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Efthimis Vlastaridis

Efthimis Vlastaridis

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So, here is what happens on my computer. I've installed three HDDs, one 7200rpm which is the primary one, and two 5400rpm HDDs which I use for storing movies and TV Shows. It used to work normally until a week ago. I turned on my PC, it took too long to post(like 45 seconds) and when it finally loaded the OS, one of my 5400 HDD wouldn't appear in windows explorer. So, I removed the HDD that I thought was causing the problem and it posted normally (6 seconds). What do you thing is causing this problem? Please ask if you need any additional information.
 
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Other than a improper connection between the SATA power cable and the drive or the SATA data cable and the drive not really. You can always try a different SATA cable and a different SATA port, or put it in another computer, but in all my experiences that never did anything. There could be 2 different things wrong with the drive if none of that works.
A) The controller on the HDD has failed (circuit board), these can be replaced with the exact identical one and no data will be lost
B) Most commonly the drive has failed and data recovery software would not help as the drive is not even recognizable.

If your two 5400 RPM drives are exactly the same and have the same product number for the circuit board you can easily swap them and see...
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Sounds like that one hard drive is dead, the BIOS could see something was there and spent awhile trying to read its information but was unable to so it booted the OS after a long wait, which would be why that HDD also did not show up in Windows Explorer. I have seen this happen several times myself attaching a dead drive to a functioning machine and starting it up.
 
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Other than a improper connection between the SATA power cable and the drive or the SATA data cable and the drive not really. You can always try a different SATA cable and a different SATA port, or put it in another computer, but in all my experiences that never did anything. There could be 2 different things wrong with the drive if none of that works.
A) The controller on the HDD has failed (circuit board), these can be replaced with the exact identical one and no data will be lost
B) Most commonly the drive has failed and data recovery software would not help as the drive is not even recognizable.

If your two 5400 RPM drives are exactly the same and have the same product number for the circuit board you can easily swap them and see if it helps, it's typically just a few screws and it lifts right up.
 
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