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| Thread ID: 72898 | 2006-09-30 02:12:00 | hard drive problem | abchelpme (11224) | Press F1 |
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| 488160 | 2006-09-30 02:12:00 | I have this newish SATA hard drive which i installed on my computer with another ide hard drive. Now that SATA drive is having problems and i can't access anything in it. Just so i can use the computer, i've installed windows on the other (older) HD, but i can't access the SATA drive from there either. Is there an easy way of formating the SATA drive? (so i can try to reinstall Windows on it?) the windows setup program crashes whenever it scans the drive. Or is there some program/way of seeing whether the drive has failed? (so maybe i can go and get a refund/exchange) Thanks |
abchelpme (11224) | ||
| 488161 | 2006-09-30 02:35:00 | Is power going to the SATA?? 2 cables on the inside of the case (one for power, the other data, which is connected to the mobo, if SATA is onboard)? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 488162 | 2006-09-30 03:18:00 | actually the drive suddenly stopped working without me having moved any of the cables. Im sure the cables are connected. if i try booting to it now it comes up with a blue screen with the error "unmountable_boot_volume". i want to run chkdsk and fixboot on it, but somehow my windows xp cd wont' even detect/access the drive however i try so i want to see if i can format it. Could the drive be failing? |
abchelpme (11224) | ||
| 488163 | 2006-09-30 03:24:00 | actually the drive suddenly stopped working without me having moved any of the cables. Im sure the cables are connected. if i try booting to it now it comes up with a blue screen with the error "unmountable_boot_volume". i want to run chkdsk and fixboot on it, but somehow my windows xp cd wont' even detect/access the drive however i try so i want to see if i can format it. Could the drive be failing? Open the case and make sure both cables to / from the SATA are plugged in properly. They can come out pretty easily. If Windows / setup isnt detecting it, this maybe why. The cables may have come out. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 488164 | 2006-09-30 03:24:00 | you may need to load the sata drives before the windows cd will see the drive. is the drive showing in the bios? |
tweak'e (69) | ||
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