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    G50v Second HD Not located

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by simonfzhao, Nov 8, 2008.

  1. simonfzhao

    simonfzhao Notebook Evangelist

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    Hey guys, my problem is as in the title, this is basically what happened:
    I did a system recovery of Vista x64, and after everything was done I couldn't seem to find my second hard drive anymore :S I can't even see it in the BIOS :( I have not changed anything.

    I have checked My Computer -> Computer Management -> Storage -> Disk Management.
    In there I see:
    Disk 0 which has 3 partitions, 9.77GB Healthy (Primary Partition), Vista64 (C :) 116.44 GB NTFS Healthy (System, Boot, Page File, Active, Crash Dump, Primary Partition), and DATA (D :) 106.67 GB NTSF Healthy (Logical Drive)
    and
    CD-ROM 0

    Can someone please help me to find out what's wrong with it?
     
    simonfzhao, Nov 8, 2008
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  2. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    I think I remember a similar problem where the solution was to reset the BIOS to user (not manufacturer!) defaults. The other solution was to do a complete Windows recovery...

    Try searching around for more information, and also because I am not sure this is the same problem.
     
    E.B.E., Nov 8, 2008
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  3. simonfzhao

    simonfzhao Notebook Evangelist

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    Alright I'll try to load User defaults because I did choose Manufacturer thinking that it might have been the original :S I did do a complete Windows recovery but that didn't seem to work :S

    I was searching all night last night before I posted today :eek: and I was reading this thread but it didn't really help since the guy gave up in the end :S

    Update:
    OMG IT WORKED AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
    Sory I had to UNLEASH MY HAPPINESS with all caps :p
    Mad props dude!
     
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  4. E.B.E.

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    You're welcome. :) So the user defaults did the trick right?
     
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  5. simonfzhao

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    Yup! :D 10 Char
     
    simonfzhao, Nov 8, 2008
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