C: Drive Missing

[Fuentes]

Hi all--

I recently suffered some sort of virus attack that somehow erased portions of my system. I tried to reinstall W7, but the installation couldn't find my C: drive, not is it visible in Device Manager or in Administration/Computer Management. My partition software says it's there, and I only have a few issues with actually using it.

Should I just Format C: and reinstall from a USB key? This all began when Comcast switched to Norton from McAfee...I think...

As always, any insight/help is sincerely appreciated.

 

[Stevy22]

Thats correct format using F Disc partition and then reinstall your OS using removable media like a flash drive

 

[theog]

Hi all--

I recently suffered some sort of virus attack that somehow erased portions of my system. I tried to reinstall W7, but the installation couldn't find my C: drive, not is it visible in Device Manager or in Administration/Computer Management. My partition software says it's there, and I only have a few issues with actually using it.

Should I just Format C: and reinstall from a USB key? This all began when Comcast switched to Norton from McAfee...I think...

As always, any insight/help is sincerely appreciated.

Try this first:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/681-startup-repair.html?ltr=S

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3413-repair-install.html?ltr=R

 

[brady]

check for the drives in registry... [regedit \ HKLM \ SYSTEM \ Mounted Devices] do you see your drives there? I am simply curious to see exactly what this 'virus' did.

 

[Fuentes]

check for the drives in registry... [regedit \ HKLM \ SYSTEM \ Mounted Devices] do you see your drives there? I am simply curious to see exactly what this 'virus' did.

and this is what it said...included 2 more pic...

 

[Fuentes]

check for the drives in registry... [regedit \ HKLM \ SYSTEM \ Mounted Devices] do you see your drives there? I am simply curious to see exactly what this 'virus' did.

I can only assumed you that you designed this...it worked!

 

[brady]

very interesting, i'll report back.

 

[brady]

it's not gone, it's simply removing the drive from view. There are a couple ways to fix this issue. easiest way is to install tweakui and reset your drive view with a simple check mark. Next run malwarebytes, and that should clean the remainder of the issue if it's not cleared already.

 

[Fuentes]

tweakui?

Have you lost your mind?

A serious response is warmly appreciated....