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

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


"jman" wrote:

> 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
>

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
>
>
> "jman" wrote:
>
>
>>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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