Your description lacks some essential detail...
I would like to know ;
What drives are listed in "My Computer" ?
In the "Explorer", "My Documents" folder, right-click any empty area
and choose "Properties" - Is the "hidden" attribute box checkmarked ?
Press the "Win key" + "R" together - the "Run" box appears - type in :
diskmgmt.msc and click [ok] What volumes (drives) are listed in "Disk
Management" ?
Type : cmd.exe into the "Run" box - At the Command Prompt type :
dir c
...and then; dir d
dir e
etc., etc.,....which
drives are present.?
There is a registry setting that can hide selected drives. You can make
sure this setting is not hiding any drives by opening "Regedit.exe" and
deleting the following value [and *only* this value] (or setting it to 0
[zero]) :
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoDrives"=-
*N.B. There's also a similar-named value under this key :
"NoDriveTypeAutoRun" which has nothing to do with showing / hiding drives
in Explorer.
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I would, with honesty, describe myself as an "enthusiast", as I know most
regular users of this group are twice as knowledgeable as me.
However, it took me a while before even I learnt the most important thing
in diagnosing computer problems : - to include as much detail in your
explanation as possible! You may not know what any of it means, but
someone will, plus, as you and I don't know what's important and what
isn't, you should include EVERYTHING (time allowing).
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Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.
"Phil" <Phil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I am using win xp sp3. I just put a new hard drive. I re-install o/s and
> reinstalled docs& settings from a external hard drive. I am trying to use
> macrium and make a bart pe disk. All of my files are hidden. IWhen i
> download
> something to my documents if i go directly to my documents i can see
> them. If
> i go into windows explorer they are not visable. How can I make them not
> hidden? I went into folders and clicked show hidden folders.
> Thank you, Phil