Second drive suddenly not recognised by XP Pro

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I have 2 hard drives.

The Primary , a Seagate PATA 60Gbte which is partitioned into C,D,E
and F partitions and which has XP Pro-SP2 on the C: partition.

The second hard drive is an 120Gbte SATA drive partitioned into
H,I,J,K and L used for data mainly.

After some difficulty initially getting the m/b , an ASUS K8V SE, to
"see" the SATA drive when I first installed it some 6 months ago , it
has been working without any problems until today when , suddenly ,
with no warning messages , it is not showing anywhere on the PC.

There are no error messages in Device Manager but also no references
to the drive either where previously it was shown , for some reason I
never understood , as a"Maxtor 6V200EO SCSI Drive"

As far as I can remember the last time I noticed its presence was just
before I attempted to access the BIOS page for an unrelated reason ,
got into Safe Mode in error ( by pressing DELETE) and then got into
the BIOS by pressing F8 where i then noticed that there was no
indication of this drive.

After re-booting , it was still unrecognised.

Can anyone suggest a reason for this ?

I made no changes to the BIOS and all I did in Safe Mode was attempt
to delete a corrupt Folder in an external drive ( unsuccessfuly)

The drive came with a CD called "MaxBLAST 4" Installation Software.

I was also trying out a new Application called "Driver Genius
Professional which , when run , backs up all the drivers on your hard
drive where they are available to re-install if necessary ,

I'm not certain whether I ran this software before or after the second
SATA drive "disappeared" or , indeed , whetherthis is a significant
factor or not.

Any suggestions as to a solution would be appreciated.

B.N.
 
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I have 2 hard drives.
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The Primary , a Seagate PATA 60Gbte which is partitioned into C,D,E
and F partitions and which has XP Pro-SP2 on the C: partition.
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The second hard drive is an 120Gbte SATA drive partitioned into
H,I,J,K and L used for data mainly.
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After some difficulty initially getting the m/b , an ASUS K8V SE, to
"see" the SATA drive when I first installed it some 6 months ago , it
has been working without any problems until today when , suddenly ,
with no warning messages , it is not showing anywhere on the PC.
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There are no error messages in Device Manager but also no references
to the drive either where previously it was shown , for some reason I
never understood , as a"Maxtor 6V200EO SCSI Drive"
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Thats normal with a drive thats on a controller with its own bios.

Just careless terminology basically.
As far as I can remember the last time I noticed its presence was
just before I attempted to access the BIOS page for an unrelated
reason, got into Safe Mode in error ( by pressing DELETE)
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You sure, that shouldnt get you into safe mode.
and then got into the BIOS by pressing F8
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Ditto, that shouldnt get you into the bios either.
where i then noticed that there was no indication of this drive.
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After re-booting , it was still unrecognised.
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Can anyone suggest a reason for this ?
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I made no changes to the BIOS and all I did in Safe Mode was attempt
to delete a corrupt Folder in an external drive ( unsuccessfuly)
Click to expand...
The drive came with a CD called "MaxBLAST 4" Installation Software.
Click to expand...
I was also trying out a new Application called "Driver Genius
Professional which , when run , backs up all the drivers on your
hard drive where they are available to re-install if necessary ,
Click to expand...
I'm not certain whether I ran this software before or after the second SATA
drive "disappeared" or , indeed , whetherthis is a significant factor or not.
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Likely it is.
Any suggestions as to a solution would be appreciated.
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I'd image the system and try a system restore.
 
Thanks for the reply.

However , I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that I found the cause of all
this . !!

I had a look inside the PC and re-inserted the drive cables to the
drive concerned and this brought it back again !

I presume these connections must have become loosened .

B.N.
 
He did the equivalent, exposed himself to frog snipers.
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Indeed he did - but , at least he was leading from the front . More
than can be said for today's Commanders - hiding as they are behind
their remotely fired weapons !

Those were the days when Leaders were Leaders !
 
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Indeed he did - but , at least he was leading from the front .
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Until the bullet got him, anyway.
More than can be said for today's Commanders -
hiding as they are behind their remotely fired weapons !
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Those were the days when Leaders were Leaders !
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Not all of them were quite that silly, strutting around with all his decorations flaunted tho.
 
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