drives in my computer missing

[pkrash]

Just recovered from a hijack/virus/malware.
Somehow the drives (C: hard drive, D: floppy) have dissappeared from My
Computer...but they are still there and they are present in a newly created
user acct.
Can't find the path by backing out of My Documents neither so no access to
My Programs, etc.
Hard disk and floppy are ident as C: and D: in Hardware.
Must be a setting for the main admin/user that was hijacked....but I can't
find it.

 

[sgopus]

insert the install cd and format and do a reinstall.

 

[pkrash]

That's a great idea, but I'll hold off for a while. I would think just
deleting the user acct and using another would work...as I said, everything
is still there, it's just not visible by one user acct.
I would think there is a setting that's been changed and can be changed back.

thanks.

 

[Patrick Keenan]

That's a great idea, but I'll hold off for a while. I would think just
deleting the user acct and using another would work...as I said,
everything
is still there, it's just not visible by one user acct.
I would think there is a setting that's been changed and can be changed
back.

If it works properly in another account, then it's likely that the original
user profile is corrupted. You should just migrate the data and settings
to new accounts and delete the damaged ones. This will likely be faster
and cleaner than trying to find and fix an unknowable set of obscure damage.

HTH
-pk