Welcome to Vista Banter. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions, articles and access our other FREE features. By joining our free community you will have access to ask questions and reply to others posts, upload your own photos and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today! If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact contact support. |
|
Hardware and Windows Vista Hardware issues in relation to Windows Vista. (microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices) |
|
LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
|||
MISSING SATA HARD DRIVE
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. |
|
|||
MISSING SATA HARD DRIVE
SATA drives are not master and slave. They each are on separate
controllers. "Vista_is_the_new_ME" wrote in message ... 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. |
|
|||
MISSING SATA HARD DRIVE
you're splitting hairs....your response didn't fix the problem.
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote: SATA drives are not master and slave. They each are on separate controllers. "Vista_is_the_new_ME" wrote in message ... 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. |
|
|||
MISSING SATA HARD DRIVE
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" wrote in message ... you're splitting hairs....your response didn't fix the problem. "Colin Barnhorst" wrote: SATA drives are not master and slave. They each are on separate controllers. "Vista_is_the_new_ME" wrote in message ... 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. |
|
|||
MISSING SATA HARD DRIVE
I have a similar problem. Perhaps we can help each other. I have a Dell
with an Intel processor running XP. I recently bought a new Acer with an AMD dual-core processor with Vista on it. I installed the old hard drive from the Dell into an empty bay in the Acer. My new computer doesn't even show the old hard drive under My Computer, even though it's connected properly and Device Manager and CMOS say it's there. Any suggestions? I want the old HD as is in the new computer--not to have to transfer all the files over and waste space. |
|
|||
MISSING SATA HARD DRIVE
Details: The computer is a desktop. The "slave" is an internal drive. I was
using the computer for a week and everything was functional. If you search this forum, a lot of endusers are experiencing the same issue. I was thinking of what changes occurred prior to to going missing. Windows autoupdated....so, with that in mind, I did a system restore back to a point prior to the updates. Bingo, the drive reappears. So, it's seams that something in one of the patches/updates is the issue. I don't have the time to do a tiral and error to isolate exactly what udate is causing the issue. Aren't there any microsoft moderators in this forum to help trouble shoot theses issues?...or report them to the quality team? Thanks. "Colin Barnhorst" wrote: 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" wrote in message ... you're splitting hairs....your response didn't fix the problem. "Colin Barnhorst" wrote: SATA drives are not master and slave. They each are on separate controllers. "Vista_is_the_new_ME" wrote in message ... 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. |
|
|||
MISSING SATA HARD DRIVE
No. The public newsgroups are not moderated by MS. The managed newsgroups
on the privatenews servers are moderated. "Vista_is_the_new_ME" wrote in message ... Details: The computer is a desktop. The "slave" is an internal drive. I was using the computer for a week and everything was functional. If you search this forum, a lot of endusers are experiencing the same issue. I was thinking of what changes occurred prior to to going missing. Windows autoupdated....so, with that in mind, I did a system restore back to a point prior to the updates. Bingo, the drive reappears. So, it's seams that something in one of the patches/updates is the issue. I don't have the time to do a tiral and error to isolate exactly what udate is causing the issue. Aren't there any microsoft moderators in this forum to help trouble shoot theses issues?...or report them to the quality team? Thanks. "Colin Barnhorst" wrote: 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" wrote in message ... you're splitting hairs....your response didn't fix the problem. "Colin Barnhorst" wrote: SATA drives are not master and slave. They each are on separate controllers. "Vista_is_the_new_ME" wrote in message ... 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. |
|
|||
MISSING SATA HARD DRIVE
I am having similar issues as above, but with a removeable hard drive (USB).
In disk management, it is not there. The disk is recognized in XP computers but not in either of my Vista computers. Why? What can I do to solve it? "JaegerNZ" wrote: Right click my computer Storage Disk Management Check that they are in there. -- JaegerNZ |
|
|||
MISSING SATA HARD DRIVE
I'd like to join in too. My second SATA drive disappears from time to time.
It seems to be when it is being heavily used. I have to power off and up then Vista sees it. This time, I donwloaded the Data Lifeguard rom WDC and ran the Write Zeros test. No problem there. But, Vista wanted to format the drive afterwards. OK, but in the middle of the format, the drive disappears. After powering down and up, Vista does not see the drive but the Data Lifeguard program does. In my searches, this seems to be a consistent problem in Vista and so far, no resolution exists, at least that I have found. "Vista_is_the_new_ME" wrote: 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. |