Re: No drives show in My Computer

Ray

Is your computer single or dual booting? Have you used any third party
partition manager?

I would try a Repair Install
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Ray Parrish wrote:
Hello again,

I found and downloaded and installed the Group Policy Editor and have
used it to try to unhide the drives in My Computer. It took a while to
find the setting, I then disabled hiding the drives and started My
Computer and was once again greeted with a blank white page.

I haven't rebooted yet 'though so maybe after I reboot... who knows?

Later, Ray Parrish

Ray Parrish wrote:
Gerry wrote:
Ray

It is difficult to visualise what is being displayed on your
computer as there so many ways Windows Explorer can be customised.
Here's some thoughts.

Are you seeing a left pane and a right pane in Windows Explorer?

Yes, the left pane has the My Documents folder displayed and the
right pane shows The subfolders to the My Documents folder. There
are no drives visible to select.

In Windows Explorer select View, Explorer Bar, Folders. Does
selecting or deselecting make an improvement?

No, it just shows the subfolders on the right and nothing on the
left.

In Windows Explorer select Tools, Folder Options. On the Tasks tab
have you selected Show common tasks in Folder or Use Classic Windows
Folders. On the View tab under Advanced Settings there are a lot of
settings, which will affect what is displayed. One which may answer
one of your questions is Show Control Panel in My Computer. Is it
checked?

I have "Show common tasks" selected. I check marked "Show control
panel in My Computer" and it still doesn't show.

Can you display the contents of Control Panel if you select Start,
Settings (not there on all computers), Control Panel?

I have My Computer on my taskbar as a toolbar menu and all drives
show there as well as Control Panel.

When you first encountered your display problems was it after a
malware infestation? If yes this could mean you might need to go
further than make adjustments to how you have customised your
Windows Explorer settings.

No, there has never been any malware on this machine. I keep the
antivirus updated and run a firewall.


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