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Ask the DoctorDisappearing DVD

Posted 09/25/08 at 05:00:00 PM by The Maximum PC Staff

Ask the Doctor LogoIn your June 2008 issue, Frank Buttell mentioned a problem with a disappearing hard drive. I have also had that problem with Vista Ultimate, except my disappearing drive was my DVD +/- RW with LightScribe. I am dual-booting with XP Pro x64 edition and Vista Ultimate (32 bit). The drive is fine in XP, but in Vista, it will randomly disappear. A restart or sometimes a disconnect and reconnect of the SATA cable will solve the problem. So something must be up. What’s going on?

—Joshua Parnell

 

Don't disappear; hope remains after the jump.

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