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  1. Posts : 10,200
    MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
       #91

    good.
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  2. Posts : 100
    Win 7 Professional 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #92

    no mix of drives seems to make any difference
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  3. Posts : 10,200
    MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
       #93

    OK. Disconnect all drives except for C drive.

    Does Win 7 run?
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  4. Posts : 100
    Win 7 Professional 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #94

    yes, starts normally
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  5. Posts : 10,200
    MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
       #95

    Did you make a System Image backup?

    I'm not talking about a backup where you tell it to backup files and folders, but rather a system image backup, which incidentally makes a a copy of your C drive including all files and folders.

    First, the question is do you have one. If yes, then you will be able to recover from any disasters with a minimum of effort.

    If you made a system image backup before when you had all drives connected with no grevious problems, then we can recover that way.

    I do not understand why diskpart does not see you other drives.

    To solve that problem, then we will try booting from a Partition Wizard cd.

    Partition Wizard is the only non-MIcrosoft product which I will recommend for partitioning, etc.
    Partition Wizard - free download

    Partition Wizard : Use the Bootable CD

    I think though that before we go further, I'll ask a couple of the other chaps who have much more experience with Partition Wizard to guide/advise you on its use.

    I will also ask them how it is possible for the bios to see a drive and diskpart not see the drive. Let's hope that I learn something.
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  6. Posts : 100
    Win 7 Professional 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #96

    did not make an image. should I do so now, just c:?
    I will download the Partition Wizard meanwhile
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  7. Posts : 10,200
    MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
       #97

    back in a few.
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  8. Posts : 100
    Win 7 Professional 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #98

    burning Partition Wizard & saving System Image C:
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  9. Posts : 10,200
    MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
       #99

    Can you see the other drives with Partition Wizard?
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  10. Posts : 2,737
    Windows 7 Enterprise (x64); Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64)
       #100

    GranPaSmurf said:
    I have a glitch. This is an older board, the SATA system will not see the 1 Tb drive. A couple of months ago when I bought the large HDD, I added a Silicone Image card to support the drive. It needed a bios flash which I did back then to see the drive. I had to redo that this morning. Now the large drive is visible in My Computer, but the Computer Management Console will not fully deploy the Disk Management. I reads at the bottom "Connecting to Virtual Disk Service...". Resource Monitor shows only about 2% CPU load. Also, Safe Mode refuses to get past "ClassPNP.exe" file.

    Wait...the Disk Management shows now...
    I think this is where things went wrong. I have had issues with add-on controllers causing issues just like this especially if you BIOS Flash them. Many times the vendor will change the way the add-on controller works and now the OS will NOT see it, nor will any other OS. You will most likely have to go to the vendor’s web site and download a driver for that add-on controller card. -WS
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