Disk not showing up on My computer or Window Explorer

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A drive which would be see as healthy and active in computer management -
disk management however I just cannot see it in my computer or window
explorer at all.

Any idea ?
 
Smiley said:
A drive which would be see as healthy and active in computer management -
disk management however I just cannot see it in my computer or window
explorer at all.
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Is the drive partitioned and formatted? If not, it needs to be. Other
than that I can't give you any more specific help since you've told us
nothing about the drive and your computer.

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Malke
 
Milke,

Thank you for the reply.

Sorry didn't give enough info.

Yes, it was partitioned. When I right click on the drive in device manager,
I have an option to delete the partion but other then this option, I can't
format it or do anything else. Furthermore, I was given this drive together
with others and told to find out what were on them.
 
Smiley said:
Milke,

Thank you for the reply.

Sorry didn't give enough info.

Yes, it was partitioned. When I right click on the drive in device manager,
I have an option to delete the partion but other then this option, I can't
format it or do anything else. Furthermore, I was given this drive together
with others and told to find out what were on them.
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Boot the system with the drive attached using a rescue CD like Knoppix
(Linux) or a Bart's PE. If the files can't be seen from the rescue CD,
the partition on the drive is corrupted and/or the drive is physically
bad. You can test the drive with a diagnostic utility downloaded from
the drive mftr.'s website. You will create a bootable CD with the file
you download. You will need third-party burning software to do this such
as Roxio, Nero, or the free CDBurnerXP Pro.

http://www.cdburnerxp.se/

Boot with the CD you made and do a thorough test of the drive. If it
fails any physical tests, replace it.

Malke
 
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