can anybody help i seem to have lost my hard drive when i go into My Computer the hard drive has changed to a removable disc I do not have any restore points I tried to run Norton antivirus but it throw a message saying that it could not scan in zip rescue mode when i looked in device manager, storage devices is not there only when i plug in my iriver, and this shows up in my computer as Local disc if i put a disc in the cd rom it doesnt work windows me is not in the list of programs in the Add/Remove program properties so i cant even uninstal it to upgrade help please before i go completely mad

Download TweakUI from internet.Once you've done this go to TweakUI in control panel,this is where it will be when you've downloaded it. In TweakUI, click on tab with My Computer on it and check that the drive missing is ticked.Come out of tweak UI and into My Computer.Has the drive returned? Tweak UI is a Power tool program and is really an addition to tool windows programs that Microsoft left out.

hi tried the tweak download.Downloaded ok to computer but would not install on computer I have since managed to reinstal windows me but the C drive is still a removable drive

In Device Manager, you should have a "Disk drives" entry. Expand it and select the GENERIC IDE IDE DISK line and click Properties. Under Settings tab, make sure the Removable option is not checked. Try going into the system board BIOS CMOS Setup and check the status of the disk drive in the Setup. Then go to the PnP/PCI Configuration section of the Setup and for the Reset Configuration Data change the Disable to Enable and save the setup and reboot. If the system board configuration is corrupted, it might be telling Windows Plug and Play that the IDE disk drives are removable drives.