Details: The computer is a desktop. The "slave" is an internal drive. I was
using the computer for a week and everything was functional. If you search
this forum, a lot of endusers are experiencing the same issue. I was
thinking of what changes occurred prior to to going missing. Windows
autoupdated....so, with that in mind, I did a system restore back to a point
prior to the updates. Bingo, the drive reappears. So, it's seams that
something in one of the patches/updates is the issue. I don't have the time
to do a tiral and error to isolate exactly what udate is causing the issue.

Aren't there any microsoft moderators in this forum to help trouble shoot
theses issues?...or report them to the quality team?

Thanks.

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

> Is this a laptop or desktop? Is this "slave" drive internal or external?
> What were you doing when it "disappeared"? Disappeared from where? How
> about some details to work with.
>
> "Vista_is_the_new_ME" <VistaisthenewME@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:5F2A6540-81D3-4A3F-90B9-8A8B52C3391D@microsoft.com...
> > you're splitting hairs....your response didn't fix the problem.
> >
> >
> >
> > "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
> >
> >> SATA drives are not master and slave. They each are on separate
> >> controllers.
> >>
> >> "Vista_is_the_new_ME" <Vista_is_the_new_ME@discussions.microsoft.com>
> >> wrote
> >> in message news:8B681C29-D085-4171-AF89-CC7815C31659@microsoft.com...
> >> >I have a new pc w/ vista, 2 sata hard drives. Everything was fine, then
> >> >a
> >> > week later the slave drive disappeared. The BIOS recognizes the drive,
> >> > but
> >> > Vista doesn't. I've seen enough threads on here w/ no resolution.
> >> > System
> >> > restore is not an answer.
> >> >
> >> > Microsoft - Fix the problem.
> >>
>