Where did my D: drive go??? [Archive]

Skiz

01-27-2006, 08:46 PM

This is odd... :unsure:

I went to burn a movie and my D: drive was missing. Anyone know why it wouldn't appear? :huh:

http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/572/z4zs.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Virtualbody1234

01-27-2006, 10:03 PM

What is your D: drive? Is it a removable drive?

fkdup74

01-27-2006, 10:39 PM

VB took it. He's just asking questions to avoid suspicion. :P

Nickthestick91

01-28-2006, 12:55 AM

A similar thing happened to me, my D: drive changed to E:. :unsure:

http://i1.tinypic.com/mr2wps.jpg

fkdup74

01-28-2006, 01:15 AM

A similar thing happened to me, my D: drive changed to E:. :unsure:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v504/fkdup74/mr2wps.jpg

maybe because your existing D: drive wanted it's letter back? :unsure:

Nickthestick91

01-28-2006, 01:23 AM

No, the disk that has HALO E: used to be the D: drive, and the DVD Drive D: used to be E:.

Virtualbody1234

01-28-2006, 01:25 AM

VB took it. He's just asking questions to avoid suspicion. :P
Shhh! :shifty:

fkdup74

01-28-2006, 01:29 AM

No, the disk that has HALO E: used to be the D: drive.

you had two D: drives?!? :O

hey VB.....I'll trade ya for a used HP.....

Nickthestick91

01-28-2006, 01:31 AM

^ Check the edit, I forgot to add something. :blushing:

fkdup74

01-28-2006, 01:37 AM

^ Check the edit, I forgot to add something. :blushing:

yeah I saw it, I was just havin some fun at your expense :P
(shit was too serious the last couple of days in the office) :wacko:

I really haven't the slightest clue as to why they would switch
are either of them virtual drives?

-edit- Skizo and Nick, maybe this will help (maybe not, but hey...)
http://www.theeldergeek.com/restore_missing_cd_or_dvd_drive.htm

Nickthestick91

01-28-2006, 01:39 AM

^ Lol, I kinda figured that, but I wasn't sure.

Anyways, I just re-installed Windows last week, but I don't see why that would change them. :\

fkdup74

01-28-2006, 01:49 AM

^ Lol, I kinda figured that, but I wasn't sure.

Anyways, I just re-installed Windows last week, but I don't see why that would change them. :\

did this happen upon reinstalling or did it happen, say, a few days after the installation?

Nickthestick91

01-28-2006, 03:21 AM

^ I don't remember. :(

Virtualbody1234

01-28-2006, 03:23 AM

No, the disk that has HALO E: used to be the D: drive.

you had two D: drives?!? :O

hey VB.....I'll trade ya for a used HP.....
:dry: I have absolutly no need for a used HP. I don't need problems. :lol:

suprafreak6

01-28-2006, 06:12 AM

lol

fkdup74

01-28-2006, 06:23 AM

you had two D: drives?!? :O

hey VB.....I'll trade ya for a used HP.....
:dry: I have absolutly no need for a used HP. I don't need problems. :lol:

oh well, I tried :P

@Nick - I'm guessing it probably did rearrange em during the install
the only time I can remember Windows messing with my drive letters,
other than a total reinstallation of the OS,
was after removing/reinstalling drives and there was a preceeding letter open

example:
I have a C:, D:, and for whatever reason, a G: drive
uninstall the G:, reinstall and it would default to E:

Adster

01-28-2006, 10:21 AM

:dry: I have absolutly no need for a used HP. I don't need problems. :lol:

oh well, I tried :P

@Nick - I'm guessing it probably did rearrange em during the install
the only time I can remember Windows messing with my drive letters,
other than a total reinstallation of the OS,
was after removing/reinstalling drives and there was a preceeding letter open

example:
I have a C:, D:, and for whatever reason, a G: drive
uninstall the G:, reinstall and it would default to E:

I find that hard to beleive when you format every week :P

zaphodiv

01-28-2006, 06:36 PM

tesco

01-29-2006, 12:26 AM

Since his ? mark is under Drives with Removable Storage we can assume it's a cd drive...
Skizo, have you check to see if the drive shows in disk management or device manager?

Nickthestick91

01-29-2006, 12:51 AM

If that's windows vista then you should not be surprised when beta microsoft software behaves in unexpected and undesirable ways.

In XP you can adjust the letters assigned to drives in control panel, administrative tools, computer management, disk management. Nope, it's XP Media Center. Also, are there any risks to changing the drive letter? I don't wanna have to reformat again.

fkdup74

01-29-2006, 05:41 AM

Also, are there any risks to changing the drive letter? I don't wanna have to reformat again.

no risk. at leat not as far as I've experienced with opticals, extra HDDS, etc.
you only screw yourself if there's programs installed that call to that directory
just don't go trying to f00k about with your C: drive and you should be OK

Skiz

01-29-2006, 09:08 PM

Since his ? mark is under Drives with Removable Storage we can assume it's a cd drive...
Skizo, have you check to see if the drive shows in disk management or device manager?

Sorry for not responding to replies earlier, I've been out of town.

Yes, the drive is a disc drive. It's a DVD-RW to be specific. I did check 'Disc Management' but I didn't see it there.

Virtualbody1234

01-30-2006, 01:02 AM

Does it show up in the Device Manager?

Does it show up in the BIOS?

Skiz

01-30-2006, 10:52 PM

Does it show up in the Device Manager?

Does it show up in the BIOS?

It shows up in the 'Device Manager' with a yellow "!". When I click on it, the 'Device Status', it states:

Windows successfully loaded the device driver for this hardware but cannot find the hardware device. (Code 41)

Click Troubleshoot to start the troubleshooter for this device.

:huh:

tesco

01-30-2006, 11:10 PM

Try right click->uninstall.

Also see if it shows up in your BIOS.

Skiz

01-30-2006, 11:32 PM

Try right click->uninstall.

Also see if it shows up in your BIOS.

Can you elaborate on why I would want to uninstall it? So I could try reinstalling it maybe? I don't have any driver discs or anything.

I'll reboot and check BIOS.

EDIT: Yes, it appears in BIOS under IDE: SECONDARY MASTER

fkdup74

01-30-2006, 11:40 PM

you know, this problem seems to be well documented
google is a bitch for some poeple though :P

Virtualbody1234

01-30-2006, 11:42 PM

Uninstall it and reboot.

Windows will detect it when it restarts and it will reinstall it.

Skiz

01-31-2006, 12:44 AM

Uninstall it and reboot.

Windows will detect it when it restarts and it will reinstall it.

Uninstalled.
Rebooted.
Bubble opens that states Windows Found New Hardware. Then bubble opens that states New Hardware Found: NEC DVD-RW. But it still doesn't appear in My Computer and the Device Manager is giving me the same statement/error that I listed above in post #24

EDIT: This sounds similar - http://www.computing.net/windows2000/wwwboard/forum/63399.html Any opinions?

fkdup74

01-31-2006, 01:12 AM

EDIT: This sounds similar - http://www.computing.net/windows2000/wwwboard/forum/63399.html Any opinions?

sounds way similar if you ask me

-edit- Skizo and Nick, maybe this will help (maybe not, but hey...)
http://www.theeldergeek.com/restore_missing_cd_or_dvd_drive.htm

way back on page 1 of this thread that was
if you had looked at that at all,
you would have seen that there is a link...
to a different page with the same fix
hell I probably saw about half a dozen pages with that info,
on the first page of google hits even