Missing Drives in My Computer and Windows Explorer

ID: Q191579

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When you view My Computer or Windows Explorer, some or all of your drives may be missing. When you view Device Manager, the missing drives may be displayed, and you may be able to gain access to the drives by clicking Start, clicking Run, typing the drive letter in the Open box, and then clicking OK. The drives are accessible at a command prompt or in Safe mode, and can be access by ScanDisk and Disk Defragmenter.


CAUSE

This behavior can occur if the PowerToys TweakUI tool is installed and configured to hide one or more of your drives.


RESOLUTION

To resolve this behavior, follow these steps:

  1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.


  2. Double-click TweakUI.


  3. On the My Computer tab, click to select the check boxes of the drives that are currently hidden.


  4. Click Close, and then restart your computer.


Windows 98

If the TweakUI tool is not installed, install it from the Windows 98 CD- ROM and then follow steps 1-4. For information about how to install the TweakUI tool, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID:Q190643
TITLE :How to Install and Uninstall the TweakUI Tool in Windows 98


Windows 95

If the TweakUI tool is not installed, install it by visiting the
http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads


Microsoft Web site. Click Power Toys. After you install TweakUI, follow steps 1-4 in this article.


MORE INFORMATION

The TweakUI tool can also be used to hide mapped network drives.

For additional information about the TweakUI tool, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q188920
TITLE : Windows 98 Power Toys Readme.txt File 


Keywords          : kbtool kbui win98 
Version           : WINDOWS:98
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: January 23, 1999