Windows 10: Empty hard-drive being accessed and freezing pc for seconds

Hi, I've had this issue multiple times in multiple different forms, it's very persistent and keeps coming back. Here are both of the times I have recorded them in this microsoft help forum and the advice that either isn't working anymore or hasn't worked at all.https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/drive-spinning-and-freezing-pc-for-a-few-seconds/22f4cdad-1403-4f81-950f-a782cd76be24 Firsthttps://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/drive-spinning-and-freezing-pc-for-a-few-seconds/de4779de-18d8-4cf8-b1f8-5fd63ef68cb4?page=1 SecondI've noticed that when thi

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Cannot access my second hard drive in XP

I just noticed that my second hard drive dissapeared from my computer, i decided to restart the pc hoping it would reappear, it did, however i still can't access it when i try to open it i get the following message: H:\ is not accessible. The file or directory is corrupted and unreadeable. BIOS still sees it, when i restart the PC, it lists both of my hard drives and both optical drives, but i can't open it in Windows.

This was preceeded by somewhat strange behavior this morning, my PC would not boot into XP and would freeze after the Windows is loading message, i had to restart several times by pushing the restart button to log on. It was somewhat slow at first but after the next restart was back to normal, and then i noticed the missing second HD. I don't even know if its a hardware or a software issue. Can someone help me with this?

 

second hard drive

Hi,

Based on the screenshot that you've provided, it seems that the second hard drive is not recognized by your computer. For us to resolve the issue, we recommend that you run the troubleshooter for hardware and devices. Follow these steps on how to run the
Hardware and Devices troubleshooter:

• On Cortana search, type troubleshooting.
• Select Troubleshooting from the list.
• Click View all at the left pane of the window.
• Select Hardware and Devices.
• Click Next and follow the on-screen instructions.

Feel free to post back if you have other concern.

 

Unable to access Drives

Hi Suneel,

One of the reasons why you're unable to access your hard disk or an external hard drive is that these drives have been corrupted. For us to provide an accurate resolution, kindly elaborate the issue by answering the questions listed below:

• Are you trying to access external hard drives or just partitioned drives on your PC?
• Were there any changes on your PC before this happened like software or updates installed?

Just to make sure, kindly verify if your hard drive is reflected in your Device Manager. Kindly follow the steps listed below to check it:

• Press the Start button.
• Type Device Manager.
• Under Disk drives, kindly check if there's an error on the hard drive listed.

We'll be waiting for your reply.