Re: Vanished second hard drive



"jrsjs" <jrsjs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
Hello,
My computer has been working fine - XP Home with SP2.
when I booted this morning, the mouse wouldn't work properly and QuickLaunch
had vanished.
I have got these items working again but my second internal hard drive where
all my documents and pictures are stored has vanished.
System Restore will not work.
I have checked Disk Management and there is no sign of the second drive. It
does not show up in the BIOS either.
Desperately hoping someone can help.

If a drive doesn't show up in the BIOS, it's a hardware issue, not an XP OS issue. Either the hard drive failed, or the cabling failed or there's a problem with the motherboard. Install the drive in another computer and see. Is there not a backup of the important data? This should be a given at all times.

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

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