Pending: Missing hard drive!

Web Bowler · 09-01-2008

This is wierd! My wife's PC gave her a message that she needed to update Windows. She selected update and when the system restarted, no hard drives were available and we could not restart in eithwer of the Safe modes! XP Pro with sefvice pack 3. I suspect some kind of virus, but I cannot find any reference to one that has this kind of behavior.

I also tried using a system disk in the floppy drive and neither of the 2 drives were available.

Hengis · 09-01-2008

Hi there,

Did you try "Last known good configuration" from the "safe mode" menu?

09-01-2008	#1
Web Bowler New Poster Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 2 PC Experience: Very Experienced	Missing hard drive! This is wierd! My wife's PC gave her a message that she needed to update Windows. She selected update and when the system restarted, no hard drives were available and we could not restart in eithwer of the Safe modes! XP Pro with sefvice pack 3. I suspect some kind of virus, but I cannot find any reference to one that has this kind of behavior. I also tried using a system disk in the floppy drive and neither of the 2 drives were available. Last edited by vger; 07-29-2009 at 07:17 PM.

09-01-2008	#2
Hengis PCHF Founder & Owner Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: The PCHF Bunker Posts: 15,694 PC Experience: Microsoft Certified Professional	Re: Missing hard drive! Hi there, Did you try "Last known good configuration" from the "safe mode" menu? __________________ Handy Links: Pre-Work \| System File Checker \| Promote PCHF! \| Post your BSOD \| Post a screenshot \| Network info Tool

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