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HELP ! my hard drives went offline and xp doesnt see them anymore

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SNAAKE:
 ??? ???

this is extremly random btw, the hard drives are there and I can see them on bios screen but windows cant load them. is there anything I can do here ?? included screenshot.

Grasshopper:
At what point does windows stop loading?

If it's random (i.e. sometimes is boots, sometimes it doesn't) then it's probably a hardware issue. If that's the case then you should back up your hard disk next time you're able to boot.

SNAAKE:
i am able to boot fine but windows doesnt see any of the drives except the master boot drive. they show up in bios screen though. not sure whats going on here...

headkaze:
Are they listed in Disk Management? Start->Settings->Control Panel->Administrative Tools->Computer Management->Disk Management.

Red 5:
It could be the controller.

Get one of these if you have IDE and then hook it up USB to make sure.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812232001

If you have SATA the you could use,

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812232002

Jon

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