Seagate 1TB HDD not detected in BIOS or, Disk Management

Uday_24 · Sep 16, 2014

Hi Team,

I have been using a Seagate Barracuda 1TB SATAIII 6.0GBps HDD (ST1000DM003) for 2 years; it's been working fine up until this morning. This was only used as a storage drive (no OS installed).My primary drive is a Samsung EVO 250GB SSD(Windows 7 64-bit Home Premium).

When I started up my PC today, the HDD partitions were not there in "My Computer"; they were absent from Disk Management too.I restarted my computer in hope to correct it from BIOS, but, alas! the HDD was not getting detected from BIOS also.My mobo (Asrock Z77 Extreme4 is sghowing error code A2).

I've tried changing the cables and switching the ports the drive plugs into, but the BIOS will not detect the drive at all. However I can hear the drive spinning fine, no clicking sound.

There was almost 650GB data in it - Photos, Office Notes, TV Series, Music, Movies etc; Though the HDD is under warranty, sending it for RMA will only get me a new drive, but my main directive is to recover the data.

My "Google Analysis" says that it might be the Seagate BSY BUG Issue; but I'm not sure as I have no idea of the HDD's firmware version; I've never checked it, and now it's not even getting detected.

These are the help threads I found :-

https://sites.google.com/site/seagatefix/Home

http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/128807-the-solution-for-seagate-720011-hdds/

http://www.overclock.net/t/457286/seagate-bricked-firmware-drive-fix-with-pics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBsf-5iiDEE

My question, if I follow these procedures, will my HDD get formatted, which will fail in data recovery? Also, the mentioned RS232(4-Pin) to TTL-USB adapter is not available at my place.
Instead, if I am to use any of the following, which one would be the best choice :-

1. http://www.ebay.in/itm/PL2303TA-USB-TTL-to-RS232-Converter-Serial-Cable-module-for-win-8-XP-7-8-1-/281421253081?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_203&hash=item41860389d9&_uhb=1

2. http://geb.ebay.in/g/ImportHubViewItem?itemid=251631490501&new-PL2303-USB-To-RS232-TTL-Converter-Adapter-Module-cable-

3. http://www.ebay.in/itm/USB-To-RS232-TTL-UART-PL2303HX-Auto-Converter-USB-to-COM-Cable-Adapter-Module-/261569509225?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_203&hash=item3ce6c1f769&_uhb=1

4. http://www.amazon.in/CP2102-Module-Serial-Converter-cable/dp/B00GN1T0WO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1410881176&sr=8-2&keywords=ttl+usb

5. http://www.amazon.in/ADAFRUIT-INDUSTRIES-954-USB-TO-TTL-RASPBERRY/dp/B00DJUHGHI/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1410881176&sr=8-5&keywords=ttl+usb

Your advices/suggestions are required URGENTLY as my current workstation is running only on the SSD.

nexusparties · Sep 16, 2014

CHeck to make sure everything is plugged in right and check the documentation of the motherboard to see if you are plugging it into the right sata port as well as checking the storage configuration to see if it is detecting the sata ports cause sometimes it might read it coming from an IDE port just switch it and it should be fine.

Uday_24 · Oct 15, 2014

nexusparties :

@ nexusparties.....As per your advice, I have checked all connections, keeping motherboard manual as reference. All connections seems to be good; also, I have switched ports with my still working SSD (OS is installed over here) port, but HDD still not detecting. The HDD port is also showing up as SATA, not IDE, in Asrock Utility Boot menu.

As I have defined in the main post, I fear it might be the Seagate "BSY BUG Issue".Please suggest a way by which I can be sure of the same. If such is the case, I'll try to apply the Seagate BSY Fix Method; for that I require a USB-TTL UART-converter.....which chip to go for .... PL2303HX or FT232ML or CP2102 ????

Also, if I am to apply this fix, will my HDD get formatted, as my main objective is Data Recovery.

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