I have 3 drives in my system, in the middle of use, one of them can just dissapear or maybe when i turn on the pc 2 of them don´t show up in windows. This never happens with the system drive, only with the other ones. Just installed a brand new psu and two of the drives are brand new.
I really need help with a HHD issue
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BluffableYew
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First re-check the connections in the case, then check in bios,device manager & disk management to see it they are being detected
Freakboi_pa
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double check the cables are all secure. Also maybe check to see if they show in the BIOS on boot. I had an old PC that the system did the POST <BIOS check> faster then the hard drive would spin up. Thankfully I was able to add a 2 second delay in the bios check, and it fixed the issue. Although I don't know how many BIOS have the option for a delay..... besides disabling the Fast Boot.
Also... make sure to have SMART enabled.
Also... make sure to have SMART enabled.
Let me assume for a minute that you have a modern MB and drives - all running a SATA varient and all are hard drives (not that this changes really with CD or DVD drives.)
First - check your MB manual and find the SATA ID numbers 1 (Or zero) to 'n' for the sata connectors. Ensure that your C: drive is plugged into the lowest numbered slot. Then the D: drive into the next and so on. On some boards, skipping a slot may cause issues like what you are seeing.
Next - start things up and go into bios. Make sure that the drive is being identified properly in bios - both position in SATA and the ID of the drive (usually serial number information.)
You may also want to do this itteratively - connect one drive - check it in bios - then connect the second and third - checking bios each time.
Assuming all goes well - boot all the way into windows and see if this occurs again.
If it does occur - you may want to update drivers and bios version and see if the issue continues to occur.
Best of luck.
First - check your MB manual and find the SATA ID numbers 1 (Or zero) to 'n' for the sata connectors. Ensure that your C: drive is plugged into the lowest numbered slot. Then the D: drive into the next and so on. On some boards, skipping a slot may cause issues like what you are seeing.
Next - start things up and go into bios. Make sure that the drive is being identified properly in bios - both position in SATA and the ID of the drive (usually serial number information.)
You may also want to do this itteratively - connect one drive - check it in bios - then connect the second and third - checking bios each time.
Assuming all goes well - boot all the way into windows and see if this occurs again.
If it does occur - you may want to update drivers and bios version and see if the issue continues to occur.
Best of luck.
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