Second Harddrive Not Found

g4m3rof1337 · 08-16-2008, 01:25 AM

My laptop has two harddrives in it, and when I first got the laptop, I think both drives were visible from the My Computer page, now I only see one drive. The laptop had trouble starting up, it was scanning for something and mentioning an error, so I restarted, and booted up normally. But when I went into the Device Manager, I didn't see a Yellow Marker, but it showed me two harddrives.

Should I use my restore disk?

Thanks.

PC eye · 08-16-2008, 01:31 AM

No recovery disk required. That's a typical problem where a drive will disappear in the MyComputer or Windows Explorer where you simply right click on the effected drive while in the DM and choose the uninstall option.

Upon restarting the system Windows will prompt with a new hardware found message after a fresh detection of the drive. You should see that reappear as a logical drive once Windows automatically reinstalls it's own drivers.

08-16-2008, 01:25 AM	#1 (permalink)
g4m3rof1337 Diamond Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Illinois Age: 100 Posts: 8,358	Second Harddrive Not Found My laptop has two harddrives in it, and when I first got the laptop, I think both drives were visible from the My Computer page, now I only see one drive. The laptop had trouble starting up, it was scanning for something and mentioning an error, so I restarted, and booted up normally. But when I went into the Device Manager, I didn't see a Yellow Marker, but it showed me two harddrives. Should I use my restore disk? Thanks. __________________ Desktop/Laptop nForce 750i SLI FTW E8400 @ 4.05GHz Water Cooled/ T8100 @ 2.10GHz Two XFX 512MB 8800GTs with Accelero S1's / Two 512MB 8600GTs RaidMax 700Watt OCZ 4GB/ 2GB WD 500GB,200GB,80GB/ 320GB Sceptre 20.1'' or 32'' Sharp Aquos HD LCD/ 17'' Widescreen G15, MX518, N52TE/ 4 Harmon/Kardon Speakers w/ Sub. Here We Go Again - Mod My Xbox 360 II

08-16-2008, 01:31 AM	#2 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 20,278	No recovery disk required. That's a typical problem where a drive will disappear in the MyComputer or Windows Explorer where you simply right click on the effected drive while in the DM and choose the uninstall option. Upon restarting the system Windows will prompt with a new hardware found message after a fresh detection of the drive. You should see that reappear as a logical drive once Windows automatically reinstalls it's own drivers. __________________ Turning the Tongue into a Device Controller http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Sma...ory?id=5647175 Is EBay going out of the Auction Business? http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5626840&page=1

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