Why is my hard drive only showing up sometimes?

RvzStealth

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My hard drive only shows up sometimes and when it doesnt show up it lags my computer. The start time and shutdown time are horrendous taking over 5 mins when its not detected. When it is detected I never do anything to the computer and it just randomly recognizes it again and my computer works good as new. Could this be a faulty sata cable or would it have something to do with my hard drive? Its a Western Digital Blue 1tb.
 
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Welcome to Tom's Hardware, RvzStealth!

I'm sorry to hear about your issues with the WD Blue drive. :( In order to determine what is the source of the issue, you'd need to do some troubleshooting. I'd definitely start by using a different SATA cable to connect the HDD, then I'd try a different SATA port on the motherboard. Another thing you could try is plugging the WD Blue in a different computer and see how it will get recognized there.

Keep me posted!
SuperSoph_WD
Welcome to Tom's Hardware, RvzStealth!

I'm sorry to hear about your issues with the WD Blue drive. :( In order to determine what is the source of the issue, you'd need to do some troubleshooting. I'd definitely start by using a different SATA cable to connect the HDD, then I'd try a different SATA port on the motherboard. Another thing you could try is plugging the WD Blue in a different computer and see how it will get recognized there.

Keep me posted!
SuperSoph_WD
 
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