[HELP] Secondary HDD suddenly undetectable

[megafortress]

Hi guys. Need some expert help on a problem that has me baffled.

My PC has a primary SSD for windows and a secondary 2tb HDD for storage. It was working fine last night and i always leave my comp on overnight for torrents and all.

All of a sudden this morning, i could not detect my secondary HDD in windows. Tried to restart comp a couple of times and even change the sata port connection on the mobo but i still can't detect the 2 partition on my HDD. There was no errors whatsoever previously, not even a hint of a bad sector on the HDD.

Any experts can advise? Im totally clueless what to do now.

 

[wkweewee]

Cable. Go try. Enter to your bios, see your if your mobo can find the drive in one of the boot sequence or not.

Cable 1: Sata Cable
Cable 2: Sata Power Cable

 

[megafortress]

Cable. Go try. Enter to your bios, see your if your mobo can find the drive in one of the boot sequence or not.

Cable 1: Sata Cable
Cable 2: Sata Power Cable

Tried changing the sata cable, still doesnt work. have not tried the power cable. will go and find one to try. thanks bro!

 

[jtjt00]

TS, is your hard disk Seagate 7200.11 model?

 

[wkweewee]

Tried changing the sata cable, still doesnt work. have not tried the power cable. will go and find one to try. thanks bro!

Change your ssd's sata connection to another sata port and use the ssd's previous working port on your hd. What can you see?

 

[megafortress]

TS, is your hard disk Seagate 7200.11 model?

nope, using WD.

Change your ssd's sata connection to another sata port and use the ssd's previous working port on your hd. What can you see?

Ok got it. Will try tonight. Heading out for work.

 

[royfrosty]

Check under disk management.

Press start type disk management.

See if your HDD is there.

 

[haylui]

80% cable/connectivity issue...and 20%....

 

[FinalTidus]

If you are sure that the cable and connections are secure then 99% the HDD is gg.

Go RMA.

 

[jtjt00]

Under disk management, likely to see it as raw or nothing at all.

 

[Louisloo]

Get another good hdd and fix to the same sata cable. If can detect, means your hdd uplorry.

 

[EverDead]

Had this problem not long ago, turns out is hdd died, and just nice warranty finish.

Bought a new one instead.

 

[megafortress]

Had this problem not long ago, turns out is hdd died, and just nice warranty finish.

Bought a new one instead.

you manage to recover ur data from the one that died?

Thanks for all your input guys. Will try the tips when i get back home. I sure hope the HDD did not just die like that coz i have a lot of raw footages(i do video production) in my HDD.

If its dead then its the first time my HDD just died without any hint of bad sector or anything.

 

[EverDead]

you manage to recover ur data from the one that died?

Thanks for all your input guys. Will try the tips when i get back home. I sure hope the HDD did not just die like that coz i have a lot of raw footages(i do video production) in my HDD.

If its dead then its the first time my HDD just died without any hint of bad sector or anything.

Did not do...Don't have the usb connector to see if it really is logical failure or mechanical one. I don't have extremely important data in it too, so it's ok.

If the drive is faulty itself, I only know of professional recovery...might cost loads. so...I just left it somewhere in a anti-static bag.

 

[megafortress]

Ok. tried changing cable and all and it works at first. the HDD could be detected on Windows. But after i left it running for a while, it disappeared again. I touched the HDD and its still running.

 

[Alternative X]

Ok. tried changing cable and all and it works at first. the HDD could be detected on Windows. But after i left it running for a while, it disappeared again. I touched the HDD and its still running.

Maybe the SATA interface on the HDD has gone bad, copy any important data off the HDD and RMA the HDD if there is any warranty left.

 

[megafortress]

Maybe the SATA interface on the HDD has gone bad, copy any important data off the HDD and RMA the HDD if there is any warranty left.

know of any way to access the data in the hdd? thinking of trying to clone the hdd into another hdd.

 

[Alternative X]

know of any way to access the data in the hdd? thinking of trying to clone the hdd into another hdd.

Cross your fingers and hope that the SATA interface works when you need it? Other that that, data recovery firms.

 

[wkweewee]

Ok. tried changing cable and all and it works at first. the HDD could be detected on Windows. But after i left it running for a while, it disappeared again. I touched the HDD and its still running.

Hmm did you make sure that all the cables are plugged in firmly?

 

[megafortress]

Hmm did you make sure that all the cables are plugged in firmly?

yea i did.

it really kinda weird coz it manages to detect then suddenly disappear. was detected in bios as well when i went in. and there was no funny sound from the hdd as well.