Did a chkdsk on a drive, now MIA

[Foffy]

Hey friends. I'll try and keep it short and simple.

One of my drives - the 'F' drive - was having CRC errors so I figured I'd give it a better examination yesterday, and it seemed to be fine. If fixed a few errors, and for a 1 TB drive, I was surprised at how little was damaged. It took a while to go through scanning it, but it seemed fine. However, once I rebooted the PC, the drive went missing. I cannot see it under Device Manager nor My Computer, yet the drive is seen by the BIOS.

I figure I'd ask you lot what I should do to try and restore it. I can accept it being dead, but I'd like to know for sure if it's dead before I go out and get a new one, so I'd like to troubleshoot and see if there's an error that needs to be fixed to solve this.

 

[whs]

Check in disk management and assign a drive letter.

 

[Foffy]

I don't see it there. There's just C and an exteral, but not the drive I am looking for.

 

[whs]

Try disconnecting and then reconnecting it.

 

[Foffy]

While the PC is on, or off?

Because if off, I've already done this.

 

[whs]

If it is on. The idea is to get a new interrupt from the device. It is a long shot but does not cost any for trying.

 

[Foffy]

I tried that and no dice, sadly.