My HDD coming back and disapearing

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sahar10501

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Hi i had this problem for a while when the boot order was changing it from my
ssd, hdd, to HDD SSD.
After that games started crashing (cpu GPU everything is fine)
Now i cant launch most of my apps
and then my HDD started to disapear and come back, i've tried to backup all my entire digital album collection, but when it transfers the copy speed going up and down to 0 all the time.
What is happening and how can i fix it, thanks (Windows 10).


Im highly afraid everything will disapear so much photos and music on that HDD.

Thanks, and have an amazing week.
 
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Barty1884

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Your boot order in the BIOS keeps changing?

Some posibilities:
1. Defective SATA cable(s)
2. Defective SATA port(s)
3. Failing HDD (unlikely, if it's happening with all drives).

Ensure you have your data backed up would be my first recommendation, then try switching cables/ports on your motherboard.
 
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D_Know_WD

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Hi there sahar10501,

Can you back up your data? In case you can do that, please do it ASAP.
Is it just your HDD that disappears? If this is the case, you can start with something simple as just attaching the drive with both different SATA and power cables to another SATA port, as Barty1884 suggested.

If the issue persists and if you can't really back up your data due to the low transfer speed, then I would suggest you to try backing up your data under Ubuntu. You can boot up from a CD or a flash drive, navigate to the HDD and transfer all the data to another drive. Here's a thread on the Ubuntu Live CD approach: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/267999-32-recover-data-mode

Cheers,
D_Know_WD :)
 
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sahar10501

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The problem presist, but i've manged to backup the most important, but wait does it mean my hdd is pretty much dead? or it can be something else?
 
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