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Can't see e:\ drive 1

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bpACH

Technical User
Nov 9, 2006
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Hello,

For some reason explorer can't see anything that is mapped to the e:\ drive.

We've tried mapping network drives and inserting flash drives and both don't work. With flash drives, they show up in computer management and we can re-assign them to another drive there.

If you try to access it from the search box/run command it works, but if you open the computer folder, it is invisible.

Any ideas?
 
See if you can get any clues from these type of posts.

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Any mention of Drive E: in here?
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Are you running any third party software that could be causing your problem? Is the drive available from Safe Mode?

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Have you tested with a different user?
 
linnety, in response to your question: yes, it affected all users.

I ended up modifying ntuser.dat on the default profile and then deleting all of the existing profiles.
 
I'm glad you have an E: drive back, I'll see you when the next bit falls off. All the best.
 
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