jman wrote:

> I fixed it!!! After 2 grueling days of pulling my hair out and searching
> the web, I found the answer on the Microsoft site, in the knowledge base.
> This might help some else with the same problem. I had installed Norton
> System Works including GoBack when I installed my new D drive. After reading
> Microsoft Knowledge Base article 330140 titled Hard disk does not appear in
> My Computer or in Windows Explorer, I found my answer. All I had to do was
> reinstall GoBack and my disk appeared! In the article, they call it Roxio
> GoBack. It's now Norton GoBack. Hope this helps someone in the future.
> jeff
>
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> "jman" wrote:
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>>I have a Sony desktop, Pentium D, with WindowsXP mce. The hard drives are
>>both SATA. I added a new maxtor hd as drive d last month. I put all my
>>programs on the C drive and all my data and other stuff on my D drive. I did
>>a complete system restore the end of December and everything was ok.
>>Unfortunatly, I had to do another complete system restore yesterday. I backed
>>up all my info onto drive D. Now, the computer doesn't recognize drive D. The
>>maxtor shows up in the BIOS and in the device manager. Also, it shows up in
>>the Disk Management, but doesn't have a drive letter assigned to it. If I
>>right click on it, the only options I get are "delete partition". I don't
>>want to format this disk since all my info is on it. I know the info is still
>>there because the free space is much smaller than the capacity. Don't beat me
>>up for not backing it up on a cd or dvd. I've already slapped myself silly.
>>Anyway, is there anyway for me to assign this drive a letter or somehow
>>access the second hd? Thanks for your help.
>>jeff

Thanks for posting the resolution.

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