Computing.Net > Forums > Windows Vista > My logical drive (F:) is missing

Computing.Net: Over 1,000,000 posts about all things technology related! Over 90% answered within 24 hours! Click here to sign up now, it's free!

My logical drive (F:) is missing

Reply to Message Icon

Original Message
Name: pthompson
Date: September 21, 2008 at 08:27:39 Pacific
Subject: My logical drive (F:) is missing
OS: Windows Vista Ultima
CPU/Ram: Intel Dual Core / 4G
Model/Manufacturer: Homebrew
Comment:

I've got a 4x500GB RAID 5 LUN which is served to VISTA as "Tank". From there, I created 2 partitions: "Musicbox" (E:) and "Cinema" (F:).

Last night I came home and woke my PC out of sleep, hit a shortcut which was located in the F: partition, and was told that the resource was no longer available.

Going into My Computer shows that the drive is no longer there.

Windows Disk Manager shows a single healthy partition of the entire 1397GB amount. (no sign of another partition which had been created).

The bios RAID tool shows that everything is healthy and served up to the appropriate LUN (all 4 disks in their entirety - 465 x 4 since they were rounded down).

I ran Data Recovery tool and it also cannot even see the additional partition which I had created.

The RAID set was created over a year ago, and the partition (F:) at the same time, and I had been using it without any problems at all. Now, I wake it up and it is just gone. What the heck happened and is there any way to recover it??? Help!

Thanks,

PT


Report Offensive Message For Removal


Response Number 1
Name: kx5m2g
Date: September 21, 2008 at 08:44:48 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

Did you try rebooting the computer ?


Report Offensive Follow Up For Removal

Response Number 2
Name: pthompson
Date: September 21, 2008 at 11:17:38 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

Sure did. (I've seen "the IT Crowd", so I know my troubleshooting procedures...).

I also had to do so to get into the bios RAID tool.


Report Offensive Follow Up For Removal

Response Number 3
Name: josh (by jpag3074)
Date: September 23, 2008 at 20:28:00 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

The drive might be reserved for something else, have you tried assigning it a drive letter in Disk Management?


Report Offensive Follow Up For Removal







Post Locked

This post is quite old and has been locked from receiving new replies. Please create a new posting instead.


Go to Windows Vista Forum Home








Do you have your own blog?

Yes
No
I did before
I will soon


View Results

Poll Finishes In 4 Days.
Discuss in The Lounge
Poll History




Data Recovery Software