I got this error on an old drive, and assumed it was dead, so after i got a new one and installed windows 7 i figured i would try to save the old one by connecting it, and tada the new drive got the same issues as the old one, i presume this is a virus, never heard of contageous crashes. Yes i can se the drive in bios, but i cant boot windows, it goes bluescreen whatever i try to do! And i cant format in windows install or reinstall because it doesnt show the drive there...