I am having the same problem. I have a second SATA HDD (D
that I use for
storage and backup. When the computer wakes up from Sleep mode it is gone.
I go to system tools, and it is gone, device manager gone. The only way I
get it back is to re-boot. The bios finds it just fine, then I am ok. But I
can't put my computer to sleep or it will not be there when it wakes up.
"husky86" wrote:
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> I'm running a desktop system with Windows Vista Ultimate. I have encountered
> a problem that I know is being experienced by other Vista users; I'm hoping
> there is a workaround.
>
> I have an internal 1 TB Hitachi hard drive (not the C drive). This desktop
> system is only about six months old, and ever since I first acquired it I
> found that this internal hard drive would go missing after putting Vista into
> Sleep or Hibernation mode. Restarting the system would always enable Vista
> to recognize the internal 1 TB hard drive again.
>
> However, about two weeks ago this temporary fix wasn't working anymore --
> restarting Vista didn't enable the 1 TB internal drive to be recognized.
> It's been missing ever since.
>
> And yet this drive is working properly according to Device Manager
> (Including having the latest driver).
>
> Doing a Google search has produced a few other threads on the web where
> Vista users are also experiencing missing hard drives. Supposedly this
> situation is to be directly addressed by Microsoft with the release of
> Service Pack 1. Unfortunately, I need access to my internal hard drive now,
> not weeks from now when Service Pack 1 is finally released.
>
> Does anyone know of a workaround? Any solution whatsoever... outside of
> reinstalling Vista?
>
> Thanks!