WinPE troubleshooting tips for not displaying hard drives

Document One:

Whether the majority of PE friends have encountered such a situation, boot to the WinPE system, plug in the USB mobile hard drive, the desktop in the lower right corner of the taskbar appears on the USB device icon, but open "My Computer" or "explorer", but can not find the mobile hard drive letter, unable to open the mobile hard drive, There is no way to perform the appropriate operation on a removable hard disk. So, is there any way to make the disk character of the mobile hard disk appear? The answer is yes.

　　Method One:

On the desktop of the WinPE system, right-click "My Computer"-> "Manage"-> "Disk Management", you can see that the WinPE system has recognized the mobile hard disk (disk 1), but it has not been assigned a letter. In a partition on a removable hard disk (disk 1) (if there are 2 or more partitions), right-click "Change Drive name and path"-> "Add"-> "OK" and assign it a letter. In this way, I can't find the drive letter in My Computer or explorer. Don't worry, press the Ctrl+alt+del on your keyboard, bring up Windows Task Manager, select EXPLORER.EXE in the process, and then click "End Process"! Oh! Taskbar and desktop icons are gone!......, Oh! It's coming out again! Now you go to "My Computer" or "explorer" to see, ok!

　　Method Two:

Open the WINPM tool software in the WinPE system, you can also see the WinPE system has recognized the mobile hard disk (disk 1), but did not assign the letter to it. On a partition on a removable hard disk (disk 1), the mouse right-clicks "mount"-> "OK"-> "close" and assigns it a letter. Go to "My Computer" or "explorer" and look at it, ok!.

Using the above two methods, in the "My Computer" can see the letter, is a better way.

Method Three:

With the method one in Disk management for the mobile hard disk to assign a good letter, in the disk Management of your new assigned letter point on the right click and then click to open a dialog box, the effect is that the partition does not exist, ignore it, redo the line, so you can exchange data with other partitions.

　　Method Four:

With the method one in Disk management for the mobile hard disk to assign a good letter, in the IE cable Address bar to enter the letter you just assigned, such as: (X:), enter the line, so you can exchange data with other partitions.

　　Document II:

Often use PE friends trust have encountered such a problem, part of the new purchase of the computer can be normal to the PE system installed to the U disk, can also be normal to enter the PE system, however, after entering the PE system, but could not find the hard disk, after entering PE can not find the hard disk how to solve

After entering the PE system can not find the hard disk, such a situation will be present in most of the new acquisition of the computer, so if you encounter such a problem, how to solve it? Below we come to say 1 under the emergence of such a case causes with the solution:

The main reason why you can't find the hard drive when you enter the PE system is that your hard disk is in AHCI mode, you use the ground PE version older does not support the hard drive AHCI mode read, then you invent your hard drive can not read after you may down the latest version of PE, and then the device to the U disk, individual can be resolved. After entering the PE system, you can look up the contents of each partition of your hard disk. Or you can go to the BIOS, to higher there will be your hard drive interface mode SATA, the AHCI into the IDE, you can enter the PE will be able to see your various hard disk partitions. After using PE to restore a good system, don't forget to change it back is available. Each BIOS setting is not 1, so you can consult your computer brand service provider or motherboard manufacturer vendor to change the hard drive to IDE mode.

In short, the hard drive does not appear after you enter PE because your hard drive control mode is AHCI rather than IDE mode, which causes the hard drive to be found. Only need to enter the BIOS to change the hard drive control mode to the IDE is! Detailed procedures please look down!

Change the hard drive to IDE mode after a computer enters the BIOS

Let's take a brand computer BIOS setup For example to teach you how to change the SATA hard disk AHCI to the IDE.

1, the first time to press F2 key to enter the BIOS (note: Because the brand computer into the BIOS geothermal key is not 1, on this please be sure to according to your own motherboard according to the corresponding geothermal key into the BIOS), after entering the BIOS, press the keyboard on the local key to select Config, Press ENTER to enter the Config page.

2, into the config page behind the application of the key choice serial ATA (SATA) Site page, enter, and then the original AHCI to the IDE. After a carriage return is the end of the change.

After the change is implemented, we press F10 to save, press ESC to exit the BIOS, or press ESC to exit the BIOS, reminding you to keep it and then yes.

After the change is complete, you can reboot into the PE system. After entering the PE system you will see, you familiar with the C, D, E, F disk is not out again, OK, then you have to do is to use Ghost to restore your system can be.