Re: Second Hard Drive Disappeared
- From: "DatabaseBen" <databaseben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 12:02:01 -0500
The harddrive doesn't uninstall itself. Instead it somehow went offline and
no longer
recognized to be physically present by your cmos.
If it were a virus or Trojan, I think
it would have attacked your main harddrive. So this possibility is out.
Did you see if you had an option to use for searching the harddrive
automatically?
If so and it still didn't find it then it is a hardware problem. It could
be a couple
of things, e.g. no power going to the hd so either the power cable wiggled
loose or
the power supply is no longer sending electricity to it. The possibility
does exist
that neither the cable is loose and power is being supplied, but the hd may
have
burned out its little motor that spins the disk.
The other hardware possibility is the flat ribbon cable that connects to
simply wiggled
loose.
Definitely someone needs to go inside the pc and have a look-see. I cannot
advise you
to do this if you are not sure and very unfamiliar with your components.
But if you do, the
it is a matter of unplugging your unit from all the cables, open the side
panel and look for any
loose connections to that harddrive. It would be
helpful to find someone you know and trust and familiar to computers, to go
in
and look around because it could be a simple fix. Otherwise, you may be
only left with the
option to take in for service.
If you take it in, it should not take more than 20 minutes to analyze
the problem and give you a diagnosis. So if you can, don't leave it there
for hours or days and
instead insist for an immediate check of the pc.
Some shops are no different than shady auto mechanics and
will take advantage of you, even if they work for a reputable company. So be
conscientious of
what they will try to sell to you. Remember, that it may be a simple fix,
like reconnecting a loose cable,
but they may charge you a cost that is equal to a brand spanking new
computer that is fully loaded....
As far as the data in your hd goes, it will still be there. And if the
harddrive is found to be absolutely
dis functional, there are services to retrieve that data by operating on the
harddrive, like a doctor.
Again, you should way the value of the data on the f drive against those
that you could incur for the repairs.
Because, a harddrive is relatively cheap these days. Or if it is a defective
powersupply, that is relatively cheap too. Or if its a defective cable that
is cheap too. And I really don't think that all three need to be
replaced....
"Ecka77" <ecka007@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OouHUadzGHA.744@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
It appears the drive has uninstalled itself. When I went into bios, I saw
the following:
IDE Drive 0 40016MB
IDE Drive 1 Not installed
Previously this was the location of drive 2. how could it uninstall itself
from a locked screen?
How do I reinstall it? Or should a tech person do this? Will all the data
still be ok?
"Ecka77" <ecka007@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:O$rlAKdzGHA.4092@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
HI, thanks for that, I am not an expert with IT and hardware, is adding
it something I could accomplish easy enough? Or should a professional
handle that?
"databaseben" <databaseben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eT28LEdzGHA.3512@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
your cmos/bios settings also records the drives existence.
open it by pressing and holding either a del key or f1 key as you press
the power on button to your pc.
it will take you to your cmos settings where you can see if the second
drive/slave drive is listed. If not
then add it.
"Ecka77" <ecka007@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uV$%23gyczGHA.3704@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I am at a loss to explain how this happened, but here goes.
ON Thursday night I was trying to access my second hard drive, drive F,
which operates secondary to the main drive (drive C). The whole system
locked up and wouldn't respond while trying to open a short cut to this
drive so I turned off the computer at the power. (only option).
I am using windows XP, service pack 2.
When I restarted it took ages and ages, a lot longer than usual. And
when I opened my computer, drive F was not visible. I tried device
manager and every possible system restore and re-boot etc. I simply
cannot access this drive, it is as if the computer has deleted it.
The issue aside, everything else about the computer works fine with
absolutely no issues.
My question is how can I restore access to the F Drive? Is it something
I can fix, or will I have to take it in to a tech person to take the
cover off?
Any help would be great. Thanks
Eric, Nowra, Australia.
.
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