I'm running Vista x64 SP2 with 8GB RAM, 4 hard drives & an SSD (non-RAID). Vista is on the SSD.
About once or twice a week, when I boot up it sits at a black screen for a few minutes and the HDD light on my case stays on instead of flashing; then it finally gets to the login screen. After I login I notice that 1 of my hard drives doesn't show up in Windows Explorer or the Drive Manager. It's not always the same drive the disappears; the cables aren't loose; and I've run the HD Tune disk diagnostics many times and never find anything wrong with any of my drives. I'm guessing it's timing out while waiting for the hard drive to respond and then gives up and drops it from the list of available drives.
This has been happening for several years, a few different motherboards, and many fresh installs of Windows.
Any ideas on why this happens and how to fix it?
About once or twice a week, when I boot up it sits at a black screen for a few minutes and the HDD light on my case stays on instead of flashing; then it finally gets to the login screen. After I login I notice that 1 of my hard drives doesn't show up in Windows Explorer or the Drive Manager. It's not always the same drive the disappears; the cables aren't loose; and I've run the HD Tune disk diagnostics many times and never find anything wrong with any of my drives. I'm guessing it's timing out while waiting for the hard drive to respond and then gives up and drops it from the list of available drives.
This has been happening for several years, a few different motherboards, and many fresh installs of Windows.
Any ideas on why this happens and how to fix it?