disk drives

I'm running Vista Home Premium...After ripping some cds, my E:/drive just
disappears...POOF! It only comes back after a system restore, (which is an
issue that I addressed in another question) & System Restore tells me that it
failed for an "Unspecified Error".
Also, certain programs just hang up for no reason, & web browsers move
sluggishly as well. I'm using Mozilla Firefox, & I also have Internet
Explorer(shipped with Vista).

after a system restore and it comes back, run a checkdisk on it. in
Computer, right click on the drive, choose properties, choose the Tools
tab, click the Check Now button and allow it to be scheduled for next
time you boot (if that's what it asks).

Otherwise, while it's disappeared, do you see it in Disk Manager? Check
this by right clicking on Computer, then choosing Manage, then in the
box on the left click on Disk Management. See if your drive appears
there, but not in Computer. If it does, I still recommend running
checkdisk on it and making sure it is initialized. Right clicking on the
disk brings up various options.


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Bobo

"Bobo" wrote:>
> after a system restore and it comes back, run a checkdisk on it. in
> Computer, right click on the drive, choose properties, choose the Tools
> tab, click the Check Now button and allow it to be scheduled for next
> time you boot (if that's what it asks).
>
> Otherwise, while it's disappeared, do you see it in Disk Manager? Check
> this by right clicking on Computer, then choosing Manage, then in the
> box on the left click on Disk Management. See if your drive appears
> there, but not in Computer. If it does, I still recommend running
> checkdisk on it and making sure it is initialized. Right clicking on the
> disk brings up various options.
>

Thanks for your reply, Bobo. I actually solved the problem via this
suggestion from Rick.

See: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894730/en-us and follow the steps there
to remove the upper and lowerfilter entries in the registry.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP