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Re: XP Pro Will not recognize "D" drive
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Briandp wrote:
> Two days ago, the 25th I had just finished doing an update to my computer
> and after that had to restart the computer. It went into the restart and
> then stoppped with a notification that windows was installing an upgrade
> and would auto shut down when it was completed. This was the auto update
> program working. I left the computer in that position and returned about
> 15 minutes later. It normally will do a download and install fairly fast.
> It had not completed, so I let it continue to run. Four hours later it is
> still in the process of installing and changing the notification between
> the adviser of the install and the advisor of the auto shut down when
> completed. I let it run for two more hours, nothing. I then restarted
> the computer and went throught the whole process again and as I restarted
> the computer it went back into the install mode at shut down. I let it
> run
> a full 24 hours and it never finished.
>
> At this same time I had a second computer upstairs start into the same
> thing. I had just finished the update and went into the restart and the
> same exact thing happened. It ran for two days and never completed. I
> has
> only one hard drive, but it now starts up and takes around 5 to 6 minuets
> to boot up and get to the desk top. Use to take about 1 and 1/2 minutes.
> It's an older maching. The third computer is working just fine but had
> not
> had the same update download yet.
>
> Back to my main computer. The whole thing started to act up and I put it
> through a clean up, registry clean up, disk check, defrag, and it still
> would not function right. Did virus scans, malicioussoftware scans, and
> even ran Windows Defender, all came out clean. I finally got the system
> to
> run near normal, but noted that it takes 3 minutes and 20 seconds to boot
> to the desk top. It use to take, at the outside 45 seconds. I then
> dicovered that my "D" drive was not being recognized by XP Pro. I check
> the BIOS Setup and it registers there just fine. I checked control panel
> in device manager and it is not there. Went to Adminstrative unit and
> check manager there, no D drive.
>
> Can anyone help me work through this. Oh by the way, I went into Add and
> remove software and found the most recent Update I loaded before this
> problem started. It was KB957938. I uninstalled this update and things
> started to work out right away, except the D drive registry issue. In the
> second computer I found the same update and removed it and things worked
> themselve out and it is running just fine.
>
> So, can you help me get XP Pro to recognize my D drive?
>
> Thanks Briandp
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Briandp wrote:
> Two days ago, the 25th I had just finished doing an update to my computer
> and after that had to restart the computer. It went into the restart and
> then stoppped with a notification that windows was installing an upgrade
> and would auto shut down when it was completed. This was the auto update
> program working. I left the computer in that position and returned about
> 15 minutes later. It normally will do a download and install fairly fast.
> It had not completed, so I let it continue to run. Four hours later it is
> still in the process of installing and changing the notification between
> the adviser of the install and the advisor of the auto shut down when
> completed. I let it run for two more hours, nothing. I then restarted
> the computer and went throught the whole process again and as I restarted
> the computer it went back into the install mode at shut down. I let it
> run
> a full 24 hours and it never finished.
>
> At this same time I had a second computer upstairs start into the same
> thing. I had just finished the update and went into the restart and the
> same exact thing happened. It ran for two days and never completed. I
> has
> only one hard drive, but it now starts up and takes around 5 to 6 minuets
> to boot up and get to the desk top. Use to take about 1 and 1/2 minutes.
> It's an older maching. The third computer is working just fine but had
> not
> had the same update download yet.
>
> Back to my main computer. The whole thing started to act up and I put it
> through a clean up, registry clean up, disk check, defrag, and it still
> would not function right. Did virus scans, malicioussoftware scans, and
> even ran Windows Defender, all came out clean. I finally got the system
> to
> run near normal, but noted that it takes 3 minutes and 20 seconds to boot
> to the desk top. It use to take, at the outside 45 seconds. I then
> dicovered that my "D" drive was not being recognized by XP Pro. I check
> the BIOS Setup and it registers there just fine. I checked control panel
> in device manager and it is not there. Went to Adminstrative unit and
> check manager there, no D drive.
>
> Can anyone help me work through this. Oh by the way, I went into Add and
> remove software and found the most recent Update I loaded before this
> problem started. It was KB957938. I uninstalled this update and things
> started to work out right away, except the D drive registry issue. In the
> second computer I found the same update and removed it and things worked
> themselve out and it is running just fine.
>
> So, can you help me get XP Pro to recognize my D drive?
>
> Thanks Briandp
