jh05787 Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 I just ran CCleaner for the first time and now my secondary hard drive has "disappeared" from My Computer. Has anyone experienced this and how do I get it back? Did running CCleaner effect this? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted December 6, 2006 Moderators Share Posted December 6, 2006 Welcome to the CCleaner Forums jh05787! Sorry to hear you're having problems with your PC. I've never had that happen. If you're on Windows XP you should probably use a Restore Point which will restore the registry to the date and time that Restore Point was created. If you allows CCleaner to create a backup if it was the Issues button that caused it all you would have to do is double click on the created .reg file to restore the removed registry data - a reboot would of course probably be required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jh05787 Posted December 6, 2006 Author Share Posted December 6, 2006 I just ran CCleaner for the first time and now my secondary hard drive has "disappeared" from My Computer. Has anyone experienced this and how do I get it back? Did running CCleaner effect this? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Ross Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 now my secondary hard drive has "disappeared" from My Computer.So do you have 2 seperate hard drives, and the second one is gone? Also, do you see it in the device mananger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeb Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 This may be worth a shot. Hopefully it'll help. go to RUN type: diskmgmt.msc and see if the drive shows up there. See if it's "online". Having not experienced this problem myself, I can't say what the fix will be. Hopefully, you can find a work around there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jh05787 Posted December 7, 2006 Author Share Posted December 7, 2006 So do you have 2 seperate hard drives, and the second one is gone? Also, do you see it in the device mananger? I have had 2 drives for some time. The second is still there physically but does not show up in Device Manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Ross Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 I have had 2 drives for some time. The second is still there physically but does not show up in Device Manager. It's not in device mgr? You've rebooted your machine and the drive hasn't returned? Have you tried a re-scan? It's in the device mgr. it'll be a lil icon "scan for hardware changes" try clicking for that. The drive should return and then you'll have to reboot. If it doesn't then look to your bios and see if it's in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jh05787 Posted December 7, 2006 Author Share Posted December 7, 2006 So do you have 2 seperate hard drives, and the second one is gone? Also, do you see it in the device mananger? Don't know exactly why, but the drive did come back and everything appears in order. Thanks for the assistance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Ross Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 Don't know exactly why, but the drive did come back and everything appears in order. Thanks for the assistance.Your Welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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