Disc Drive Has Disappeared!

fandango149 · 04-05-2008, 12:51 AM

My disc drive has virtually disappeared. The D Drive doesn't even show up under My Computer. It still opens,it does show up under DXDIAG. It won' even recognize virtually drives through Daemon Tools.

I think this happened when I changed the boot order in the BIOS. I tried loading default settings and cleared the CMOS but bubkiss.

How can this be fixed?

g25racer · 04-05-2008, 02:00 AM

Try unplugging the sata cable's from the drives and plug them back in. Bad connection maybe. What about a system restore? Wow, I did not know other people besides me say bubkiss!! LOL

fandango149 · 04-05-2008, 05:38 AM

I'll try that thanks.

But how would a bad connection make even virtual disc drives disappear? I've never heard of such a thing.

Daniels2386 · 04-09-2008, 10:06 PM

Ive had it happen...I reformatted and they came back....IDK how or why

dznutz · 04-09-2008, 10:52 PM

try to mount something in daemon.
and if that fails set up multiple drives in daemon

04-05-2008, 12:51 AM	#1 (permalink)
fandango149 New Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 7	Disc Drive Has Disappeared! My disc drive has virtually disappeared. The D Drive doesn't even show up under My Computer. It still opens,it does show up under DXDIAG. It won' even recognize virtually drives through Daemon Tools. I think this happened when I changed the boot order in the BIOS. I tried loading default settings and cleared the CMOS but bubkiss. How can this be fixed?

04-05-2008, 02:00 AM	#2 (permalink)
g25racer Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 3,583	Try unplugging the sata cable's from the drives and plug them back in. Bad connection maybe. What about a system restore? Wow, I did not know other people besides me say bubkiss!! LOL __________________ CPU - AMD Athlon 64x2 5200+ @ 2.6ghz Ram - 2GB Stock clock HD - 320gb seagate & Samsung 750gb 32mb cache GPU - XFX 8600GT XXX Zalman @ 680 or 700mhz PSU - Ultra X-finity 600watt OS - Vista Home Premium(32) & XP Pro and Vista Audio - JVC 460watts Control - Logitech G25 Wheel & Logitech Rumblepad 2 Games - GTR2 and LFS -- Race Sim's for Life --

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dznutz Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: california Age: 28 Posts: 539	try to mount something in daemon. and if that fails set up multiple drives in daemon __________________ ANTEC 900 COOLERMASTER EXTREME 500w MSI NEO-F p35 INTEL E4500 EVGA geforce 7300gs 2gb CORSAIR XMS2 SAMSUNG SH-203N SATA SEAGATE BARRACUDA 1Tb SATA AIRLINK 101 300n pci XP PRO 32 bit, VISTA ULTIMATE 64 bit

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04-05-2008, 05:38 AM	#3 (permalink)
fandango149 New Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 7	I'll try that thanks. But how would a bad connection make even virtual disc drives disappear? I've never heard of such a thing.

04-09-2008, 10:06 PM	#4 (permalink)
Daniels2386 Bronze Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 55	Ive had it happen...I reformatted and they came back....IDK how or why