Second Hard Drive "disappears"

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Dogberry

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I have 2 hard drives installed on my computer. A starange thing happens regularly: Vista seems to lose the secondary drive after a while if I haven't been using the computer. It does not appear in explorer and can't be accessed.

It returns on rebooting.

Any help would be appreciated.
 

My Computer

System One

Are the power option set to turn the disk off after a certain period of time?

In:
Control Panel ---> Power Options
Click Adv. Power Settings
Expand hard Disk and see what it is set to.

Try changing it to Turn Off hard Disk: Never
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    Intel Q9650 Quad @ 3.6
    Motherboard
    DFI DK X48
    Memory
    4x2Gb Gskill PC8500
    Graphics Card(s)
    Sapphire HD4890 1GB
    Sound Card
    X-FI Xtreme Gamer
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG W2453V
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    Intel x25-V 40GB (OS Drive)
    OCZ Vertex 30GB SSD

    Spinning Drives: WD 640Blue 7 WD 1TB Black
    PSU
    Corsair 650TX
    Case
    Antec900
    Cooling
    Xigmatech HDT 1283
    Keyboard
    Saitek Cyborg
    Other Info
    NIS 2010
They are set to High performance with switch the display off - never
and put the computer to sleep - never.

The computer also tells me the drivers are up to date.

I don't know if this is a problem, but my main drive that I boot from is called D: whereas the secondary drive is C:

I can read everything on the secondary drive until it goes. Programs won't boot from it once it's gone either.

I have an external drive (USB) that I use regularly and there is no trouble there.
 

My Computer

System One

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