Disc drives unvisible (no drive letter)

ZKR

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I just formatted and installed afresh Win7 Ultimate N on a WD1000GB. Since setup screen it recognized only 3 of 5 disk drive (all of same HDD).
Before that I resized two of the drives with `EASEUS Partition Master 8.0.1 Home Edition` but I did so for the drives he actually recognized. (I accessed those drives through another OS which is installed on another HDD).

It would see them in disc management but it can`t assign drive letter, it says : Disk Management Console view is not up-to-date...
even the program can`t assign letter ot mess with the size of the drives.

I can fully access the drives through my other OS (xp).

Any suggestions please?
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Ultimate N 32-bitP4 3.01536 DDR2 (1024+512)GeForce8600 256MB
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate N 32-bit
CPU
P4 3.0
Motherboard
ASUS P5RD1-VM
Memory
1536 DDR2 (1024+512)
Graphics Card(s)
GeForce8600 256MB
Hard Drives
WD1000GB
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DM, Message when trying to set letter, EASEUS Partition Master Home Edition 8.0.1 View.
Ignore H and I.
I`ve Resized C: and D: through XP prior to Installing Windows.
 
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My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Ultimate N 32-bitP4 3.01536 DDR2 (1024+512)GeForce8600 256MB
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate N 32-bit
CPU
P4 3.0
Motherboard
ASUS P5RD1-VM
Memory
1536 DDR2 (1024+512)
Graphics Card(s)
GeForce8600 256MB
Hard Drives
WD1000GB

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bitIntel Core i7-4790G.SKILL 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 F3-10666CL9D-8GBNTAMD Radeon R7 250
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Build
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
CPU
Intel Core i7-4790
Motherboard
GA-Z87X-D3H
Memory
G.SKILL 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 F3-10666CL9D-8GBNT
Graphics Card(s)
AMD Radeon R7 250
Sound Card
Realtek ALC892
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung UN32EH5000, Dell 1703FPT
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080, 1280 x 1024
Hard Drives
WD5003AZEX
WD10EZEX
Samsung HD103SJ
Samsung 128 GB 840 PRO
PSU
SeaSonic M12II SS-500GM
Case
Fractal Design Define R4
Cooling
Zalman CNPS9900ALED
Keyboard
Logitech K800
Mouse
Logitech M705
Internet Speed
16 Mbps
Antivirus
Avast
Browser
Firefox
Other Info
Bose Companion 2 Multimedia Speakers
System is freshly installed, after format.

I didn`t see the drives even in the installation process (booting from Win Disc).
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Ultimate N 32-bitP4 3.01536 DDR2 (1024+512)GeForce8600 256MB
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate N 32-bit
CPU
P4 3.0
Motherboard
ASUS P5RD1-VM
Memory
1536 DDR2 (1024+512)
Graphics Card(s)
GeForce8600 256MB
Hard Drives
WD1000GB
Now It`s even worse :
I decided to backup and format them one by one.
I started with e: because it was having a ! icon in Easeuse, so I wanted to format it too. After doing so in Win7 DM full format (not quick) I noticed that now those 2 drives are seen as FreeSpace, so even seen in XP, in DiskManagemant. I have 200GB of important data on them, what can I do ?

http://www.freepicsupload.com/?di=013085006142
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Ultimate N 32-bitP4 3.01536 DDR2 (1024+512)GeForce8600 256MB
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate N 32-bit
CPU
P4 3.0
Motherboard
ASUS P5RD1-VM
Memory
1536 DDR2 (1024+512)
Graphics Card(s)
GeForce8600 256MB
Hard Drives
WD1000GB
Solved

I recovered one drive with Easeus partition recovery.
For the other I used the fabulous freeware :
Testdisk
TestDisk Step By Step - CGSecurity
It took me many hours but I successfuly copied the files.
It`s the best and only program I found to work and find that missing partition and files - Very simple and thoroughly working.

Best regards,
ZKR
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Ultimate N 32-bitP4 3.01536 DDR2 (1024+512)GeForce8600 256MB
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate N 32-bit
CPU
P4 3.0
Motherboard
ASUS P5RD1-VM
Memory
1536 DDR2 (1024+512)
Graphics Card(s)
GeForce8600 256MB
Hard Drives
WD1000GB
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