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tim_ver   11-13-2009 at 10:47:15 AM



I have a new home built computer and had a 160 gb sata hdd and was working fine no problem running Windows 2003 server. I leave it on all the time and has had no issue for last 4 months , then came in one say to find on the screen please insert boot disk hardrive failure. Seemed it rebooted and could not find the hdd. I rebooted and came up fine no issues. Then 5 days ago error on screen again went to reboot but same error. I have tried to see it in Bios but does not see the drive. I moved it to another PC and same issue not seen in bios, I tried another SATA cable also but no luck. I need to get files of this hdd. What can I do and try to get this drive up so I can get my needed files off of this hdd?

Thank you

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DiscoDuck   11-13-2009 at 04:02:29 PM

sounds like its time to run the boot diagnostic cd from the manufacturer's website to test the drive. STill under warranty?

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tim_ver   11-14-2009 at 04:27:35 AM

so make a boot cd then check the hdd with it? How will this work if it can this work if the bios can not see the hdd?

Have a link for the cd? WD SATA hdd.

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