My Hard drive has vanished

Sharpshooter101 · 08-26-2006, 02:01 PM

I just got a new Western Digital 250 gb Hard drive. I ghosted my C Drive over to it (which was 60 gb) and left my 150 gb hard drive as D-Drive. It gave me some problems with connection errors and startup errors, but I was able to sort that Out. From school, I got a copy of Windows XP Pro + SP2 and I just installed it. When my computer started up, my D-Drive (150 gb) has completely vanished. I looked into the computer management and it sees it, just it has no volume label. When I right click on it, it only gives me the options to delete the partition, and the help button. I tried connecting my old 60 gb drive as a secondary one to the 250 and the computer saw that as D, and I was able to use it just fine, and when I re-connect my 150, it is still there in Disk Management, but the volume label is gone and I cannot access it from My Computer. I even tried starting up with my old 60 as the master and the 150 as the slave (i didn't make any changes the 60 gb) and it sees that the 150 is there in the computer management window, but not in My Computer. Do I have no other choice but to delete the partition and start from scratch? Or is there a way to give it a volume label so I can back up my stuff and reformat? (I have VERY important school materials on the 150 gb drive that I CANNOT afford to lose.) Thanks

**Rashiki** · 08-27-2006, 01:06 AM

That's odd, the O/S should assign it the next drive letter when it starts up.

I would use the manufacturer's disk utility tools to check the physical drive for errors as a start.

Sharpshooter101 · 08-27-2006, 09:02 AM

Actually, a friend of mine suggested that I make it a Dynamic Disk instead of a Basic Disk, and it popped right back. :)

08-26-2006, 02:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
Sharpshooter101 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 25 OS: XP	My Hard drive has vanished I just got a new Western Digital 250 gb Hard drive. I ghosted my C Drive over to it (which was 60 gb) and left my 150 gb hard drive as D-Drive. It gave me some problems with connection errors and startup errors, but I was able to sort that Out. From school, I got a copy of Windows XP Pro + SP2 and I just installed it. When my computer started up, my D-Drive (150 gb) has completely vanished. I looked into the computer management and it sees it, just it has no volume label. When I right click on it, it only gives me the options to delete the partition, and the help button. I tried connecting my old 60 gb drive as a secondary one to the 250 and the computer saw that as D, and I was able to use it just fine, and when I re-connect my 150, it is still there in Disk Management, but the volume label is gone and I cannot access it from My Computer. I even tried starting up with my old 60 as the master and the 150 as the slave (i didn't make any changes the 60 gb) and it sees that the 150 is there in the computer management window, but not in My Computer. Do I have no other choice but to delete the partition and start from scratch? Or is there a way to give it a volume label so I can back up my stuff and reformat? (I have VERY important school materials on the 150 gb drive that I CANNOT afford to lose.) Thanks

08-27-2006, 01:06 AM	#2 (permalink)
Rashiki Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 878 OS: Win XP Pro SP2	That's odd, the O/S should assign it the next drive letter when it starts up. I would use the manufacturer's disk utility tools to check the physical drive for errors as a start. __________________ ASUS P5WD2 Premium v0709 \| Intel Prescott 3.2ghz \| 2gb Corsair XMS DDR2-800 PC2-6400 \| Sparkle Power 550w PSU \| ATI All-In-Wonder X600 Pro \| Sound Blaster Audigy 4 \| CoolerMaster Aluminum Case \| WD Raptor 76gb 10K RPM SATA HDD \|ASUS CD/DVD RW Combo Drive \| Mitsumi 7-in-1 Floppy Combo Drive \| Coolermaster Copper Heatsink

08-27-2006, 09:02 AM	#3 (permalink)
Sharpshooter101 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 25 OS: XP	Actually, a friend of mine suggested that I make it a Dynamic Disk instead of a Basic Disk, and it popped right back. :)