Hi,
I have 2 HDs. 1st one is the OS, docs, programs and the second one is for multimedia data only. I also have an Mvix multimedia player (A small box that can have a HD and wired & wireless interface to access multimedia data from a server/PC and connects to TV&HiFi), which is connected to my PC wirelessly and plays movies from my second drive. During the playback, it froze and I turned it off, then turned off my PC. When I turned on the PC, the PC did not see the second drive. I turned off the PC, unpluggged the power and turned back on again. This time (and many times afterwards) windows (Vista 32 bit Ultimate) started 5-6 minutes later, windows explorer showed the drive (but instead of its real volume name "Multimedia Disk", just as "Local Disk". When I tried to explore it, it said device is not accessible (after 30-50 seconds). When I tried Computer Management->Disk Management to see what the system sees, it just showed the "scanning disks" feedback message and did not show any disk (neither C or optical D) even after waiting for minutes. In BIOS and windows device manager, it shows both disks with their correct model numbers. I also tried to change the SATA ports on the motherboard and it did not help. I then removed the disk and put inside the Mvix Multimedia player and it recognised & played the files without any problem. The Mvix multimedia player can also be used as a storage device through its USB port (with the hard disk inside Mvix box). When I plugged the USB port to the computer, it recognised the hard disk (as usb storage device but again not with the name I gave it to) but cold not access to it either.
So, there seems to be some corrupt information stored in the computer somewhere that stops accessing the hard drive neither from its SATA port nor the USP port. I think the disk would work fine if installed another computer or I reinstall Vista or I format the HD in another computer, rename it differently and install back on my computer. All these options (or tests) are not really option to me at the moment.
Any help on this?
Cheers...
I have 2 HDs. 1st one is the OS, docs, programs and the second one is for multimedia data only. I also have an Mvix multimedia player (A small box that can have a HD and wired & wireless interface to access multimedia data from a server/PC and connects to TV&HiFi), which is connected to my PC wirelessly and plays movies from my second drive. During the playback, it froze and I turned it off, then turned off my PC. When I turned on the PC, the PC did not see the second drive. I turned off the PC, unpluggged the power and turned back on again. This time (and many times afterwards) windows (Vista 32 bit Ultimate) started 5-6 minutes later, windows explorer showed the drive (but instead of its real volume name "Multimedia Disk", just as "Local Disk". When I tried to explore it, it said device is not accessible (after 30-50 seconds). When I tried Computer Management->Disk Management to see what the system sees, it just showed the "scanning disks" feedback message and did not show any disk (neither C or optical D) even after waiting for minutes. In BIOS and windows device manager, it shows both disks with their correct model numbers. I also tried to change the SATA ports on the motherboard and it did not help. I then removed the disk and put inside the Mvix Multimedia player and it recognised & played the files without any problem. The Mvix multimedia player can also be used as a storage device through its USB port (with the hard disk inside Mvix box). When I plugged the USB port to the computer, it recognised the hard disk (as usb storage device but again not with the name I gave it to) but cold not access to it either.
So, there seems to be some corrupt information stored in the computer somewhere that stops accessing the hard drive neither from its SATA port nor the USP port. I think the disk would work fine if installed another computer or I reinstall Vista or I format the HD in another computer, rename it differently and install back on my computer. All these options (or tests) are not really option to me at the moment.
Any help on this?
Cheers...
