Cant find Hard drive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  1. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 home premium 32 bit
       #1

    Cant find Hard drive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


    I just reinstalled win 7 home premium edition onto my cpu and now i cant find my secondary hard drive. It shows up in my bios but not on my computer screen. NO I do not want to format this hard drive it has all my backed up files!!! Can anyone help me?
    A little more info:
    Before i redid my cpu the hard drive was a secondary that i had used bitlocker on to keep it password protected. I know my password but i do not see my hard drive and i NEED to get into this hard drive.
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  2. Posts : 10,200
    MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
       #2

    Carry out following please:
    HOW TO POST A SNAPSHOT OF DISK MANAGEMENT DISPLAY
    Run disk management:
    WIN |
    type DISKMGMT.MSC | ENTER
    This method gives you a display without the unneeded navigation pane.
    WIN=key with Microsoft logo on top.



    Maximize the output of Disk Management:
    ALT-Spacebar
    key combo | X key (selects Maximize) |
    Drag the field separators (such as between Status and Capacity) to show entire field.


    Make a snapshot:
    WIN |
    type SNIPPING | ENTER | New
    Drag the cursor around the area you want to snip.
    File | Save as | select save location and name | Save


    Post the snapshot:
    Post a File or Screenshot in Seven Forums

    ========================================
    thanks, karl
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  3.    #3

    How are you using BitLocker in Home Premium?
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  4. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 home premium 32 bit
    Thread Starter
       #4

    I was using win 7 ultimate then got a non removable trojan virus so I redid c drive and lost my back up d drive visually on cpu
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  5.    #5

    Bitlocker is only offered in ultimate. You'll need to reinstall Ultimate if you have a valid Product Key to activate it.

    Since you knew access to your files depended upon Bitlocker working after reinstall, did you research what is required to maintain the encryption through a reinstall?

    If this is what you need to know now, then your current thread title is unlikely to attract the attention of someone who knows.
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  6. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 home premium 32 bit
    Thread Starter
       #6

    Lost my ultimate disk so a friend downloaded the wrong 90 day trial of windows. So if I change back to ultimate it should find it?
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  7. Posts : 10,200
    MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
       #7

    and where did you get a 90-day trial of windows?

    And where did you get your Win 7 Ultimate?
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  8. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 home premium 32 bit
    Thread Starter
       #8

    Ok it was 30 day trial from Microsoft website. Now I've used windows anytime update and put the key in for win 7 ultimate I've gone into computer management and still do not see my d drive
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  9. Posts : 644
    Windows 7 home premium x64
       #9

    Is the drive visible in drive management ? occasionally and I don't know why, Win 7 doesn't ascribe drive letters, you have to set a drive letter yourself in virtual drive manager.
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  10. Posts : 10,200
    MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
       #10

    Run cmd.exe
    enter following:
    systeminfo.exe > %userprofile%\Desktop\sysinfo.txt
    hit the ENTER key

    type, followed by Enter
    EXIT

    There will be a file called sysinfo.txt on your desktop.

    ATTACH that file to your next post. Link will show you how to ATTACH a file.

    Post a File or Screenshot in Seven Forums
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