Author Topic: Help with SATA HDD not opening... (Read 1402 times)

ImPaKt · « **on:** December 12, 2007, 09:19:23 AM »

Ok i goofed somewhere, my PC treats any S-ATA device like its Plug-and-Play so even my System Hard Drive appears in the 'safely remove hardware' window.

Thing is, my PC auto sets a default action for every PnP device, and i cant change what it set for my HDDs, so when i go to My Computer and double click my C or F drives, they dont Open, i have to Right-Click and select 'Open' or 'Explore'

How can i restore double-click? Its really annoying me now.

Brulla · « **Reply #1 on:** December 12, 2007, 10:55:27 AM »

I also have a few drives in the 'safely remove hardware' - window

ImPaKt · « **Reply #2 on:** December 12, 2007, 11:45:17 AM »

Yeah but mine set them as 'Autoplay - Take No Action' so when i click them, nothing happens

And i know where to change it, but whatever i set it as, it doesnt do anything.

boxXx · « **Reply #3 on:** December 13, 2007, 04:27:01 AM »

You could try and install a driver for the HDD i had this with a IDE before, found a driver on the WD website installed it and everything went back to normal

Neo Anderson · « **Reply #4 on:** December 13, 2007, 10:11:11 AM »

Maybe the "goof" is in the BIOS somewhere? If not maybe in the registry?

ImPaKt · « **Reply #5 on:** December 13, 2007, 12:40:50 PM »

I tried the BIOS with no luck, but at least i OCd while i was in there

I'll try registry, or googling 'autoplay hard drive remove'

Torque · « **Reply #6 on:** December 13, 2007, 07:58:18 PM »

Reinstall Windows...

JayFoxRox · « **Reply #7 on:** December 13, 2007, 11:34:55 PM »

Quote from: Torque

Reinstall Linux...

Did you try to kick it out of the device manager and let it reinstall? Keep a bootcd ready by the way - you never know

ImPaKt · « **Reply #8 on:** December 14, 2007, 06:35:35 AM »

Sorted it with TweakUI

Had to remove all traces of autorun.inf and linked files to it