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I originally have a Segate 1 tb hybrid drive installed with a copy of windows 10 install in my parent's computer and it worked perfectly fine. 

 

Long story short, my dad basically fell for the Windows Scammer's scam and I decided to get a new Segate 1tb (mech) HDD and install Linux Mint Cinnamon and remove the hybrid with windows 10 on it. As I connected the new HDD the Bios will not recognize the drive and when I tried reconnecting the hybrid with Windows, it will not recognize it as well.  The Fun part is that the BIOS recognizes the disc drive and the disk drive share the same power cable as the HDD (s).

 

Does anyone know how to get the Bios to recognize the HDD again? 

 

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Please note that I know that 750 watts is overkill, but at that point of time, New egg had it cheaper than a 500 watt supply. 

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make this a pcpartpicker list. also you will have to wipe the drive clean if there was a scammer who got a hold of it. 

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The drive has been system restored to a point before the scammer installed anything. Also, the computer was unplugged from the wall during mid something. 

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The drive has been system restored to a point before the scammer installed anything. Also, the computer was unplugged from the wall during mid something. 

see if any other PC will detect it, if you have some near you that you can borrow for a bit.

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a last gen console for use once a year. I should answer most of the time between 9 to 3 PST

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see if any other PC will detect it, if you have some near you that you can borrow for a bit.

 

I have my personal PC. I may try accessing it with my Lap top with the USB adapter. 

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The drive has been system restored to a point before the scammer installed anything. Also, the computer was unplugged from the wall during mid something. 

Shake the hard drive. JK (don't that could kill it). try with a different sata cable and port. 

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a last gen console for use once a year. I should answer most of the time between 9 to 3 PST

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GF PC: (nighthawk 2.0): R7 2700x, B450m vision D, 4x8gb Geli 2933, Strix GTX970, CX650M RGB, Obsidian 350D

Skunkworks: R5 3500U, 16gb, 500gb Adata XPG 6000 lite, Vega 8. HP probook G455R G6 Ubuntu 20. LTS

Condor (MC server): 6600K, z170m plus, 16gb corsair vengeance LPX, samsung 750 evo, EVGA BR 450.

Spirt  (NAS) ASUS Z9PR-D12, 2x E5 2620V2, 8x4gb, 24 3tb HDD. F80 800gb cache, trueNAS, 2x12disk raid Z3 stripped

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I have my personal PC. I may try accessing it with my Lap top with the USB adapter. 

try that.

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a last gen console for use once a year. I should answer most of the time between 9 to 3 PST

NightHawk 3.0: R7 5700x @, B550A vision D, H105, 2x32gb Oloy 3600, Sapphire RX 6700XT  Nitro+, Corsair RM750X, 500 gb 850 evo, 2tb rocket and 5tb Toshiba x300, 2x 6TB WD Black W10 all in a 750D airflow.
GF PC: (nighthawk 2.0): R7 2700x, B450m vision D, 4x8gb Geli 2933, Strix GTX970, CX650M RGB, Obsidian 350D

Skunkworks: R5 3500U, 16gb, 500gb Adata XPG 6000 lite, Vega 8. HP probook G455R G6 Ubuntu 20. LTS

Condor (MC server): 6600K, z170m plus, 16gb corsair vengeance LPX, samsung 750 evo, EVGA BR 450.

Spirt  (NAS) ASUS Z9PR-D12, 2x E5 2620V2, 8x4gb, 24 3tb HDD. F80 800gb cache, trueNAS, 2x12disk raid Z3 stripped

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Shake the hard drive. JK (don't that could kill it). try with a different sata cable and port. 

 

 

I've done that multiple times and with different cables. Even with the one the disk drive is connected too. 

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up date, I connected both HDDs to the USB adapter and the drives will not turn on what so ever. does that mean that they are both dead? 

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When they turn on, are they making a clicking noise? If so, they are getting power, but have failed. If they aren't making any noise, either they are completely dead, or they don't have enough power to turn on completely.

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When they turn on, are they making a clicking noise? If so, they are getting power, but have failed. If they aren't making any noise, either they are completely dead, or they don't have enough power to turn on completely.

 

 

No movement what so ever. The Adapter is designed to clone a HDD onto a new HDD and that won't even turn on the HDD. 

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