Cannot see Harddrive letter of disk

[Karl]

I wonder whether any of you might have a clue how to fix this problem.

I have the following "drives"
C: 9.4 GB OS WINXP
D: CD ROM
E: Seagate 10.2 GB
F: Lite-on Burner
G: Cardreader
H: Applications (Partioned, part of WD 80 GB. C and H drives)
I: Hitachi External Harddrive 82.3 GB

Under Explore I see all EXCEPT the external I drive. I know it is
there because it shows up under Admin. tasks, Comp. Mgt., Disk Mgt..

The drive shows as drive I and healthy. The drive is formatted and in
Quicken I can backup to drive.

It is just that I cannot see the drive and contents in My Computer or
Explore. OS is Windows XP Home edition

Thanks for anyone's help in this perplexing problem.

[R. McCarty]

If you have used Tweak-UI, it is possible to mask out
certain drive letters. If you don't have Tweak-UI you
can download the SP1 version at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=afa135c8-8b63-4c03-8986-d7f45a6aa1fa&DisplayLang=en
Run the program, Expand the My Computer category
and then expand Drives. If Drive I is not checked then
the drive is being hidden.

"Karl" <kar...@NOSPAMcomcast.netNOSPAM> wrote in message
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[Karl]

I downloaded the file TweakPowerToys and all went fine. But when I tried to
install I got this message:

"The procedure entry point GetDLLDirectoryW could not be located in the
dynamic link library Kernel32.dll"

I have used PowerToys before and never had a problem, but this stumps me.

Any ideas?

"R. McCarty" <RMcC_...@Mindspring.com> wrote in message
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[R. McCarty]

As I stated in the earlier post, the link for Tweak_UI is for SP1.
If you don't have SP1 installed, you will need to uninstall Tweak-UI
and go to Microsoft's web and locate the pre-SP1 version.

"Karl" <kar...@NOSPAMcomcast.netNOSPAM> wrote in message

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[Karl]

Excellent advice. I downloaded and installed SP1 for XP and was able to now
also install MS PowerToys. Thanks.

But other than in Disk Mgt. I cannot see my 80 GB Hitachi external drive. In
Disk Mgt. I can see it and it says healthy.

I can also backup my Quicken to it. So it works, but I cannot see anywhere
the contents.

What causes this?

"R. McCarty" <RMcC_...@Mindspring.com> wrote in message

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[Karl]

I have to correct myself. I said I could see the external drive I: in Disk
Mgt. That was true under Windows XP BEFORE I installed SP1. Now after SP1 I
do not see it there either.

It is connected via USB, Firewire. I tried different cables, no change.

I will go and buy another USB (not Firewire cable) and try that.

This is most perplexing and has never happened before. I had this drive
before as external drive and it worked fine. It is only after installing
WINXP anew, that I run into this problem. I have even re-installed WINXP and
still it does not see the drive.

But it is humming all along fine.
"Hagar" <Anonymous...@See.Comment.Header> wrote in message
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> "Karl" <kar...@NOSPAMcomcast.netNOSPAM> wrote:
> >
> > Excellent advice. I downloaded and installed SP1 for XP and
> was able to now
> > also install MS PowerToys. Thanks.
> >
> > But other than in Disk Mgt. I cannot see my 80 GB Hitachi
> external drive. In
> > Disk Mgt. I can see it and it says healthy.
> >
> > I can also backup my Quicken to it. So it works, but I cannot
> see anywhere
> > the contents.
>

> If you have another disk manager, like TotalCommander, try that.
> Alternatively, try doing a directory of the drive in a DOS
> window.
> If those work, your problem is with windows explorer (NOT
> internet explorer)
> Sometimes restarting windows explorer works, and sometimes
> typing the drive letter in the address bar works. In the latter
> case, though, windows explorer will claim that long file names
> are not supported on that drive.

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[R. McCarty]

Are you sure you do not have "Phantoms" present that are
masking out this external drive ?

Un-Plug the non-functioning Peripheral.

Device Manager, View - Tic "Show Hidden Devices"
Check categories USB, Disk Drives - Uninstall any devices
that are shown grayed out (Lighter shade devices that are
present.)

Reboot PC and then re-plug the USB device.

"Karl" <kar...@NOSPAMcomcast.netNOSPAM> wrote in message

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[Karl]

I got it working finally.

I had to switch USB cables around ( why this works is beyond me) but I can
finally see all.

Karl

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