Results 1 to 7 of 7

Thread: New HDD not automatically appearing on Win7 x64 startup

  1. #1
    Mike Fishcake
    Guest

    New HDD not automatically appearing on Win7 x64 startup

    This one's perplexing me somewhat:

    Running on Win7 64bit.

    Back story (skip to the "Problem" bit if you're not bothered about the background)

    Started off with 3 Hard Drives in my PC:

    1x 320GB SATA (C: and E:)
    1x 160GB IDE (F:)
    1x 80GB IDE. (G:)

    The IDE drives were "leftovers" from an old system that I thought I may as well use.

    I also had a 500GB USB drive for backups.

    I recently bought a 1TB external drive, so took my 500GB SATA drive out of it's USB enclosure and installed it in my PC instead of the 80GB IDE. The 500GB drive showed up as G:, like the old 80GB.

    Copied all my stuff across to it, shifted some stuff around from my other drives to create more space on them, then set up a new backup system to copy all the new drive structure over to my new 1TB drive.

    Got me so far?


    Problem:

    Now, when I boot my PC, the 500GB G: drive doesn't show up, unless I go to Computer/Manage/Storage/Disk Management/More Actions/Refresh Disks. Once I've done that, it shows up as G: with all the correct files intact - I don't have to do any more configuration or anything.

    Initially, I thought it was only doing it when I had an external drive plugged in, but it seemed to do it this morning with nothing extra plugged in. Am I missing something stupid?

  2. #2
    Actuary & Gamer
    Join Date
    Nov 2008
    Location
    Sussex
    Posts
    634
    Thanks
    22
    Thanked
    43 times in 40 posts
    • Champman99's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Aus P8P67 Pro
      • CPU:
      • Intel SB Core i5 2500K @ 4.4ghz
      • Memory:
      • 8GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1600mhz
      • Storage:
      • Samsung 830 256GB SSD, Samsung F1 500GB
      • Graphics card(s):
      • AMD/ATI Radeon 7970 3GB
      • PSU:
      • Coolermaster RealPower 1000W
      • Case:
      • Corsair 600T Graphite (White Edition)
      • Operating System:
      • Windows 7 Pro 64bit
      • Monitor(s):
      • 3 x Dell U2412M (Eyefinity)
      • Internet:
      • Sky Broadband Unlimited (No FUP!)

    Re: New HDD not automatically appearing on Win7 x64 startup

    Maybe just a letter clash, try binding it to a new letter (right click in Disk management change drive letter and paths)

    Thats my only guess that its trying to load it with the same letter as another drive. Not entirely sure though.

  3. Received thanks from:


  4. #3
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Jan 2007
    Location
    Sheffield
    Posts
    842
    Thanks
    35
    Thanked
    24 times in 24 posts
    • mightymouse's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Asus Striker Extreme
      • CPU:
      • Intel Core2Duo Q6600
      • Memory:
      • 2 x 1GB Corsair Dominator PC8500
      • Storage:
      • 2 x 500GB Samsung T166 RAID0, 1 x 500GB Western Digital
      • Graphics card(s):
      • XFX GeForce 8800 GT OC 512MB
      • PSU:
      • Enermax Galaxy 1000W
      • Case:
      • CM Stacker 830 - nVidia
      • Monitor(s):
      • LG 22"
      • Internet:
      • O2 Internet

    Re: New HDD not automatically appearing on Win7 x64 startup

    could try unplugging the other hard drives leaving just os and 500gb to see if the problem persists

  5. Received thanks from:


  6. #4
    The late but legendary peterb - Onward and Upward peterb's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2005
    Location
    Looking down & checking on swearing
    Posts
    19,378
    Thanks
    2,892
    Thanked
    3,403 times in 2,693 posts

    Re: New HDD not automatically appearing on Win7 x64 startup

    Windows writes a disk signature to the disk when it is first used which helps it track disk type and persistence. If the drive was first mounted as a removeable device (USB) then that signature nmay still be associated with a removeable drive that for some reason is not automounting.

    This fix - trickier. As others have suggested, changing the drive letter may help, or there may be some clues in the administration function. Otherwise it's getting deep and dirty in the registry.
    (\__/)
    (='.'=)
    (")_(")

    Been helped or just 'Like' a post? Use the Thanks button!
    My broadband speed - 750 Meganibbles/minute

  7. Received thanks from:


  8. #5
    Mike Fishcake
    Guest

    Re: New HDD not automatically appearing on Win7 x64 startup

    Cheers all - will have a dig around. If anyone else has any good ideas in the meantime, feel free to share it with the class

    My next idea is a bit of a bodge - sticking a batch file on bootup to force re-scan of the drives or something :-/

  9. #6
    Senior Member watercooled's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2009
    Posts
    11,478
    Thanks
    1,541
    Thanked
    1,029 times in 872 posts

    Re: New HDD not automatically appearing on Win7 x64 startup

    Edit: never mind, just checked and fix wouldn't work, sorry for spamming could a mod delete please.

  10. #7
    Mike Fishcake
    Guest

    Re: New HDD not automatically appearing on Win7 x64 startup

    OK, it was simpler than I thought. Did a bit more googling around and found that removing and reinstalling the hard drive's device driver seems to have worked!

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Similar Threads

  1. Replies: 17
    Last Post: 08-01-2009, 01:21 PM
  2. 3rd HDD not being picked up by Windows x64
    By GavinW in forum PC Hardware and Components
    Replies: 3
    Last Post: 19-01-2008, 06:16 PM
  3. "Delayed Write Failed" (500GB Freecom HDD)
    By c00kie in forum SCAN.care@HEXUS
    Replies: 3
    Last Post: 25-07-2007, 12:13 PM
  4. Games VS Vista Beta 2
    By directhex in forum Gaming
    Replies: 30
    Last Post: 07-03-2007, 11:35 AM
  5. sd31P win xp pro x64 can not find hdd during installation
    By amamelun in forum PC Hardware and Components
    Replies: 2
    Last Post: 12-02-2006, 06:34 PM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •