Vista SP1 denies access to second SATA HDD

[nerdy 1]

Since installing Vista SP1 windows denies access to my second SATA HDD.

saying:

Location is not available
E:\ is not accessible.
The device is not connected.

The drive was working great until SP1 install rebooted the system.

Can anyone help? or has microshaft done it again?

 

[DL]

Is it detected in the bios?

 

[nerdy 1]

Yes, it even shows up in Device Manager and My Computer.

 

[DL]

Presumably both these refer to E:
And since it shows in My Computer how or with what are you tring to access
it?

 

[nerdy 1]

just windows explorer/my conputer to browse files and folders at first.
the tried other programs and nothing can access it so far.

 

[nerdy 1]

Fixed now. had to uninstall drive thru Device Manager, reboot and reinstall
drive.

If I bought a Ford and had to trouble shoot the psoblems, remove and
reinstall the diff, rear ales and brake system to make it work every time
Ford repaired a fault in the car, I would never buy a Ford again. No wonder
Linux is fast becoming the OS of the future.

 

[Dattron]

Did Ford install the hard drive?

Fixed now. had to uninstall drive thru Device Manager, reboot and reinstall
drive.

If I bought a Ford and had to trouble shoot the psoblems, remove and
reinstall the diff, rear ales and brake system to make it work every time
Ford repaired a fault in the car, I would never buy a Ford again. No wonder
Linux is fast becoming the OS of the future.

 

[nerdy 1]

No, a Microsoft certified engineer did. And the drive has worked perfectly
until SP1.