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Missing IDE drive after installing Win7? Then...

Soldato
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...this is the link you want:
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r21760034-WIN7-Cant-see-other-hard-drive

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RIGHT CLICK COMPUTER>>MANAGE>>DISK MANAGEMENT>>U WILL C THE DRIVES THAT ARE NOT SHOWING IN MY COMPUTER OVER HERE>>>RIGHT CLICK ON THE DRIVE>>>THEN PROPERTIES>>>>THERE WILL BE A HIGHLIGHTED PATH LIKE THIS '\\?\Volume{0B9A5027-EE92-11DD-AE47-806E6F6E6963}\'>>>>COPY THE PATH >>>>CLICK START>>>AND THEN PASTE IT IN THE SEARCH BAR (START SEARCH {JUST ABOVE THE START BUTTON}) >>>>PRESS ENTER AND WALLA >>>>THE DRIVE OPENS
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It took me ages to find the solution to my mysterious vanishing drive (it contained all the backup data I wanted to transfer from XP). The HD showed up fine in XP and with a linux boot disk, but not in 7.

After my hassles with the Asrock dual sata drivers, I was looking for a more complicated solution, and was guilty of ignoring proper debugging protocal .

In my defence I should've been in bed, er... 4 hours ago. :-) Anyway, at least my stupidity may help someone searching in the future.

Andrew McP
 
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