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Disk dirves disappear suddenly in Windows XP

 
 
tmeb
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      24th Oct 2007
I have a PC running Windows XP SP2 with all patches updated. Every now and
then one or more of my secondary drives just disappear. They disappear
suddenly while I am using the PC and I find out when I try to access one of
the folders on a drive which is now missing. I check.



I cannot find them when I check it under "My computer"; or when I check it
using "Computer Management > Storage Management >> Disk Management"; and
also don't find it when I checked it by looking under "drives" in "Device
Manager".



They usually come back if I re-boot the PC ....



At first I thought it was a problem with a Maxtor drive I have in my PC,
then I noticed that it also does it with a Seagate drive.



Now I am suspecting that it might be a Windows XP or hardware problem.



Help, any suggestions on how I can troubleshoot or any suggestions on what
could be causing this problem, what to do to fix it?



Thanks and Regards,



Ted M.


 
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      24th Oct 2007
You checked Event Viewer, as previously suggested?

"tmeb" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I have a PC running Windows XP SP2 with all patches updated. Every now and
>then one or more of my secondary drives just disappear. They disappear
>suddenly while I am using the PC and I find out when I try to access one of
>the folders on a drive which is now missing. I check.
>
>
>
> I cannot find them when I check it under "My computer"; or when I check it
> using "Computer Management > Storage Management >> Disk Management"; and
> also don't find it when I checked it by looking under "drives" in "Device
> Manager".
>
>
>
> They usually come back if I re-boot the PC ....
>
>
>
> At first I thought it was a problem with a Maxtor drive I have in my PC,
> then I noticed that it also does it with a Seagate drive.
>
>
>
> Now I am suspecting that it might be a Windows XP or hardware problem.
>
>
>
> Help, any suggestions on how I can troubleshoot or any suggestions on what
> could be causing this problem, what to do to fix it?
>
>
>
> Thanks and Regards,
>
>
>
> Ted M.
>
>



 
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