Re: Disappearing Hard Drives

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From: William B. (w5yjb_at_charter.net)
Date: 09/13/04 

Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 14:54:58 -0500

I've tried that to no avail. All restore points well before the disaster are
valid and I've tried about 5. No change.

Any other ideas?

Bill
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"Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User)" <user@#notme.com> wrote in
message news:%23nJ3zpcmEHA.4004@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> 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.
>
> --
> Michael Solomon MS-MVP
> Windows Shell/User
> Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
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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
>>
>>
>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> In God We Trust
>>
>
>

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