help me please

I am running a system with 2 hard drives. recently my D drive vanished.
I have recieved messages stating things from "insufficient parameters"
to "Disk D is not formatted". fortunately the D drive is not the main
one so i still have windows (yay). is there anyway for me to fix this
or is the D drive dead?

question 2....i tried to install a program on my C drive which had been
on the D drive..however it will not allow me to do so..it automatcally
attempts to uninstall from the d drive instead and then of course
announces that the d drive is missing. is there a way to bypass this?

any help would be appreciated.


--
Nyviar

try to uninstall program using add/remove programs from control panel??!!

"Nyviar" wrote:

>
> I am running a system with 2 hard drives. recently my D drive vanished.
> I have recieved messages stating things from "insufficient parameters"
> to "Disk D is not formatted". fortunately the D drive is not the main
> one so i still have windows (yay). is there anyway for me to fix this
> or is the D drive dead?
>
> question 2....i tried to install a program on my C drive which had been
> on the D drive..however it will not allow me to do so..it automatcally
> attempts to uninstall from the d drive instead and then of course
> announces that the d drive is missing. is there a way to bypass this?
>
> any help would be appreciated.
>
>
> --
> Nyviar
>

yeah..i already did that. thus the reason i ended up here in the first
place. Let me try to re explaine the situation.

I have 2 hard drives C:\ and D:\ as in 2 completelt seperate drives.
D:\ has become completely inaccessable. I cant open it cant add
anything to it cant remove anything from it. if i go under add/remove
programs everything installed on D:\ is listed, however if i try to
remove or change anything it says ***ERROR the following error
occurred on the file D:\ whatever said program\blah. the parameter is
incorrect (0X57)***
It does this for everything from the D:\ . Now when I try to install
said program onto drive C:\ it automatically brings forth the Uninstall
wizard and tries to uninstall the program from the inaccessable d drive.

Soooo..back to my original question...what do i do? And does this mean
that my d drive is completelt fubar'd or is it fixable? oh and although
i have been using a comp for years now i have never ever had to use
"system restore"..what does it do? yeah i know dumb question but
really..whats it do?

Dixonian69 Wrote:
> try to uninstall program using add/remove programs from control
> panel??!!
>
> "Nyviar" wrote:
>
>
> I am running a system with 2 hard drives. recently my D drive
> vanished.
> I have recieved messages stating things from "insufficient
> parameters"
> to "Disk D is not formatted". fortunately the D drive is not the main
> one so i still have windows (yay). is there anyway for me to fix this
> or is the D drive dead?
>
> question 2....i tried to install a program on my C drive which had
> been
> on the D drive..however it will not allow me to do so..it
> automatcally
> attempts to uninstall from the d drive instead and then of course
> announces that the d drive is missing. is there a way to bypass this?
>
> any help would be appreciated.
>
>
> --
> Nyviar
>


--
Nyviar

you say D has vanished.
does it dhow up in BIOS when you boot up?
Does it show up in disk management?
does it show up in My Computer?

"Nyviar" wrote:

>
> yeah..i already did that. thus the reason i ended up here in the first
> place. Let me try to re explaine the situation.
>
> I have 2 hard drives C:\ and D:\ as in 2 completelt seperate drives.
> D:\ has become completely inaccessable. I cant open it cant add
> anything to it cant remove anything from it. if i go under add/remove
> programs everything installed on D:\ is listed, however if i try to
> remove or change anything it says ***ERROR the following error
> occurred on the file D:\ whatever said program\blah. the parameter is
> incorrect (0X57)***
> It does this for everything from the D:\ . Now when I try to install
> said program onto drive C:\ it automatically brings forth the Uninstall
> wizard and tries to uninstall the program from the inaccessable d drive.
>
> Soooo..back to my original question...what do i do? And does this mean
> that my d drive is completelt fubar'd or is it fixable? oh and although
> i have been using a comp for years now i have never ever had to use
> "system restore"..what does it do? yeah i know dumb question but
> really..whats it do?
>
> Dixonian69 Wrote:
> > try to uninstall program using add/remove programs from control
> > panel??!!
> >
> > "Nyviar" wrote:
> >
> >
> > I am running a system with 2 hard drives. recently my D drive
> > vanished.
> > I have recieved messages stating things from "insufficient
> > parameters"
> > to "Disk D is not formatted". fortunately the D drive is not the main
> > one so i still have windows (yay). is there anyway for me to fix this
> > or is the D drive dead?
> >
> > question 2....i tried to install a program on my C drive which had
> > been
> > on the D drive..however it will not allow me to do so..it
> > automatcally
> > attempts to uninstall from the d drive instead and then of course
> > announces that the d drive is missing. is there a way to bypass this?
> >
> > any help would be appreciated.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Nyviar
> >
>
>
> --
> Nyviar
>

As for your programs on that are indicated as on D drive, I would think you
would have to edit out all references to r=these programs in the registry. If
this is not reasonable, the you will probably have to dod a repair install.

"Nyviar" wrote:

>
> yeah..i already did that. thus the reason i ended up here in the first
> place. Let me try to re explaine the situation.
>
> I have 2 hard drives C:\ and D:\ as in 2 completelt seperate drives.
> D:\ has become completely inaccessable. I cant open it cant add
> anything to it cant remove anything from it. if i go under add/remove
> programs everything installed on D:\ is listed, however if i try to
> remove or change anything it says ***ERROR the following error
> occurred on the file D:\ whatever said program\blah. the parameter is
> incorrect (0X57)***
> It does this for everything from the D:\ . Now when I try to install
> said program onto drive C:\ it automatically brings forth the Uninstall
> wizard and tries to uninstall the program from the inaccessable d drive.
>
> Soooo..back to my original question...what do i do? And does this mean
> that my d drive is completelt fubar'd or is it fixable? oh and although
> i have been using a comp for years now i have never ever had to use
> "system restore"..what does it do? yeah i know dumb question but
> really..whats it do?
>
> Dixonian69 Wrote:
> > try to uninstall program using add/remove programs from control
> > panel??!!
> >
> > "Nyviar" wrote:
> >
> >
> > I am running a system with 2 hard drives. recently my D drive
> > vanished.
> > I have recieved messages stating things from "insufficient
> > parameters"
> > to "Disk D is not formatted". fortunately the D drive is not the main
> > one so i still have windows (yay). is there anyway for me to fix this
> > or is the D drive dead?
> >
> > question 2....i tried to install a program on my C drive which had
> > been
> > on the D drive..however it will not allow me to do so..it
> > automatcally
> > attempts to uninstall from the d drive instead and then of course
> > announces that the d drive is missing. is there a way to bypass this?
> >
> > any help would be appreciated.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Nyviar
> >
>
>
> --
> Nyviar
>

Yes, Yes , and yes...which is patly why i am so confused lol.it also
claims the device is working properly.
Dixonian69 Wrote:
> you say D has vanished.
> does it dhow up in BIOS when you boot up?
> Does it show up in disk management?
> does it show up in My Computer?
>
> "Nyviar" wrote:
>
>
> yeah..i already did that. thus the reason i ended up here in the
> first
> place. Let me try to re explaine the situation.
>
> I have 2 hard drives C:\ and D:\ as in 2 completelt seperate drives.
> D:\ has become completely inaccessable. I cant open it cant add
> anything to it cant remove anything from it. if i go under add/remove
> programs everything installed on D:\ is listed, however if i try to
> remove or change anything it says ***ERROR the following error
> occurred on the file D:\ whatever said program\blah. the parameter is
> incorrect (0X57)***
> It does this for everything from the D:\ . Now when I try to install
> said program onto drive C:\ it automatically brings forth the
> Uninstall
> wizard and tries to uninstall the program from the inaccessable d
> drive.
>
> Soooo..back to my original question...what do i do? And does this
> mean
> that my d drive is completelt fubar'd or is it fixable? oh and
> although
> i have been using a comp for years now i have never ever had to use
> "system restore"..what does it do? yeah i know dumb question but
> really..whats it do?
>
> Dixonian69 Wrote:
> try to uninstall program using add/remove programs from control
> panel??!!
>
> "Nyviar" wrote:
>
>
> I am running a system with 2 hard drives. recently my D drive
> vanished.
> I have recieved messages stating things from "insufficient
> parameters"
> to "Disk D is not formatted". fortunately the D drive is not the
> main
> one so i still have windows (yay). is there anyway for me to fix
> this
> or is the D drive dead?
>
> question 2....i tried to install a program on my C drive which had
> been
> on the D drive..however it will not allow me to do so..it
> automatcally
> attempts to uninstall from the d drive instead and then of course
> announces that the d drive is missing. is there a way to bypass
> this?
>
> any help would be appreciated.
>
>
> --
> Nyviar
>
>
>
> --
> Nyviar
>


--
Nyviar

Hi,

Before you try anything too drastic, go to the disk manufacturers site
and download their diagnostic program and test your malfunctioning drive.



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This nifty little app might help you to remove the add remove program entries..
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download460.html
As far as the hard drive it may indeed be DOA, but first..Is the data, power
cable seated firmly..? Is the drive showing in the bios, device manager,
computer management or my computer areas..? Have you tried to uninstall and
then reinstall the drive if it is in device manager, right click the drive,
click uninstall, then click scan for new hardware or reboot to see if Windows
can find and reinsall..?
Make a boot disk with the NTFS reader/copier app and you might, might be
able to offload your data, your call..
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=2036
Hope this can help..
j;-j

"Nyviar" wrote:

>
> yeah..i already did that. thus the reason i ended up here in the first
> place. Let me try to re explaine the situation.
>
> I have 2 hard drives C:\ and D:\ as in 2 completelt seperate drives.
> D:\ has become completely inaccessable. I cant open it cant add
> anything to it cant remove anything from it. if i go under add/remove
> programs everything installed on D:\ is listed, however if i try to
> remove or change anything it says ***ERROR the following error
> occurred on the file D:\ whatever said program\blah. the parameter is
> incorrect (0X57)***
> It does this for everything from the D:\ . Now when I try to install
> said program onto drive C:\ it automatically brings forth the Uninstall
> wizard and tries to uninstall the program from the inaccessable d drive.
>
> Soooo..back to my original question...what do i do? And does this mean
> that my d drive is completelt fubar'd or is it fixable? oh and although
> i have been using a comp for years now i have never ever had to use
> "system restore"..what does it do? yeah i know dumb question but
> really..whats it do?
>
> Dixonian69 Wrote:
> > try to uninstall program using add/remove programs from control
> > panel??!!
> >
> > "Nyviar" wrote:
> >
> >
> > I am running a system with 2 hard drives. recently my D drive
> > vanished.
> > I have recieved messages stating things from "insufficient
> > parameters"
> > to "Disk D is not formatted". fortunately the D drive is not the main
> > one so i still have windows (yay). is there anyway for me to fix this
> > or is the D drive dead?
> >
> > question 2....i tried to install a program on my C drive which had
> > been
> > on the D drive..however it will not allow me to do so..it
> > automatcally
> > attempts to uninstall from the d drive instead and then of course
> > announces that the d drive is missing. is there a way to bypass this?
> >
> > any help would be appreciated.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Nyviar
> >
>
>
> --
> Nyviar
>

well i would liek to thank you all for the help..my d drive is dead. it
failed the diagnostic test horribly. there appears to be no hope of
ressurection..oh well...ill get a newer bigger one hehehe.

thanks again for all the help, everyone.


--
Nyviar

WHY would you say the "D" drive has vanished?
you can see it everywhere!!!

can you actually read/write to the "D" drive?

"Nyviar" wrote:

>
> Yes, Yes , and yes...which is patly why i am so confused lol.it also
> claims the device is working properly.
> Dixonian69 Wrote:
> > you say D has vanished.
> > does it dhow up in BIOS when you boot up?
> > Does it show up in disk management?
> > does it show up in My Computer?
> >
> > "Nyviar" wrote:
> >
> >
> > yeah..i already did that. thus the reason i ended up here in the
> > first
> > place. Let me try to re explaine the situation.
> >
> > I have 2 hard drives C:\ and D:\ as in 2 completelt seperate drives.
> > D:\ has become completely inaccessable. I cant open it cant add
> > anything to it cant remove anything from it. if i go under add/remove
> > programs everything installed on D:\ is listed, however if i try to
> > remove or change anything it says ***ERROR the following error
> > occurred on the file D:\ whatever said program\blah. the parameter is
> > incorrect (0X57)***
> > It does this for everything from the D:\ . Now when I try to install
> > said program onto drive C:\ it automatically brings forth the
> > Uninstall
> > wizard and tries to uninstall the program from the inaccessable d
> > drive.
> >
> > Soooo..back to my original question...what do i do? And does this
> > mean
> > that my d drive is completelt fubar'd or is it fixable? oh and
> > although
> > i have been using a comp for years now i have never ever had to use
> > "system restore"..what does it do? yeah i know dumb question but
> > really..whats it do?
> >
> > Dixonian69 Wrote:
> > try to uninstall program using add/remove programs from control
> > panel??!!
> >
> > "Nyviar" wrote:
> >
> >
> > I am running a system with 2 hard drives. recently my D drive
> > vanished.
> > I have recieved messages stating things from "insufficient
> > parameters"
> > to "Disk D is not formatted". fortunately the D drive is not the
> > main
> > one so i still have windows (yay). is there anyway for me to fix
> > this
> > or is the D drive dead?
> >
> > question 2....i tried to install a program on my C drive which had
> > been
> > on the D drive..however it will not allow me to do so..it
> > automatcally
> > attempts to uninstall from the d drive instead and then of course
> > announces that the d drive is missing. is there a way to bypass
> > this?
> >
> > any help would be appreciated.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Nyviar
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Nyviar
> >
>
>
> --
> Nyviar
>