Hi Bob I,
Installed TweakUI. There are no unhidden drives.

Oliver

"Bob I" wrote:

> Use TweakUI to UNhide "G"
>
> oliver wrote:
>
> > I tried the lavalys.com program.
> > Here's the report. It sees the G: external hard drive. But Windows XP "My
> > computer" still doesn't.
> > Thanks,
> > Oliver
> > --------[ EVEREST Home Edition (c) 2003-2005 Lavalys, Inc.
> > ]------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Version EVEREST v2.20.405
> > Homepage http://www.lavalys.com/
> > Report Type Report Wizard
> > Computer S0026157848 (desktop
> > computer)
> > Generator Owner
> > Operating System Microsoft Windows XP
> > Home Edition 5.1.2600 (WinXP Retail)
> > Date 2005-11-17
> > Time 17:53
> >
> >
> > --------[ Summary
> > ]-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Computer:
> > Operating System Microsoft Windows XP
> > Home Edition
> > OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
> > DirectX 4.09.00.0904
> > (DirectX 9.0c)
> > Computer Name S0026157848 (desktop
> > computer)
> > User Name Owner
> >
> > Motherboard:
> > CPU Type Intel Pentium 4,
> > 2000 MHz (20 x 100)
> > Motherboard Name Intel Maryville
> > D850MV (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 4 RIMM, Audio)
> > Motherboard Chipset Intel Tehama i850
> > System Memory 256 MB (PC800 RDRAM)
> > BIOS Type AMI (01/07/02)
> > Communication Port Communications Port
> > (COM1)
> > Communication Port ECP Printer Port
> > (LPT1)
> > Partitions:
> > C: (NTFS) 38162 MB (18082 MB
> > free)
> > F: (FAT32) 16104 MB (6661 MB
> > free)
> > G: (NTFS) 286157 MB (285268 MB
> > free)
> > Total Size 332.4 GB (302.7 GB
> > free)
> >
> >
> >
> > "Jaymon" wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Oliver,
> >>Did you format the drive from Disk Management originally..?
> >>Have you checked for any updated USB drivers for your computer from the
> >>OEM's web site..?
> >>A nice diagnostic tool, might help.. It's free..
> >>http://www.lavalys.com/products/down...?pid=1&lang=en
> >>j;-j
> >>
> >>"oliver" wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>I have Windows XP SP2 installed on my computer. I tried to connect a Seagate
> >>>300GB external hard drive using a USB connector. The hard drive is NOT
> >>>listed on "My computer." It is listed correctly on the "device manager" and
> >>>is "working properly." Using "disk management", it is listed as a 280+GB
> >>>"healthy" NTFS drive without an assigned drive letter. When I assign a drive
> >>>letter, I am able to open the drive using "disk management" and access its
> >>>contents (read/write), but the drive remains unlisted on "My computer." The
> >>>drive is properly listed on "My computer" when I connect it to my laptop
> >>>computer. Seagate customer support couldn't fix the problem and suggested it
> >>>was a Microsoft Windows registry issue. I tried to cleaning out the registry
> >>>without any success. Any thoughts? Thanks.
>
>