Help, missing drive?

[MPX309]

My D (games) drive is missing, it's not showing up in bios or the computer. . . Any ideas how I can get it back?

[Arty]

My D drive is missing, it's now showing up in bios or the computer. . . Any ideas how I can get it back?

is it plugged in?

make sure cables are tight.

can you hear it spin up?

[MPX309]

is it plugged in?

 

Yeah, just checked, it's even vibrating

[toogamer]

My D (games) drive is missing, it's now showing up in bios or the computer. . . Any ideas how I can get it back?

Check all the connections and replace the wire if that doesn't work. 

[toogamer]

Yeah, just checked, it's even vibrating

VIBRATIONS = DEATH.

[Arty]

Yeah, just checked, it's even vibrating

hmm you wouldn't have another sata cable able to try?

[Aniallation]

Yeah, just checked, it's even vibrating

Is the SATA cable plugged in and working?

[Arty]

VIBRATIONS = DEATH.

depends how bad.

op

Vibration as in feeling it is spinning. or like frantic vibrations 

[MPX309]

VIBRATIONS = DEATH.

 

well I mean vibrating like it's on, both my mech drives have always done this. I'd assume if it was fully broken would just be like you've opened it out of the package?

[toogamer]

My D (games) drive is missing, it's not showing up in bios or the computer. . . Any ideas how I can get it back?

Is the hard drive vibrating enough to shake the drive cage?

[MPX309]

depends how bad.

op

Vibration as in feeling it is spinning. or like frantic vibrations 

 

Like you know, when your comp's on and you touch a mech drive and you can feel it's on?

[MPX309]

Is the hard drive vibrating enough to shake the drive cage?

 

No, nothing like that.

[toogamer]

Like you know, when your comp's on and you touch a mech drive and you can feel it's on?

OH, then it must be an unforeseen issue with the internals,

EDIT: it will be really hard to bring your drive back most likely 

[Arty]

Try dif cable.

[toogamer]

Try dif cable.

This is usually the case, I had raged when my drive didn't work and it just wasn't plugged in all the way. 

[Arty]

This is usually the case, I had raged when my drive didn't work and it just wasn't plugged in all the way. 

/\ 

my old ide computer

wouldn't boot

the ribbin cable had burned (literally) away and i hadn't noticed lol.

[MPX309]

ah i will try tomorrow when I'm feeling fresher, lol (case is quite compact, gonna involve abit of work)

 

I was just wondering, it should show up in bios regardless unless as you say it's not plugged in, properly, but surely you wouldn't feel anything when you touch then though?

confusing.

[toogamer]

ah i will try tomorrow when I'm feeling fresher, lol (case is quite compact, gonna involve abit of work)

 

I was just wondering, it should show up in bios regardless unless as you say it's not plugged in, properly, but surely you wouldn't feel anything when you touch then though?

confusing.

Tell us in the morning what happens to your hard drive.

[InVis]

Did you change anything since before it worked and now?

 

Some sataports gets disbaled when enabling the m.2.

[Rekcut722]

ah i will try tomorrow when I'm feeling fresher, lol (case is quite compact, gonna involve abit of work)

 

I was just wondering, it should show up in bios regardless unless as you say it's not plugged in, properly, but surely you wouldn't feel anything when you touch then though?

confusing.

the drive might still be powered by the power cable (the one with no audible lock noise, but not plugged in properly with the sata 3 data cable (the one that might be red and makes an audible click when plugged in.

[Captain_WD]

My D (games) drive is missing, it's not showing up in bios or the computer. . . Any ideas how I can get it back?

 

Hey there MPX309,

 

What is the drive's brand and model? If it's not recognized in BIOS, Device Manager and Disk Management I would check the cables, try another SATA cable and other SATA ports and possibly check the drive on another computer (internally or externally). If you get it to be recognized, run a diagnostic utility from the manufacturer to check the drive's health. You might also want to check for new OS and driver updates. Is the D partition part of your boot drive or is it a separate physical drive?

 

Captain_WD.

[MPX309]

Hi. . . Urm, it was working for a long time but yesterday just vanished. I did want to clean up some space on my C drive, and the only thing I removed was Firestrike, which isn't much lol.

[MPX309]

Ok so I've replaced both the data SATA and power SATA cables on still nothing's showing. Whatever happened has been done inadvertently by me somehow but not sure how. 

[Captain_WD]

Ok so I've replaced both the data SATA and power SATA cables on still nothing's showing. Whatever happened has been done inadvertently by me somehow but not sure how. 

 

Did you dry with other SATA ports? You should try the drives on other computers before confirming they have failed completely. Can you feel the drives spinning properly?

 

Captain_WD.

[MPX309]

 

Did you dry with other SATA ports? You should try the drives on other computers before confirming they have failed completely. Can you feel the drives spinning properly?

 

Captain_WD.

 

 

Yes tried other ports, and all sorts. . . its only one drive not working, the other 2 are fine. I don't have another computer to try that drive on though.