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i-ongei
By i-ongei
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Okay, hi.

So I've been using a 320GB WD along with a 500GB WD. I bought the 500GB about 3 months ago but the 320GB is quite old. Suddenly after restarting the PC today, its not being detected. All the drives disappeared from "My Computer". Help?

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did the hdd get unplugged?

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Make sure the SATA and the power are connected.

 

Or else it could just be plain dead...

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It didn't get unplugged. I reconnected it about 2-3 times and now it was detected. But the start up took about 2 min whereas usually I get it running in about 20-30 seconds. Any idea why? Plus, the icons got auto changed on those drives.

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Could be the sign of a failing hard drive, download crystal disk info, and it'll give you a rough indication of how well the drive is.

 

It sounds like it's not spinning up correctly all the time, normally a sign it's on it's way out.

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is the drive spinning and if it is can you hear clicking in the same pattern? if you do that this could sound a failed drive

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Hi there @i-ongei!

 

Sorry to hear about your problem with the drive. I would suggest to download and run a test with WD Data Lifeguard Diagnostics to see if any errors or bad sectors will be detected, and post a screenshot with the results. You can download it from here:

 


 

Nonetheless, I see that you have 1.6 GB free space left and that could be the reason for the slow reading times. So I recommend you to free some more space, something like 5-10% for instance.

 

Hope this helps.

 

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