I'd suggest starting a new topic on the Computer Hope forums since from the sounds of it it may be something that may take a while through YouTube comments. My first suggestion would be to look at device manager and see what problems exist (if any) and maybe start by highlighthing and removing the USB devices (highlight and press the delete key) and rebooting. This would allow Windows to re-detect and re-install the drivers.
I have a problem though, I suddenly just lost all my Hard Disk Drives, It had about 6 of them and they are all gone. Only one I have now is my C: and DVD Ram Drive (D:)
You sure you had six physical drives and not a drive with multiple partitions on it. If a drive suddenly vanish I'd first see if CMOS setup is detecting the drive (press F2 as computer is first booting). If CMOS is not seeing the drive either the drive is bad or it's disconnected or the cable is loose. Try verifying the cables by disconnecting and reconnecting the drive. If that doesn't work I'd say bad drive. If it is multiple drives being bad I'd say bad interface.
It's one of those drives that has E: , F: , G, H:. But appearantly it's been damaged. So I probably have to contact the computer's company and request for a repair unless there is a way to do it Manually which is risky.
If it's a drive that has multiple drive letters, e.g. e,f,g and h then that'd mean that that drive has multiple partitions. Unfortunately for all partitions to disappear at once would most likely be an indication of a bad drive. Therefore you could try getting it repaired but it's likely they will not be able to do much more than replace the drive with a new one and all data not backed up will be lost.
So if they do that, would that mean I would also lose all my data on my C drive too? Because those drive letters have no files or anything in them. In fact they are used for only connecting USB wires from other devices such as Cameras, PSP, etc.. My main problem is that everytime I try to connect with a USB port it fails to reply which didn't happen before. Than when I checked on "My Computer" All my drives vanished. So I assume that I can't upload files from another device due that problem.
Data on the C drive would not be lost since it's a different drive. As far as the USB port not working that's likely another issue that's not related to this issue. Unless of course your other disk drive was a USB drive, if that's the case then it's likely that it's just your USB port that's failed or has another issue with it.
Sorry, I was kind of twisting things from what I said. Yeah I have problem with my USB, I have problem linking another device to my computer so I can't transfer things.
I'd suggest starting a new topic on the Computer Hope forums since from the sounds of it it may be something that may take a while through YouTube comments. My first suggestion would be to look at device manager and see what problems exist (if any) and maybe start by highlighthing and removing the USB devices (highlight and press the delete key) and rebooting. This would allow Windows to re-detect and re-install the drivers.
Computerhope 2 years ago
I have a problem though, I suddenly just lost all my Hard Disk Drives, It had about 6 of them and they are all gone. Only one I have now is my C: and DVD Ram Drive (D:)
Any advice?
DarkFlip22 2 years ago
You sure you had six physical drives and not a drive with multiple partitions on it. If a drive suddenly vanish I'd first see if CMOS setup is detecting the drive (press F2 as computer is first booting). If CMOS is not seeing the drive either the drive is bad or it's disconnected or the cable is loose. Try verifying the cables by disconnecting and reconnecting the drive. If that doesn't work I'd say bad drive. If it is multiple drives being bad I'd say bad interface.
Computerhope 2 years ago
It's one of those drives that has E: , F: , G, H:. But appearantly it's been damaged. So I probably have to contact the computer's company and request for a repair unless there is a way to do it Manually which is risky.
DarkFlip22 2 years ago
If it's a drive that has multiple drive letters, e.g. e,f,g and h then that'd mean that that drive has multiple partitions. Unfortunately for all partitions to disappear at once would most likely be an indication of a bad drive. Therefore you could try getting it repaired but it's likely they will not be able to do much more than replace the drive with a new one and all data not backed up will be lost.
Computerhope 2 years ago
So if they do that, would that mean I would also lose all my data on my C drive too? Because those drive letters have no files or anything in them. In fact they are used for only connecting USB wires from other devices such as Cameras, PSP, etc.. My main problem is that everytime I try to connect with a USB port it fails to reply which didn't happen before. Than when I checked on "My Computer" All my drives vanished. So I assume that I can't upload files from another device due that problem.
DarkFlip22 2 years ago
Data on the C drive would not be lost since it's a different drive. As far as the USB port not working that's likely another issue that's not related to this issue. Unless of course your other disk drive was a USB drive, if that's the case then it's likely that it's just your USB port that's failed or has another issue with it.
Computerhope 2 years ago
Sorry, I was kind of twisting things from what I said. Yeah I have problem with my USB, I have problem linking another device to my computer so I can't transfer things.
Do you have any advice for that?
DarkFlip22 2 years ago
Your videos are nicely detailed and informative...
GlitchPC 2 years ago