random disappearance

About this tag
The tag 'random disappearance' on WindowsForum.com covers user-reported issues where hardware or interface elements vanish unpredictably in Windows 7. Common scenarios include internal hard drives disappearing from the system, requiring a reboot to reappear, and taskbar icons or pinned programs vanishing while the applications remain running. These problems often occur after system changes, such as upgrading from XP to Windows 7, and may involve device manager or diskpart not detecting the missing drive. Troubleshooting discussions focus on identifying causes like driver conflicts, power settings, or software conflicts, with users seeking fixes to restore consistent visibility of drives or taskbar items.

  1. Windows 7 Internal Hard Disk disappears randomly since install Windows 7 Pro 64 bit

    Hello, 2 weeks ago i replaced XP with Windows 7 Pro 64 bit on my PC and since then my D: drive randomly disappears. I have been using the PC which has 3 internal disk drives with XP for the past 3 years never having problems with the disk drives. Since i installed Windows 7 Professional 64...
    • DaveBrock
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    • d drive device manager diskpart hard drive internal drive pc upgrade random disappearance sata drive troubleshooting windows 7
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Pinned/Running programs disappear from Taskbar

    Hello, Please check the screenshot below. I've been running windows 7 x64 for some months without any major changes or virus/malware problems. But for a week now, my taskbar completely disappears at random times. (happened 4 times) It is completely random and it seems that the the programs...
    • Thundordan
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    • aero flip chrome malware pinned programs process management random disappearance system restore taskbar troubleshooting user interface virtualwin windows 7
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support