HDD wont get detected in bios and somewhat stuck ..

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Raijin_

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as the title says ...
my 2nd hdd is somewhat broken or something ... but i do hope not ..

whenever i plug it in. . in bios start screen. dvd rom and my other hdd can be detected .. then stuck (when trying to detect 2nd hdd)
i tried resetting bios settings .. and removing cmos battery .

and also when i boot up my 1st hdd after trying plugging in my 2nd .. the 1st hdd
wont boot at all . . and letting me choose to "start up repair "

so my 2nd hdd is the problem ?
i cant lose that hdd .. oh men im [censored] up ..


please help senpai
 
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D_Know_WD
Hi there Raijin_,

Unfortunately, it seems that the drive is failing or has failed.
As your system can't boot when the drive is attached, you have a couple of options:

Try using a different OS. You can boot up Ubuntu from a CD or a flash drive and see if the drive would be recognized. In case it is, you need to back up the data stored on it ASAP: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/267999-32-recover-data-mode
Attach the drive as a secondary one, after the system has already booted. Obviously, you can't do that internally. So, you will need to attach the drive externally via SATA to USB adapter and a power cord(if case the drive is 3.5'').
IF it gets recognized, again, you need to back up the data. After that, you can test it...
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Have you tried swapping the SATA cable on your new hard drive in case it is faulty? What make/model is your motherboard? you might have to set the hard disk controller mode from IDE to AHCI within the motherboard BIOS.
 
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oh sorry i forgot to tell that ive tried a lot of things .. like changing sata cable and port ..
im using old n68-s3 ucc . IDE and RAID mode only ..
so by default its always ide ..
 
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OK, so a few questions.... Where you able to boot into windows before? and if so What version of Windows are you using?

Did you swap the disks to different SATA ports on your motherboard? It sounds like the MBR has been corrupted because of this. This means that the OS boot drive letter has been changed after the move. You should disconnect the new drive, and get your old one booting again before you try to reconnect the new one.

You could try to repair this via command prompt. HERE is a guide on doing this

 
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the 2nd hdd is my main hdd (before this happens)
but now im using my sub hdd as my 1st hdd now ..
im using win7 x64 ultimate

i also noticed that .. because my 1st hdd name "Games" (because its originally my sub hdd ..)

it wont do anything in bios start when i plugged in the 2nd hdd
 
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Hi there Raijin_,

Unfortunately, it seems that the drive is failing or has failed.
As your system can't boot when the drive is attached, you have a couple of options:

Try using a different OS. You can boot up Ubuntu from a CD or a flash drive and see if the drive would be recognized. In case it is, you need to back up the data stored on it ASAP: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/267999-32-recover-data-mode
Attach the drive as a secondary one, after the system has already booted. Obviously, you can't do that internally. So, you will need to attach the drive externally via SATA to USB adapter and a power cord(if case the drive is 3.5'').
IF it gets recognized, again, you need to back up the data. After that, you can test it: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/282651-32-best-diagnostic-testing-utility

Cheers,
D_Know_WD :)
 
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Raijin_

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ok ill try your suggestion ..
i hope it will work .-.
 
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