Is this a laptop or desktop? Is this "slave" drive internal or external?
What were you doing when it "disappeared"? Disappeared from where? How
about some details to work with.
"Vista_is_the_new_ME" <VistaisthenewME@xxxxxx> wrote in
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> you're splitting hairs....your response didn't fix the problem.
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> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
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>> SATA drives are not master and slave. They each are on separate
>> controllers.
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>> "Vista_is_the_new_ME" <Vista_is_the_new_ME@xxxxxx>
>> wrote
>> in message news:8B681C29-D085-4171-AF89-CC7815C31659@xxxxxx Quote:
>> >I have a new pc w/ vista, 2 sata hard drives. Everything was fine, then
>> >a
>> > week later the slave drive disappeared. The BIOS recognizes the drive,
>> > but
>> > Vista doesn't. I've seen enough threads on here w/ no resolution.
>> > System
>> > restore is not an answer.
>> >
>> > Microsoft - Fix the problem.
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