help with hard drive

ritchierich · 09-11-2008, 01:56 PM

hi all
i need help getting my 80 gig hd back

i have two on this computer but since i reinstalled windows it does not appear and have forgotten how to get it back

please help

cheers ritchie

PC eye · 09-11-2008, 10:51 PM

Were both plugged in when Windows was reinstalled? Or did you have one unplugged at the time?

The problem is a basic loss of logical drive information and ending up with Windows simply not fully installing the second drive. Go into the device manager and look in the "disk drives" section and right click on the missing drive there. Simply click on the uninstall option and restart the system in order to have Windows redetect and install the drive.

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ritchierich Bronze Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 25	help with hard drive hi all i need help getting my 80 gig hd back i have two on this computer but since i reinstalled windows it does not appear and have forgotten how to get it back please help cheers ritchie

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09-11-2008, 10:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
PC eye banned Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 21,091	Were both plugged in when Windows was reinstalled? Or did you have one unplugged at the time? The problem is a basic loss of logical drive information and ending up with Windows simply not fully installing the second drive. Go into the device manager and look in the "disk drives" section and right click on the missing drive there. Simply click on the uninstall option and restart the system in order to have Windows redetect and install the drive.