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Vista - Missing drives (harddrive, cdrom and maaped network drives)

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Old 02-26-2008   #1 (permalink)
Martin Rhodin


 
 

Missing drives (harddrive, cdrom and maaped network drives)

Hi

I installed vista now that the service pack came on msdn. The system it self
runs ok, but one day i start my laptop and i just setup a home server and
mapped a network drive. I wanted to access that drive and went to the
"Computer" icon on my desktop. Now heres the fun part: No harddrive or cdrom
drive or mapped network drive. I can only see the "Other" bar that contain
my messenger shared folder icon and a internet backup drive icon. I have
absolute now idea why this happened. I didnt install any hardware or
software ass i recall and i have spent hours googling and look at settings
in Vista and are beginning to pull my hair out. If a reboot in safemode the
harddrive and cdrom drive is there. And i guess if a create a new profile i
guess its there, so its my user that needs a fix. I am lasy and having a
domain user, so i dont want to backup, delete and create new profile and
restore. Please advice.

Thanks

Martin.


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Old 02-26-2008   #2 (permalink)
Martin Rhodin


 
 

Re: Missing drives (harddrive, cdrom and maaped network drives)

And i can access theese drives by manually typing C: in a explorer window or
run or what ever just not through "Computer" icon on desktop...

/Martin

"Martin Rhodin" <mnr@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> Hi
>
> I installed vista now that the service pack came on msdn. The system it
> self runs ok, but one day i start my laptop and i just setup a home server
> and mapped a network drive. I wanted to access that drive and went to the
> "Computer" icon on my desktop. Now heres the fun part: No harddrive or
> cdrom drive or mapped network drive. I can only see the "Other" bar that
> contain my messenger shared folder icon and a internet backup drive icon.
> I have absolute now idea why this happened. I didnt install any hardware
> or software ass i recall and i have spent hours googling and look at
> settings in Vista and are beginning to pull my hair out. If a reboot in
> safemode the harddrive and cdrom drive is there. And i guess if a create a
> new profile i guess its there, so its my user that needs a fix. I am lasy
> and having a domain user, so i dont want to backup, delete and create new
> profile and restore. Please advice.
>
> Thanks
>
> Martin.
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