Hard Drive icons are "blank".

[JamesHell9698]

My Hard Drive icons have dissapeared since I downloaded Hard Drive Sentinal. at first they just changed so I deleted Hard drive sentinal which left them both like this http://imgur.com/J8Rcbzo. What do I do?

 

[Solandri]

System restore to before you installed Hard Drive Sentinel.

 

[D_Know_WD]

Hi there JamesHell9698,

I would advise you to use the System Restore feature as well.
Apart from that, you most probably want to test your HDD right?(as you've downloaded this tool) I guess you can try using some other programs as well: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/282651-32-best-diagnostic-testing-utility

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

 

[JamesHell9698]

I apparantly didnt have system restore points on so I dont have any. Am I fucked then?

 

[JamesHell9698]

Hi there JamesHell9698,

I would advise you to use the System Restore feature as well.
Apart from that, you most probably want to test your HDD right?(as you've downloaded this tool) I guess you can try using some other programs as well: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/282651-32-best-diagnostic-testing-utility

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

I apparantly didnt have system restore points on so I dont have any. Am I fucked then?

 

[Solandri]

Well, you aren't screwed. It's just that there are a lot of possible reasons why the icons might be messed up, and system restore is usually a sure-fire way to fix most of them. Without system restore, you have to trudge through the possibilities one at a time.

Check if there's an autorun.ini or desktop.ini file in the root folder of those drives. If there are, delete them, then reboot.

If that doesn't work, try rebuilding the icon cache database.
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/rebuild-the-icon-cache-windows