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I have read the article on how to setup a VM using raw disks with arc path, so the drives don't switch on reboot (as windows has the nasty habit of doing...) I have successfully done this once with two drives.

I am now creating another VM with 3 new hard drives and only one of them is showing up under winobj. They are showing up fine in computer management and can be formatted/mounted by the host OS. I can see them under device along with their partitions, but under ArcName, they aren't there. I have tried many things, changing SATA ports, making sure Windows can see it fine, rebooting, activating/taking the drives offline, with the only result of frustration. Any ideas on what I can try next?

Article I'm referencing:
http://scarygliders.net/2011/10/28/virt ... t-numbers/

Thanks

You would have to explain further why you would ever expect simulated drives to show as actual drives on your host. Or clarify why that isn't what you meant.

I am using raw disks, not virtual disk images. If I use the PhysicalDisk path, Windows 7 moves these around, causing the link to be wrong if I add or remove a hard drive on the system (perhaps even at random on boot as well.) To get around this, I need to use the arcpath, which stays the same no matter what I plug in/remove. The physical drives are showing up on the host but not in winobj as arcname...

I have updated my original post with a link on what I am talking about.

The physical drives are showing up on the host but not in winobj as arcname...

I would think the proper place to get help for this would be Microsoft, or the person that posted the tutorial.