Missing partitions

[T5]

I have just been organising the drive letters/paths on my hard drive to
incorporate a dual boot partition but 4 of my PC's Card reader partitions
have suddenly disappeared, how do I get them back?

I have no A drive (no floppy drive)

C drive - Main Partition
D - (50gb Unallocated space awaiting installation of xp pro as dual boot
option)
E- CD Rom Drive
F- external hard drive (backup drive)

G- Card reader - Missing
H- Card reader - Missing
I- Card reader -Missing
J- Card reader - Missing

What do I need to do to get the disk management to find these drives.

I am using vista premium x 64 bit as primary os

 

[Ron Sommer]

Have you rebooted the computer?
Safely remove hardware can remove the drives.
--
Ronald Sommer

:I have just been organising the drive letters/paths on my hard drive to
: incorporate a dual boot partition but 4 of my PC's Card reader partitions
: have suddenly disappeared, how do I get them back?
:
: I have no A drive (no floppy drive)
:
: C drive - Main Partition
: D - (50gb Unallocated space awaiting installation of xp pro as dual boot
: option)
: E- CD Rom Drive
: F- external hard drive (backup drive)
:
: G- Card reader - Missing
: H- Card reader - Missing
: I- Card reader -Missing
: J- Card reader - Missing
:
: What do I need to do to get the disk management to find these drives.
:
: I am using vista premium x 64 bit as primary os
:

 

[T5]

Done that Ron

No good

 

[T5]

Did that Ron, No Good

Havent removed any hardware

have rescanned for hardware changes

Surely there is a way to get back my internal card readers without having to
reinstall whole OS

 

[Brian W]

I've had trouble with a usb card reader before. I found that unplugging it
from the motherboard, rebooting, switching off and re-connecting the reader
worked.

 

[Ron Sommer]

Are the card readers listed under disk drives in Device Manager?
http://kb.wisc.edu/helpdesk/page.php?id=5183
--
Ronald Sommer

: Did that Ron, No Good
:
: Havent removed any hardware
:
: have rescanned for hardware changes
:
: Surely there is a way to get back my internal card readers without having
to
: reinstall whole OS
:
: : > Have you rebooted the computer?
: > Safely remove hardware can remove the drives.
: > --
: > Ronald Sommer
: >
: > : > :I have just been organising the drive letters/paths on my hard drive to
: > : incorporate a dual boot partition but 4 of my PC's Card reader
: > partitions
: > : have suddenly disappeared, how do I get them back?
: > :
: > : I have no A drive (no floppy drive)
: > :
: > : C drive - Main Partition
: > : D - (50gb Unallocated space awaiting installation of xp pro as dual
boot
: > : option)
: > : E- CD Rom Drive
: > : F- external hard drive (backup drive)
: > :
: > : G- Card reader - Missing
: > : H- Card reader - Missing
: > : I- Card reader -Missing
: > : J- Card reader - Missing
: > :
: > : What do I need to do to get the disk management to find these drives.
: > :
: > : I am using vista premium x 64 bit as primary os
: > :
: >
:

 

[T5]

I sussed it out,

I had a four port hub plugged into the usb, when I removed it all of the
card reader drives reappeared. I then put my printer and external drive into
the two usb ports on the top of my PC and they now show and work

Thanks all for your help