2nd Sata (Data) Drive not showing in My Computer any more

Sylier · 09-01-2006, 04:31 PM

hibr have 2 x 200gb Seagate SATA drives that have been installed and working fine for nearly a year.brbrMy second one (E: drive) used just for storage suddenly didn't show up in win explorer after a reboot yesterday.brbrIfi go to Disk Management the drive is there, it shows as a Dynamic Drive and my no1 Sata Drive with C: and D: partitions is showing as a Basic Drive right clicking on theE: drive and selecting 'open' will open it up in another window , and thenit shows at the bottom of all my drives list. brAlthough , clicking on 'My Computer' in the left pane of win Explorer, still doesnt show the drive in the right pane.brbrI have also noticed since this reboot that my second DVD drive doesnt show unless i pop a cd in in itbrbrWhy aren't these showing as usual?brbrbr

anylund · 10-23-2006, 04:08 AM

I assume that you have checked the cabeling?brbrIf you know a friend that has a SATA-disk, ask if you can test your computer with it. It could be MoBo problem too.br

09-01-2006, 04:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
Sylier Junior Googler Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 36 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	2nd Sata (Data) Drive not showing in My Computer any more hibr have 2 x 200gb Seagate SATA drives that have been installed and working fine for nearly a year.brbrMy second one (E: drive) used just for storage suddenly didn't show up in win explorer after a reboot yesterday.brbrIfi go to Disk Management the drive is there, it shows as a Dynamic Drive and my no1 Sata Drive with C: and D: partitions is showing as a Basic Drive right clicking on theE: drive and selecting 'open' will open it up in another window , and thenit shows at the bottom of all my drives list. brAlthough , clicking on 'My Computer' in the left pane of win Explorer, still doesnt show the drive in the right pane.brbrI have also noticed since this reboot that my second DVD drive doesnt show unless i pop a cd in in itbrbrWhy aren't these showing as usual?brbrbr

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10-23-2006, 04:08 AM	#2 (permalink)
anylund Googler Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 61 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I assume that you have checked the cabeling?brbrIf you know a friend that has a SATA-disk, ask if you can test your computer with it. It could be MoBo problem too.br

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