Vista can't see it's own HDD, but runs!!

Hi all,

Now this is a weird one....

I installed Vista Ultimate about a year ago, and a few months later
also installed Suse 10.2 and I know dual boot, GRUB handling the boot.
I have no problems whatsoever running either OS, and they are both
installed on the same physical disk, just different partitions. Now,
here's the strange thing:

If I open disk management, the C-drive is visible and listed as
healthy. If I run the Vista backup app, it can't even see the hard
drive it itself is Installed on! A while back I had problems
installing a patch, and through Googling it started having suspicions
that the patch problem could have to do with my dual boot setup (the
patch had to do with the disc encryption thing), so I thought I'd
restore Vista's boot record and delete the Suse partitions, but when I
start from the DVD and select repair, it can't see the OS.

It's not the worst problem in the world, but I'd really like to
familiarize myself with the backup features, and that's hard to do
when my hard drive evidently doesn't exist!

Any ideas anyone??

TIA,
Orjan

I have a similar problem: Every time I boot my computer and log in. I get a
"Safely Remove Hardware? icon in my tray on the right of my Desktop Toolbar.
I clicked on it the third time this happened because I was getting curious to
know what it was wanting to remove, and it listed my entire hard drive! I
swear, it's suicidal...,.

"" wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Now this is a weird one....
>
> I installed Vista Ultimate about a year ago, and a few months later
> also installed Suse 10.2 and I know dual boot, GRUB handling the boot.
> I have no problems whatsoever running either OS, and they are both
> installed on the same physical disk, just different partitions. Now,
> here's the strange thing:
>
> If I open disk management, the C-drive is visible and listed as
> healthy. If I run the Vista backup app, it can't even see the hard
> drive it itself is Installed on! A while back I had problems
> installing a patch, and through Googling it started having suspicions
> that the patch problem could have to do with my dual boot setup (the
> patch had to do with the disc encryption thing), so I thought I'd
> restore Vista's boot record and delete the Suse partitions, but when I
> start from the DVD and select repair, it can't see the OS.
>
> It's not the worst problem in the world, but I'd really like to
> familiarize myself with the backup features, and that's hard to do
> when my hard drive evidently doesn't exist!
>
> Any ideas anyone??
>
> TIA,
> Orjan
>

You are talking about the repair your computer, then startup repair on the
Install Now screen? Not the repair install later on.

<> wrote in message
news:34e6051e-a8f5-4d55-acad-...
> Hi all,
>
> Now this is a weird one....
>
> I installed Vista Ultimate about a year ago, and a few months later
> also installed Suse 10.2 and I know dual boot, GRUB handling the boot.
> I have no problems whatsoever running either OS, and they are both
> installed on the same physical disk, just different partitions. Now,
> here's the strange thing:
>
> If I open disk management, the C-drive is visible and listed as
> healthy. If I run the Vista backup app, it can't even see the hard
> drive it itself is Installed on! A while back I had problems
> installing a patch, and through Googling it started having suspicions
> that the patch problem could have to do with my dual boot setup (the
> patch had to do with the disc encryption thing), so I thought I'd
> restore Vista's boot record and delete the Suse partitions, but when I
> start from the DVD and select repair, it can't see the OS.
>
> It's not the worst problem in the world, but I'd really like to
> familiarize myself with the backup features, and that's hard to do
> when my hard drive evidently doesn't exist!
>
> Any ideas anyone??
>
> TIA,
> Orjan

It isn't suicidal as it won't let you remove it even if you try.

"IStronglyDislikeVista" < >
wrote in message news:E9E65849-008E-4223-9A85-...
>I have a similar problem: Every time I boot my computer and log in. I get a
> "Safely Remove Hardware? icon in my tray on the right of my Desktop
> Toolbar.
> I clicked on it the third time this happened because I was getting curious
> to
> know what it was wanting to remove, and it listed my entire hard drive! I
> swear, it's suicidal...,.
>
> "" wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Now this is a weird one....
>>
>> I installed Vista Ultimate about a year ago, and a few months later
>> also installed Suse 10.2 and I know dual boot, GRUB handling the boot.
>> I have no problems whatsoever running either OS, and they are both
>> installed on the same physical disk, just different partitions. Now,
>> here's the strange thing:
>>
>> If I open disk management, the C-drive is visible and listed as
>> healthy. If I run the Vista backup app, it can't even see the hard
>> drive it itself is Installed on! A while back I had problems
>> installing a patch, and through Googling it started having suspicions
>> that the patch problem could have to do with my dual boot setup (the
>> patch had to do with the disc encryption thing), so I thought I'd
>> restore Vista's boot record and delete the Suse partitions, but when I
>> start from the DVD and select repair, it can't see the OS.
>>
>> It's not the worst problem in the world, but I'd really like to
>> familiarize myself with the backup features, and that's hard to do
>> when my hard drive evidently doesn't exist!
>>
>> Any ideas anyone??
>>
>> TIA,
>> Orjan
>>

Exactly, the first repair option.

Cheers,
Örjan

On Apr 9, 4:07 am, "John Barnes" <jbar...@email.net> wrote:
> You are talking about the repair your computer, then startup repair on the
> Install Now screen? Not the repair install later on.
>
> <johanssonor...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:34e6051e-a8f5-4d55-acad-...
>
> > Hi all,
>
> > Now this is a weird one....
>
> > I installed Vista Ultimate about a year ago, and a few months later
> > also installed Suse 10.2 and I know dual boot, GRUB handling the boot.
> > I have no problems whatsoever running either OS, and they are both
> > installed on the same physical disk, just different partitions. Now,
> > here's the strange thing:
>
> > If I open disk management, the C-drive is visible and listed as
> > healthy. If I run the Vista backup app, it can't even see the hard
> > drive it itself is Installed on! A while back I had problems
> > installing a patch, and through Googling it started having suspicions
> > that the patch problem could have to do with my dual boot setup (the
> > patch had to do with the disc encryption thing), so I thought I'd
> > restore Vista's boot record and delete the Suse partitions, but when I
> > start from the DVD and select repair, it can't see the OS.
>
> > It's not the worst problem in the world, but I'd really like to
> > familiarize myself with the backup features, and that's hard to do
> > when my hard drive evidently doesn't exist!
>
> > Any ideas anyone??
>
> > TIA,
> > Orjan