive and in disk management it shows that the drive is emptya nd asks if i want to format it. is my data lost???? where did it go??? help please all my media files are on that drive
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September 18th 06, 02:51 PM
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Lost my second hard drive
The drive is showing up but is asking to be formatted. I know if i format it
i will lose all the data. when i look at the computer in explorer or disk management it does not show the type of format for that drive it was ntfs before problem. does this help you help me? -- mackdaddy1538 "BruceM" wrote: mmm, lost the MBR I guess? Bet it's NTFS too, huh? There is a fix for that to rebuild the MBR. I reckon I saw it on Gibson's site. Fix for the CIR is here. I'm not an expert & encourage you to read & make up your own mind. http://www.grc.com/fix-cih.htm Might just be a loose cable? "mackdaddy1538" wrote in message ... -- mackdaddy1538 "Harry Ohrn MS MVP" wrote: Is the drive being detected in the BIOS? If not the drive could be damaged or possibly the drive has become disconnected physically. I've had that happen. If the drive is not being listed in the BIOS shut down the computer, open the case and ensure the cables tot eh drive are snugly seated. Then reboot. If the drive is still not being detected it could be damaged. -- Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User] "Jim Hiv" Jim wrote in message ... I have 2 internal hard drives, D & D. Suddenly the D drive does not appear under My Computer on in Explorer. Any ideas how to get it back into the system? Win XP 2E Thanks & Happy 4th. Jim Hiv I have a 30gig drive and in disk management it shows that the drive is emptya nd asks if i want to format it. is my data lost???? where did it go??? help please all my media files are on that drive
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September 19th 06, 12:12 AM
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Lost my second hard drive
I'd really like to help but I just can't take that responsability. lol
I've just had a computer do a similar thing on me & suspect some new "bug" that hasn't been publicised yet. In my particular case, I eventually detirmined that somehow the bios chip got "wiped out". I couldn't even boot a floppy. It didn't even show the bios screen at all. I hot flashed the chip in another computer & everything was back to normal. Do you have access to another comp to mount that HD as a slave & see if all the files & folders are intact? Still looking like a corrupt MBR at this stage. "mackdaddy1538" wrote in message ... The drive is showing up but is asking to be formatted. I know if i format it i will lose all the data. when i look at the computer in explorer or disk management it does not show the type of format for that drive it was ntfs before problem. does this help you help me? -- mackdaddy1538 "BruceM" wrote: mmm, lost the MBR I guess? Bet it's NTFS too, huh? There is a fix for that to rebuild the MBR. I reckon I saw it on Gibson's site. Fix for the CIR is here. I'm not an expert & encourage you to read & make up your own mind. http://www.grc.com/fix-cih.htm Might just be a loose cable? "mackdaddy1538" wrote in message ... -- mackdaddy1538 "Harry Ohrn MS MVP" wrote: Is the drive being detected in the BIOS? If not the drive could be damaged or possibly the drive has become disconnected physically. I've had that happen. If the drive is not being listed in the BIOS shut down the computer, open the case and ensure the cables tot eh drive are snugly seated. Then reboot. If the drive is still not being detected it could be damaged. -- Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User] "Jim Hiv" Jim wrote in message ... I have 2 internal hard drives, D & D. Suddenly the D drive does not appear under My Computer on in Explorer. Any ideas how to get it back into the system? Win XP 2E Thanks & Happy 4th. Jim Hiv I have a 30gig drive and in disk management it shows that the drive is emptya nd asks if i want to format it. is my data lost???? where did it go??? help please all my media files are on that drive
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September 19th 06, 07:27 PM
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Lost my second hard drive
How do I use fix-chi.exe . Please help.
ram "BruceM" wrote in message ... mmm, lost the MBR I guess? Bet it's NTFS too, huh? There is a fix for that to rebuild the MBR. I reckon I saw it on Gibson's site. Fix for the CIR is here. I'm not an expert & encourage you to read & make up your own mind. http://www.grc.com/fix-cih.htm Might just be a loose cable? "mackdaddy1538" wrote in message ... -- mackdaddy1538 "Harry Ohrn MS MVP" wrote: Is the drive being detected in the BIOS? If not the drive could be damaged or possibly the drive has become disconnected physically. I've had that happen. If the drive is not being listed in the BIOS shut down the computer, open the case and ensure the cables tot eh drive are snugly seated. Then reboot. If the drive is still not being detected it could be damaged. -- Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User] "Jim Hiv" Jim wrote in message ... I have 2 internal hard drives, D & D. Suddenly the D drive does not appear under My Computer on in Explorer. Any ideas how to get it back into the system? Win XP 2E Thanks & Happy 4th. Jim Hiv I have a 30gig drive and in disk management it shows that the drive is emptya nd asks if i want to format it. is my data lost???? where did it go??? help please all my media files are on that drive
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September 20th 06, 08:07 AM
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Lost my second hard drive
Sorry I can't help. Ask in Steve Gibsons forum?
I think he has his own news server too. "ram" wrote in message ... How do I use fix-chi.exe . Please help. ram "BruceM" wrote in message ... mmm, lost the MBR I guess? Bet it's NTFS too, huh? There is a fix for that to rebuild the MBR. I reckon I saw it on Gibson's site. Fix for the CIR is here. I'm not an expert & encourage you to read & make up your own mind. http://www.grc.com/fix-cih.htm Might just be a loose cable? "mackdaddy1538" wrote in message ... -- mackdaddy1538 "Harry Ohrn MS MVP" wrote: Is the drive being detected in the BIOS? If not the drive could be damaged or possibly the drive has become disconnected physically. I've had that happen. If the drive is not being listed in the BIOS shut down the computer, open the case and ensure the cables tot eh drive are snugly seated. Then reboot. If the drive is still not being detected it could be damaged. -- Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User] "Jim Hiv" Jim wrote in message ... I have 2 internal hard drives, D & D. Suddenly the D drive does not appear under My Computer on in Explorer. Any ideas how to get it back into the system? Win XP 2E Thanks & Happy 4th. Jim Hiv I have a 30gig drive and in disk management it shows that the drive is emptya nd asks if i want to format it. is my data lost???? where did it go??? help please all my media files are on that drive
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September 20th 06, 08:09 AM
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Lost my second hard drive
http://www.grc.com/discussions.htm
"ram" wrote in message ... How do I use fix-chi.exe . Please help. ram "BruceM" wrote in message ... mmm, lost the MBR I guess? Bet it's NTFS too, huh? There is a fix for that to rebuild the MBR. I reckon I saw it on Gibson's site. Fix for the CIR is here. I'm not an expert & encourage you to read & make up your own mind. http://www.grc.com/fix-cih.htm Might just be a loose cable? "mackdaddy1538" wrote in message ... -- mackdaddy1538 "Harry Ohrn MS MVP" wrote: Is the drive being detected in the BIOS? If not the drive could be damaged or possibly the drive has become disconnected physically. I've had that happen. If the drive is not being listed in the BIOS shut down the computer, open the case and ensure the cables tot eh drive are snugly seated. Then reboot. If the drive is still not being detected it could be damaged. -- Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User] "Jim Hiv" Jim wrote in message ... I have 2 internal hard drives, D & D. Suddenly the D drive does not appear under My Computer on in Explorer. Any ideas how to get it back into the system? Win XP 2E Thanks & Happy 4th. Jim Hiv I have a 30gig drive and in disk management it shows that the drive is emptya nd asks if i want to format it. is my data lost???? where did it go??? help please all my media files are on that drive
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