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missing drive letters in My Computer

Updated 10. July 2008 - 11:38 by Paralegal
My computer got into a loop and I had to reinstal Windows Xp and all the components.  It is back up and running BUT  when I use a thumb drive or a digital camera the computer picks it up and tells me that it is ready to use but it does not show in my computer nor in the right click move box
 
I have tried System Tools, Computer Mangement and the extra drive is showing there. It is also showing in the drop down box of Word.  It dose not show in Explore
 
Do you know how to get it to show in My Computer

 

by Anonymous on 8. November 2011 - 16:27  (82919)

joe.bennett i have try what you tell but "change drives letter and path" show the errors and that does not work for me in windows 7 what to do ?
by MidnightCowboy on 8. November 2011 - 17:15  (82923)

The thread is over three years old now. Please post your query in our forum and someone will be pleased to help you.
by Anonymous on 1. October 2011 - 5:30  (80675)

Hey
Many of my drives were missing in "My Computer"..
Then I tried to Access its content files through the address bar in the Explorer..
It said "Cannot find 'file:///x:/'(Where x is any of my drive). Make sure the path or Internet address is correct. "
When I was trying to play songs via iTunes (Songs which were already in its Library).
It said "Cannot Play this File.File Missing." Even though allthe songs were listed there..These all songs seemed to be like "UNCLICKABLE GREY LISTINGS"...
How can I Bring all my drives back . Please Help.. :(
by Anupam on 1. October 2011 - 7:41  (80679)

Please register on the site, and post in the forum, where it can be better answered.
by Anonymous on 13. March 2009 - 18:33  (17774)

But what if the drive letter you want to change is the boot drive? See here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223188
by Paralegal on 13. July 2008 - 8:47  (4193)

I have found the answer to the problem. You have to locate and rename or delete sptd.sys. When this is done the computer works fine. Also you can view the contents of the drive through Internet Explorer.
by Anonymous on 13. July 2008 - 13:05  (4203)

This is very strange, sptd.sys is a device driver. SCSI Pass Through Direct is used for many virtual drive software tools. I also have it on my PC but I never have that problem, do you have Alcohol or Daemon installed? They don't work anymore, do they? Have you tried updating the driver?

http://www.duplexsecure.com/en/downloads
by peter on 13. July 2008 - 8:51  (4194)

See also:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/startups/sptd-13477.html
by Paralegal on 11. July 2008 - 16:45  (4083)

Thank you Joe. Unfortunately that did not work. Any other suggestions? Since posting I have downloaded a Hotfix from Microsoft which seemed to cover the problem but that has not worked either it is so frustrating.
by joe.bennett on 11. July 2008 - 2:20  (4035)

We deal with this problem all the time at my job.

I suggest you try the following:

1) Right click on "My Computer"
2) Click on "Manage"
3) When the "Computer Management" screen comes up, click on "Disk Management" on the left panel.
4) The lower part of the right panel will show each volume that XP can see. It should show your flash drive. Right click on the drive that is your flash drive and then click on, "Change Drive letters and paths". This will allow you to assign a logical drive letter to the flash drive. Just click on the "Change" button and select a drive letter you know is not already in use. This will assign it a logical drive letter and XP will then pop up the flash drive.

Let us know if this works for you.

-Joe
by Anonymous on 8. September 2009 - 12:09  (32328)

thanks it really helps me

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