Weird error: Disk not showing on task manager


Have you tried Deleting/Uninstall the disks from device manager and letting Windows re detecting the drives? and Reboot.
I've had occasions where the disk is not showing properly, and doing this fixes the problem. I think the registry entry gets corrupted.

I see you have tried this but did you do both disks? and the IDE ATA/ATAPI controller drivers. Use standard MS ones on all devices.
No , i havent tried to uninstall the drivers from device manager. I will give it a try.
If you could guess i think i would guess that something in the registry messed up, but runing the scan didnt found errors at all.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 11 Pro
    CPU
    i5-9400
    Motherboard
    Asus TUF H310M-Plus Gaming/BR, Intel LGA 1151
    Memory
    16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 OC 6G, GDDR5 - GV-N1660OC-6GD
    Hard Drives
    SSD Kingston A400, 240GB, SATA
A fast test would be to disconnect your mechanical HDD and then see how fast the response is. It may be time for a full format of that thing to clean out bad sector reports and such, which is entirely possible if you have had the drive for a while now.

If it still takes a long time with only the SSD connected, then I suggest making a full backup image of the entire SSD, all three partitions, then cleanly installing Windows 11 onto the SSD (and you might could also disconnect the mechanical drive after saving the backup, so you only install Windows 11 to the SSD with no interference from the HDD). With the clean install, using the clean install tutorial here at hte forums, you should be able to rule out the drive(s) as being the cause of the delay, and will probably need to look at perhaps updating your UEFI firmware.

But what this test will do will be to see if something on the SSD (bad sectors / pending hardware failure / weird sector information / something totally different) is causing the slow uptake in the reading of the drive.

A couple of tips:

1) Pick a good program like Macrium to make the entire disk image. Then pick a second one like, say, CloneZIlla, and make a *second* entire disk backup. The reason is that, unless you'
re already making regular backups, you may not be familiar with all of the options you need to set, and if you make a backup that alter cannot restore correctly, you will be stuck with the new install. So, making 2 backups, from 2 different programs, gives you a bit of a safety net in terms of increasing your chances for a successful restore.

2) When clean installing, follow the tutorial closely, including the steps to clean the drive and convert it to GPT, it will go a long way.

The first step, disconnecting the HDD, is relatively easily tested. The backups and clean install is a much, much more involved process, and if you're not comfortable doing it, no worries. But, it is a good way to see if it is the hardware, the drive(s) themselves, or something having to do with the file system / OS (the last is highly doubtful since it takes a long time to show in your UEFI firmware also, *but* can still be an issue with hte underlying fs itself, if not something in the drive, that is causing it to act wonky.
 

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    Windows 11 23H2 Current build
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did you unplug them and start with c: then add d:, then the next..etc... instead of having a gaggle of drives with issues at one time? it should not affect the volumes names in sequeance unless you plug them in out of order...
 

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  • OS
    Win11
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    PC/Desktop
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    Asus Home built
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    i9-13900
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    ASUS Strix Z90-H
    Memory
    64 GB
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    Nvidia RTX 2080-ti
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    Sony 55"
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    850 watt EVGA
    Case
    Cooler Master Haf 932
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    MS
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    MS
    Internet Speed
    100/100
    Antivirus
    Norton 360
Have you tried Deleting/Uninstall the disks from device manager and letting Windows re detecting the drives? and Reboot.
I've had occasions where the disk is not showing properly, and doing this fixes the problem. I think the registry entry gets corrupted.

I see you have tried this but did you do both disks? and the IDE ATA/ATAPI controller drivers. Use standard MS ones on all devices.
uninstalling driver did not work... same thing..
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 11 Pro
    CPU
    i5-9400
    Motherboard
    Asus TUF H310M-Plus Gaming/BR, Intel LGA 1151
    Memory
    16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 OC 6G, GDDR5 - GV-N1660OC-6GD
    Hard Drives
    SSD Kingston A400, 240GB, SATA
Guys, when my computer is off (shutdown) and I start it, The hard drives (HDD &SSSD) show almost instantly like it should do.

Only when I restart the PC it takes a looong time to show the Hard drive on task manager (and Disk managment) up (5 mins)

Edit: i said it too early, now on cold boot is also not showing quickly...
 
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 11 Pro
    CPU
    i5-9400
    Motherboard
    Asus TUF H310M-Plus Gaming/BR, Intel LGA 1151
    Memory
    16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 OC 6G, GDDR5 - GV-N1660OC-6GD
    Hard Drives
    SSD Kingston A400, 240GB, SATA
it is possible one drive has an issue, and it will not progress past that drive in a chain... you are going to have to weed out the drive or drives that need addressed.
 

My Computer

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  • OS
    Win11
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    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Asus Home built
    CPU
    i9-13900
    Motherboard
    ASUS Strix Z90-H
    Memory
    64 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia RTX 2080-ti
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Sony 55"
    Hard Drives
    SSD
    PSU
    850 watt EVGA
    Case
    Cooler Master Haf 932
    Keyboard
    MS
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    MS
    Internet Speed
    100/100
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    Norton 360
I would suggest running Hard Drive Sentinel Download Hard Disk Sentinel download the trial version.
Or Crystal Disk Info CrystalDiskInfo

As retiredat44 said your disks Could be the issue and this needs to be eliminated.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro 23H2 (22631.2715)
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    Intel Alder lake i7 12700K
    Motherboard
    Asus z690 Gaming WiFi D4, Bios Ver 2802
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    32 Gb Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 XMP1
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    EVGA 3070ti FTW3 Ultra Gaming & Intel Arc
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    Via Display port
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    Dell AW2723DF
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    2560 x 1440 @ 165Hz G-Sync mode
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    WD Black SN850 1Tb NVME
    Samsung 980 Pro with heatsink 1Tb NVME
    Samsung 870 Qvo 1Tb SSD,
    Seagate ST2000DM001 2Gb
    Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-219L
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    Corsair RM850
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    Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Tempered Glass
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    Be Quiet Shadow Rock 3
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    Logitech G Pro
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    Logitech G903, Lightspeed + Powerplay Mat
    Internet Speed
    40Mb
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    Firefox
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    Logitech C930e webcam
    Synology DS218 play 2 x 4Tb WD Red WD40EFAX
I would suggest running Hard Drive Sentinel Download Hard Disk Sentinel download the trial version.
Or Crystal Disk Info CrystalDiskInfo

As retiredat44 said your disks Could be the issue and this needs to be eliminated.
I ran the doftware. No problem found.

Guys, its something with the registry or something that windows messed up. Im 90% sure its not a hardware problem...
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 11 Pro
    CPU
    i5-9400
    Motherboard
    Asus TUF H310M-Plus Gaming/BR, Intel LGA 1151
    Memory
    16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 OC 6G, GDDR5 - GV-N1660OC-6GD
    Hard Drives
    SSD Kingston A400, 240GB, SATA
Did you clean install onto the SSD or did you clone from the 1Tb drive?
 

My Computer

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  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro 23H2 (22631.2715)
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    My Self
    CPU
    Intel Alder lake i7 12700K
    Motherboard
    Asus z690 Gaming WiFi D4, Bios Ver 2802
    Memory
    32 Gb Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 XMP1
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA 3070ti FTW3 Ultra Gaming & Intel Arc
    Sound Card
    Via Display port
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell AW2723DF
    Screen Resolution
    2560 x 1440 @ 165Hz G-Sync mode
    Hard Drives
    WD Black SN850 1Tb NVME
    Samsung 980 Pro with heatsink 1Tb NVME
    Samsung 870 Qvo 1Tb SSD,
    Seagate ST2000DM001 2Gb
    Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-219L
    PSU
    Corsair RM850
    Case
    Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Tempered Glass
    Cooling
    Be Quiet Shadow Rock 3
    Keyboard
    Logitech G Pro
    Mouse
    Logitech G903, Lightspeed + Powerplay Mat
    Internet Speed
    40Mb
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    MS Defender
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    Logitech C930e webcam
    Synology DS218 play 2 x 4Tb WD Red WD40EFAX

My Computer

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  • OS
    Win 11 Pro
    CPU
    i5-9400
    Motherboard
    Asus TUF H310M-Plus Gaming/BR, Intel LGA 1151
    Memory
    16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 OC 6G, GDDR5 - GV-N1660OC-6GD
    Hard Drives
    SSD Kingston A400, 240GB, SATA
I think the HDD was the culprit. i've disable it on bios and i could not reproduce the error again. Then, i activated the sata port again and enable the hot swap option for this sata port. Until now, it's working like it should.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 11 Pro
    CPU
    i5-9400
    Motherboard
    Asus TUF H310M-Plus Gaming/BR, Intel LGA 1151
    Memory
    16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 OC 6G, GDDR5 - GV-N1660OC-6GD
    Hard Drives
    SSD Kingston A400, 240GB, SATA
Good to hear 🙂
 

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    Win 11 Pro 23H2 22631.3374
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    Intel® Core™ i7-12700F
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    ASUS TUF GAMING Z690-PLUS WIFI
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    G.SKILL Ripjaws S5 Series 64GB (2 x 32GB) DDR5
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    EVGA GeForce RTX 3050 XC Black Gaming
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    RealTek HD 7.1
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    ASUS TUF Gaming 27" 2K HDR Gaming
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    Samsung 990 Pro 1TB NVMe (Win 11)
    SK hynix P41 500GB NVMe (Win 10)
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    Windows 10 22H2 19045.4170
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    Intel Core i7-11700F
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    Asus TUF Gaming Z590 Plus WiFi
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    64 GB DDR4
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    EVGA RTX 2060 KO Ultra Gaming
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    SoundBlaster X-Fi Titanium
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    Samsung F27T350
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    Hyper 212 EVO
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    350Mbps
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    Windows Security
I talked to soon, yesterday it was impossible to reproduce the error, today its the same damn thing again. I disable the sata 2 port for the hdd but that did not solve the problem.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 11 Pro
    CPU
    i5-9400
    Motherboard
    Asus TUF H310M-Plus Gaming/BR, Intel LGA 1151
    Memory
    16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 OC 6G, GDDR5 - GV-N1660OC-6GD
    Hard Drives
    SSD Kingston A400, 240GB, SATA
Do you have both drives connected when reinstalling Windows? Could you put the model and make of the 1Tb Hard Disk on the My Computer.specs
What Bios version on the motherboard? Power supply?
Windows Build No?

I'm trying to get a complete picture of your setup.
 
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System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro 23H2 (22631.2715)
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    My Self
    CPU
    Intel Alder lake i7 12700K
    Motherboard
    Asus z690 Gaming WiFi D4, Bios Ver 2802
    Memory
    32 Gb Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 XMP1
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA 3070ti FTW3 Ultra Gaming & Intel Arc
    Sound Card
    Via Display port
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell AW2723DF
    Screen Resolution
    2560 x 1440 @ 165Hz G-Sync mode
    Hard Drives
    WD Black SN850 1Tb NVME
    Samsung 980 Pro with heatsink 1Tb NVME
    Samsung 870 Qvo 1Tb SSD,
    Seagate ST2000DM001 2Gb
    Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-219L
    PSU
    Corsair RM850
    Case
    Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Tempered Glass
    Cooling
    Be Quiet Shadow Rock 3
    Keyboard
    Logitech G Pro
    Mouse
    Logitech G903, Lightspeed + Powerplay Mat
    Internet Speed
    40Mb
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    MS Defender
    Other Info
    Logitech C930e webcam
    Synology DS218 play 2 x 4Tb WD Red WD40EFAX
Do you have both drives connected when reinstalling Windows? Could you put the model and make of the 1Tb Hard Disk on the My Computer.specs
What Bios version on the motherboard? Power supply?
Windows Build No?

I'm trying to get a complete picture of your setup.
Yep, when i clean installed win11 (with iso) they were all there already.

WDC WD10SPZX-24Z10 -> HD (On sata 1 port)
Kingston SA400S37240G -> SSD (on sata 2 port)
A CD Drive is on Sata 3.

To be honest, although i would say the HDD is the one getting in trouble its impossible to affirm. There might be something corrupt. I have no idea anymore. Tried everything except formating windows..

ASUS TUF H310M-PLUS GAMING/BR, on the latest bios (3202)
windows 11 version 21H2 (latest)
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 11 Pro
    CPU
    i5-9400
    Motherboard
    Asus TUF H310M-Plus Gaming/BR, Intel LGA 1151
    Memory
    16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 OC 6G, GDDR5 - GV-N1660OC-6GD
    Hard Drives
    SSD Kingston A400, 240GB, SATA
It's just me being picky ;-) plug SSD into Sata port 1. Leave the rest off/unplugged and boot up, including CDrom drive.
Run like this for a few boots / reboots.

Test for 1 hour! If the installed copy of Windows plays up, Clean it by running a repair install. (no other drives connected!!) Repair Install Windows 11 with an In-place Upgrade Tutorial Run "sfc /scannow" after.
Down load a fresh ISO from Microsoft Download Official Windows 11 ISO file from Microsoft Tutorial

Then plug in WD 1Tb into port 3! leave CDrom drive unplugged, test again to see if it boots up and runs ok.

Finally plug CDrom drive into Sata port4! and test. (I have seen faulty CDrom drives not playing nice...)

Make sure you have no USB sticks plugged in!

I know i'm being a pain :rolleyes: buts it's the way I would check if I had any problems.
With just the SSD connected and after repair install, should reveal a hardware problem.... I hope.
Post the results of your step by step tests here and I/we can review them.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro 23H2 (22631.2715)
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    My Self
    CPU
    Intel Alder lake i7 12700K
    Motherboard
    Asus z690 Gaming WiFi D4, Bios Ver 2802
    Memory
    32 Gb Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 XMP1
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA 3070ti FTW3 Ultra Gaming & Intel Arc
    Sound Card
    Via Display port
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell AW2723DF
    Screen Resolution
    2560 x 1440 @ 165Hz G-Sync mode
    Hard Drives
    WD Black SN850 1Tb NVME
    Samsung 980 Pro with heatsink 1Tb NVME
    Samsung 870 Qvo 1Tb SSD,
    Seagate ST2000DM001 2Gb
    Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-219L
    PSU
    Corsair RM850
    Case
    Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Tempered Glass
    Cooling
    Be Quiet Shadow Rock 3
    Keyboard
    Logitech G Pro
    Mouse
    Logitech G903, Lightspeed + Powerplay Mat
    Internet Speed
    40Mb
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    MS Defender
    Other Info
    Logitech C930e webcam
    Synology DS218 play 2 x 4Tb WD Red WD40EFAX

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