Lost my second hard drive

[Guest]

I have 2 internal hard drives, D & D. Suddenly the D drive does not appear
under My Computer on in Explorer. Any ideas how to get it back into the
system?
Win XP 2E
Thanks & Happy 4th.
Jim Hiv

 

[DL]

And What does Disk Management say?
See win help

 

[Brian A.]

Typo?

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[Harry Ohrn MS MVP]

Is the drive being detected in the BIOS? If not the drive could be damaged
or possibly the drive has become disconnected physically. I've had that
happen. If the drive is not being listed in the BIOS shut down the computer,
open the case and ensure the cables tot eh drive are snugly seated. Then
reboot. If the drive is still not being detected it could be damaged.

 

[Guest]

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mackdaddy1538

Is the drive being detected in the BIOS? If not the drive could be damaged
or possibly the drive has become disconnected physically. I've had that
happen. If the drive is not being listed in the BIOS shut down the computer,
open the case and ensure the cables tot eh drive are snugly seated. Then
reboot. If the drive is still not being detected it could be damaged.

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Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]

I have 2 internal hard drives, D & D. Suddenly the D drive does not
appear
under My Computer on in Explorer. Any ideas how to get it back into the
system?
Win XP 2E
Thanks & Happy 4th.
Jim Hiv

I have a 30gig drive and in disk management it shows that the drive is emptya nd asks if i want to format it. is my data lost???? where did it go??? help please all my media files are on that drive

 

[BruceM]

mmm, lost the MBR I guess?
Bet it's NTFS too, huh?
There is a fix for that to rebuild the MBR.
I reckon I saw it on Gibson's site. Fix for the CIR is here.
I'm not an expert & encourage you to read & make up your own mind.
http://www.grc.com/fix-cih.htm
Might just be a loose cable?

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mackdaddy1538

Is the drive being detected in the BIOS? If not the drive could be
damaged
or possibly the drive has become disconnected physically. I've had that
happen. If the drive is not being listed in the BIOS shut down the
computer,
open the case and ensure the cables tot eh drive are snugly seated. Then
reboot. If the drive is still not being detected it could be damaged.

--


Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]

I have 2 internal hard drives, D & D. Suddenly the D drive does not
appear
under My Computer on in Explorer. Any ideas how to get it back into
the
system?
Win XP 2E
Thanks & Happy 4th.
Jim Hiv

I have a 30gig drive and in disk management it shows that the drive is
emptya nd asks if i want to format it. is my data lost???? where did it
go??? help please all my media files are on that drive

 

[Guest]

The drive is showing up but is asking to be formatted. I know if i format it
i will lose all the data. when i look at the computer in explorer or disk
management it does not show the type of format for that drive it was ntfs
before problem. does this help you help me?
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mackdaddy1538

mmm, lost the MBR I guess?
Bet it's NTFS too, huh?
There is a fix for that to rebuild the MBR.
I reckon I saw it on Gibson's site. Fix for the CIR is here.
I'm not an expert & encourage you to read & make up your own mind.
http://www.grc.com/fix-cih.htm
Might just be a loose cable?

--
mackdaddy1538

Is the drive being detected in the BIOS? If not the drive could be
damaged
or possibly the drive has become disconnected physically. I've had that
happen. If the drive is not being listed in the BIOS shut down the
computer,
open the case and ensure the cables tot eh drive are snugly seated. Then
reboot. If the drive is still not being detected it could be damaged.

--


Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]


I have 2 internal hard drives, D & D. Suddenly the D drive does not
appear
under My Computer on in Explorer. Any ideas how to get it back into
the
system?
Win XP 2E
Thanks & Happy 4th.
Jim Hiv

I have a 30gig drive and in disk management it shows that the drive is
emptya nd asks if i want to format it. is my data lost???? where did it
go??? help please all my media files are on that drive

 

[BruceM]

I'd really like to help but I just can't take that responsability. lol
I've just had a computer do a similar thing on me & suspect some new "bug"
that hasn't been publicised yet.
In my particular case, I eventually detirmined that somehow the bios chip
got "wiped out". I couldn't even boot a floppy. It didn't even show the bios
screen at all.
I hot flashed the chip in another computer & everything was back to normal.
Do you have access to another comp to mount that HD as a slave & see if all
the files & folders are intact?
Still looking like a corrupt MBR at this stage.

The drive is showing up but is asking to be formatted. I know if i format
it
i will lose all the data. when i look at the computer in explorer or disk
management it does not show the type of format for that drive it was ntfs
before problem. does this help you help me?
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mackdaddy1538

mmm, lost the MBR I guess?
Bet it's NTFS too, huh?
There is a fix for that to rebuild the MBR.
I reckon I saw it on Gibson's site. Fix for the CIR is here.
I'm not an expert & encourage you to read & make up your own mind.
http://www.grc.com/fix-cih.htm
Might just be a loose cable?




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mackdaddy1538


:

Is the drive being detected in the BIOS? If not the drive could be
damaged
or possibly the drive has become disconnected physically. I've had
that
happen. If the drive is not being listed in the BIOS shut down the
computer,
open the case and ensure the cables tot eh drive are snugly seated.
Then
reboot. If the drive is still not being detected it could be damaged.

--


Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]


I have 2 internal hard drives, D & D. Suddenly the D drive does not
appear
under My Computer on in Explorer. Any ideas how to get it back
into
the
system?
Win XP 2E
Thanks & Happy 4th.
Jim Hiv

I have a 30gig drive and in disk management it shows that the drive is
emptya nd asks if i want to format it. is my data lost???? where did
it
go??? help please all my media files are on that drive

 

[ram]

How do I use fix-chi.exe . Please help.

ram

mmm, lost the MBR I guess?
Bet it's NTFS too, huh?
There is a fix for that to rebuild the MBR.
I reckon I saw it on Gibson's site. Fix for the CIR is here.
I'm not an expert & encourage you to read & make up your own mind.
http://www.grc.com/fix-cih.htm
Might just be a loose cable?

--
mackdaddy1538

Is the drive being detected in the BIOS? If not the drive could be
damaged
or possibly the drive has become disconnected physically. I've had that
happen. If the drive is not being listed in the BIOS shut down the
computer,
open the case and ensure the cables tot eh drive are snugly seated. Then
reboot. If the drive is still not being detected it could be damaged.

--


Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]


I have 2 internal hard drives, D & D. Suddenly the D drive does not
appear
under My Computer on in Explorer. Any ideas how to get it back into
the
system?
Win XP 2E
Thanks & Happy 4th.
Jim Hiv

I have a 30gig drive and in disk management it shows that the drive is
emptya nd asks if i want to format it. is my data lost???? where did it
go??? help please all my media files are on that drive

 

[BruceM]

Sorry I can't help. Ask in Steve Gibsons forum?
I think he has his own news server too.

How do I use fix-chi.exe . Please help.

ram

mmm, lost the MBR I guess?
Bet it's NTFS too, huh?
There is a fix for that to rebuild the MBR.
I reckon I saw it on Gibson's site. Fix for the CIR is here.
I'm not an expert & encourage you to read & make up your own mind.
http://www.grc.com/fix-cih.htm
Might just be a loose cable?




message

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mackdaddy1538


:

Is the drive being detected in the BIOS? If not the drive could be
damaged
or possibly the drive has become disconnected physically. I've had
that
happen. If the drive is not being listed in the BIOS shut down the
computer,
open the case and ensure the cables tot eh drive are snugly seated. Then
reboot. If the drive is still not being detected it could be damaged.

--


Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]


I have 2 internal hard drives, D & D. Suddenly the D drive does not
appear
under My Computer on in Explorer. Any ideas how to get it back
into
the
system?
Win XP 2E
Thanks & Happy 4th.
Jim Hiv

I have a 30gig drive and in disk management it shows that the drive is
emptya nd asks if i want to format it. is my data lost???? where did
it
go??? help please all my media files are on that drive

 

[BruceM]

http://www.grc.com/discussions.htm

How do I use fix-chi.exe . Please help.

ram

mmm, lost the MBR I guess?
Bet it's NTFS too, huh?
There is a fix for that to rebuild the MBR.
I reckon I saw it on Gibson's site. Fix for the CIR is here.
I'm not an expert & encourage you to read & make up your own mind.
http://www.grc.com/fix-cih.htm
Might just be a loose cable?




message

--
mackdaddy1538


:

Is the drive being detected in the BIOS? If not the drive could be
damaged
or possibly the drive has become disconnected physically. I've had
that
happen. If the drive is not being listed in the BIOS shut down the
computer,
open the case and ensure the cables tot eh drive are snugly seated. Then
reboot. If the drive is still not being detected it could be damaged.

--


Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]


I have 2 internal hard drives, D & D. Suddenly the D drive does not
appear
under My Computer on in Explorer. Any ideas how to get it back
into
the
system?
Win XP 2E
Thanks & Happy 4th.
Jim Hiv

I have a 30gig drive and in disk management it shows that the drive is
emptya nd asks if i want to format it. is my data lost???? where did
it
go??? help please all my media files are on that drive