Toshiba HD

[MachineKillx]

Hey guys, so I bought a Toshiba HD, and it came fine, Installed my Os, downloaded some games, till that point, everything is fine, but after a while, It started getting some ticks, or a sound of a little hammer hitting something or a click, and now when I boot my pc, It doesn't even recognize the HD, can anyone help me? I think I'm going to return and change it...

[TheSLSAMG]

Sounds like the drive died to me. That's rather odd, you must have gotten a bad one.

[MachineKillx]

Sounds like the drive died to me. That's rather odd, you must have gotten a bad one.

Sometimes if i reconnected the SATA power cable I would work, but now it's not even working anymore...

[TheSLSAMG]

Sometimes if i reconnected the SATA power cable I would work, but now it's not even working anymore...

My guess is that the motor was defective or the read head was stuck. That may explain the clicking noise.

[MachineKillx]

My guess is that the motor was defective or the read head was stuck. That may explain the clicking noise.

Bummer, may be because Toshiba HDs aren't really good?

[TheSLSAMG]

Bummer, may be because Toshiba HDs aren't really good?

I don't know, all three of my Toshiba drives are still working fine. I have a 500GB 2.5" drive out of a Mac, a 640GB out of a Toshiba laptop and a 750GB out of another one.

[MachineKillx]

I don't know, all three of my Toshiba drives are still working fine. I have a 500GB 2.5" drive out of a Mac, a 640GB out of a Toshiba laptop and a 750GB out of another one.

That's wierd, My mobo doesn't even recognize the HD, so It doesn't even boot, :c

[TheSLSAMG]

That's wierd, My mobo doesn't even recognize the HD, so It doesn't even boot, :c

You probably just got a dud. It happens to all of us from time to time, you just have to return/RMA and move on

[MachineKillx]

You probably just got a dud. It happens to all of us from time to time, you just have to return/RMA and move on

I'm just so bummed, I had just installed every driver and every program... :c

[ictdude1]

if the sata cables are in properly then it sounds like a dead drive, a word of advice be careful of toshiba drives, they arent the best known for their reliability, hgst or western digital is what i would chose, some seagates are also ok but check the reviews of them when you buy because seagate has their bad models out there

[MachineKillx]

You probably just got a dud. It happens to all of us from time to time, you just have to return/RMA and move on

 

if the sata cables are in properly then it sounds like a dead drive, a word of advice be careful of toshiba drives, they arent the best known for their reliability, hgst or western digital is what i would chose, some seagates are also ok but check the reviews of them when you buy because seagate has their bad models out there

Ok, so I woke up today, and now my Hard Drive is working, didn't do anything, just started up windows...

[TheSLSAMG]

Ok, so I woke up today, and now my Hard Drive is working, didn't do anything, just started up windows...

Well, that's even more strange. I have nothing to say except THE PLOT THICKENS. I wouldn't really trust the drive though, get all of the data on it backed up if you need and get a new one.

[MachineKillx]

Lol, I may do that, but I don't really have much data, only the hassle to install windows and all the drivers and programs again lol

[ictdude1]

Lol, I may do that, but I don't really have much data, only the hassle to install windows and all the drivers and programs again lol

try running crystaldiskinfo and see what it says {a drive health checker and its free}

[FaZe Booce]

If it is working now, back up everything as soon as possible. Move your stuff to a new hard drive, preferably a WD caviar blue/black because I've never had problems with those hard drives, and they are very reliable.

[Henrath]

Toshiba Hard drives are pretty low quality, I would go for a WD blue.

[MachineKillx]

Yeah, It worked for a whole day yesterday, but I went to start my pc, and there It is again, not working..

[numnums]

Hey guys, so I bought a Toshiba HD, and it came fine, Installed my Os, downloaded some games, till that point, everything is fine, but after a while, It started getting some ticks, or a sound of a little hammer hitting something or a click, and now when I boot my pc, It doesn't even recognize the HD, can anyone help me? I think I'm going to return and change it...

It sounds like the HDD arm is stuck somewhere and won't read the platter of the disk. I had a similar problem with a seagate drive. I had to open it up and reposition the arm and it was working fine again. I could be wrong though.

[MachineKillx]

I returned It, they will send me a new one back..