Re: Disappearing Hard Drives

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From: Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\) (user_at_#notme.com)
Date: 09/13/04 

Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 12:47:11 -0700

I'd start with the simplest possible solution, try using System Restore to
take you back to a time before it began. Start\All
Programs\Accessories\System Tools\System Restore. 

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"William B." <w5yjb@charter.net> wrote in message 
news:%23t9CJ0bmEHA.556@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> On my XP Pro, three drives have just disappeared, two SATA and one PATA. 
> All have been working flawlessly over a month with SP2 until two days ago. 
> In BIOS, DEVICE MANAGER, all five drives show up, but give NO VOLUME LABEL 
> as they also do in DISK MANAGEMENT, which says: "HEALTHY" (unknown 
> partition). I have NO access to these three drives. The other two drives 
> function just fine. I've done SFC /SCANNOW, reinstalled drivers, etc., and 
> NOTHING. No physical changes were made to the unit prior to the 
> malfunction.
>
> I've seen this same complaint posted elsewhere?  Can anyone solve the case 
> of the missing hard drives???
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill
> W5YJB
>
>
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>                                       In God We Trust
>

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