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Old 12-30-2008   #1 (permalink)
Jason


 
 

Vista x64 Ultimate SATA HDD gone missing

Hello,

I have just recently installed a new copy of Vista x64 Ultimate on my
computer. Everything was going fine and all of my HDD (3 of them) were
visible and working. I used the Intel matrix storage manager to create a
RAID 0 setup of 2 of my 3 drives. Once that was complete I lost visibility
of my 3rd drive that I was using for backups. The BIOS and device manager
see the RAID Drive and the Storage drive but for some reason I am unable to
see or use the 3rd drive that was going to be used for my backups. I am at a
loss and can’t seem to come up with any fixes.

Thanks,

Jason


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Old 12-30-2008   #2 (permalink)
Paul Smith


 
 

Re: Vista x64 Ultimate SATA HDD gone missing

Check in Computer Manager (just type it on the Start menu), and then look
for Disk Manager. See if its listed under there, if it is, it sounds like
it just lost its drive letter (which would explain why it wouldn't be listed
in Computer). You can right click on the partition from the list on the
Disk Manager, and select 'Assign drive letter' (or something similar).

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience.
http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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"Jason" <Jason@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> Hello,
>
> I have just recently installed a new copy of Vista x64 Ultimate on my
> computer. Everything was going fine and all of my HDD (3 of them) were
> visible and working. I used the Intel matrix storage manager to create a
> RAID 0 setup of 2 of my 3 drives. Once that was complete I lost
> visibility
> of my 3rd drive that I was using for backups. The BIOS and device manager
> see the RAID Drive and the Storage drive but for some reason I am unable
> to
> see or use the 3rd drive that was going to be used for my backups. I am
> at a
> loss and can’t seem to come up with any fixes.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jason
>
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 12-31-2008   #3 (permalink)
Jason


 
 

Re: Vista x64 Ultimate SATA HDD gone missing

Thanks Paul, you were right on with that. Problem solved.

"Paul Smith" wrote:
Quote:

> Check in Computer Manager (just type it on the Start menu), and then look
> for Disk Manager. See if its listed under there, if it is, it sounds like
> it just lost its drive letter (which would explain why it wouldn't be listed
> in Computer). You can right click on the partition from the list on the
> Disk Manager, and select 'Assign drive letter' (or something similar).
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience.
> http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
> http://www.windowsresource.net/
>
> *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*
>
>
> "Jason" <Jason@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:E5DA1A3B-E04C-4E9F-A6E3-AC587BF3DD41@xxxxxx
Quote:

> > Hello,
> >
> > I have just recently installed a new copy of Vista x64 Ultimate on my
> > computer. Everything was going fine and all of my HDD (3 of them) were
> > visible and working. I used the Intel matrix storage manager to create a
> > RAID 0 setup of 2 of my 3 drives. Once that was complete I lost
> > visibility
> > of my 3rd drive that I was using for backups. The BIOS and device manager
> > see the RAID Drive and the Storage drive but for some reason I am unable
> > to
> > see or use the 3rd drive that was going to be used for my backups. I am
> > at a
> > loss and can’t seem to come up with any fixes.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jason
> >
>
>
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