O
old guy
XP SR2
Recently, my PC seems to have lost my hard drive. (Before I start my
background, I had it partitioned into C:, D:, E:.)
Now, on opening Explorer, My Documents is opened - My Computer is
collapsed. On clicking My Computer, I get a search (flashlight) for 2-3
minutes before my hard drives appear. At this point, I can click on any
of the three drives and see the contents. Two unusual events must be noted.
1) With any drive highlighted, any folder I doubel-click in the right
pane results in a black popup (looks like the command prompt) for a
couple of seconds and then disappears. I have to expand the drive in
the right pane, select the folder from the drop down list, and select
files from the right pane.
2) If at any time I select the My Documents icon, XP reverts to the
2-3 minute search for the hard drive.
But there is more.
During troubleshooting, I opened Computer Management|Disk Management. I
get 'Connecting to Logical Disk Manager service... for 2-3 minutes
followed by a popup of 'Server execution failed.'
And it gets worse.
I decided to give up and reinstall XP. In order to save any critical
files, I wanted to install XP on my E: drive and dual boot. With the XP
CD in the drive I booted to the CD. After a few seconds, I select the
choice to load XP. I get a screen listing my drives. Umm, except the
E: drive is missing. And when I try to select the C; drive, I get
"Setup cannot recognize the partition you selected." Since the D: drive
is ~2G, I don't want to install XP there. Has to be on the E: drive.
So it appears Explorer can find my C:, D:, E: drive, XP setup can find
my C:, D: drives, and Disk Management can find none of them.
What is going on? How do I resolve this?
Recently, my PC seems to have lost my hard drive. (Before I start my
background, I had it partitioned into C:, D:, E:.)
Now, on opening Explorer, My Documents is opened - My Computer is
collapsed. On clicking My Computer, I get a search (flashlight) for 2-3
minutes before my hard drives appear. At this point, I can click on any
of the three drives and see the contents. Two unusual events must be noted.
1) With any drive highlighted, any folder I doubel-click in the right
pane results in a black popup (looks like the command prompt) for a
couple of seconds and then disappears. I have to expand the drive in
the right pane, select the folder from the drop down list, and select
files from the right pane.
2) If at any time I select the My Documents icon, XP reverts to the
2-3 minute search for the hard drive.
But there is more.
During troubleshooting, I opened Computer Management|Disk Management. I
get 'Connecting to Logical Disk Manager service... for 2-3 minutes
followed by a popup of 'Server execution failed.'
And it gets worse.
I decided to give up and reinstall XP. In order to save any critical
files, I wanted to install XP on my E: drive and dual boot. With the XP
CD in the drive I booted to the CD. After a few seconds, I select the
choice to load XP. I get a screen listing my drives. Umm, except the
E: drive is missing. And when I try to select the C; drive, I get
"Setup cannot recognize the partition you selected." Since the D: drive
is ~2G, I don't want to install XP there. Has to be on the E: drive.
So it appears Explorer can find my C:, D:, E: drive, XP setup can find
my C:, D: drives, and Disk Management can find none of them.
What is going on? How do I resolve this?