Emergency!!!!!

[john3]

i know i posted this in high end computer forum, but no1 is there.......

MY HARD DRIVE IS NOT BEING DETECTED! i just woke up one morning (today), and its just gone ( not physically) i've been using it for 3 months now.....so..........what do i doo?

 

[MrCoffee]

do you have another computer you could try the disk in? to see if its working?

 

[john3]

nope......it worked before, in fact it was working last night........wat could've happened? keeping in mind the hard drive is about 6-7 years old.

 

[Osiris]

its prolly dead.....reconnect it, make sure all cable/wires are secure etc..

 

[Trotter]

reconnect it, make sure all cable/wires are secure etc..

Always the first thing to do. Good call, Warez.

Odds are the cable has worked itself loose (if it is a SATA). Even ATAs can get loose after time.

 

[john3]

lol, its IDE, hehehee, no i reconnected, but for some weird reason.........it doesnt boot when i connect it..........so i have to disconnect it to be able to boot it........so i guess its dead........or something.......

 

[ATIRAGEPRO]

"Why did they call it that??..."

Hehe. Try switching connectors with your CDROM, and switching the jumpers to umm.... "Slave"

Well, you know what i mean.

 

[aliasaid]

does it say "m-a-x-t-o-r" on it? thats a sign its probably dead.

 

[Towelie]

It's probably just got a little water on it. You should always dry off your drives before trying to use them in a computer. That's why Towelie says, don't forget to bring a towel.

 

[tommyboy123x]

wtf???

umm.. yeah, but i agree with everyone (including aliasaid - lol)

probly dead

lets see... 6 years, 300 days (excluding some on purpose), 20 hours, 36,000... maybe its WD with a 1.2 million hour warentee