Vista - How to be Sure if a Hard Drive Is Blown

**dannymichel** · 09-26-2008

I got a new HDD the other day so I did some file moving.
I cloned my OS from one of my 320GB HDDs to the new one then I deleted all the files from the 320GB and moved about 120GBs from another HDD to the 320GB HDD that used to have the OS on it. Everything seemed to work fine for a bit. I turned my PC off for a few hours and decided to make sure that all the SATA connector's were connected properly and untangle some wires. I never even moved any of the HDDs. I restarted the comp and looked in the BIOS and noticed that the 320GB HDD was not detected. I immediately thought that i'd neglected to connect something or maybe that a wire was lose, so i turned the PC off and made sure all the wires were fine. When that didnt work i took the wires from the working HDD and connected them to the 320GB. that didnt do anything so i connected it back to the working one and the working one was fine. That eliminated the idea that it was bad wires. Then just to be sure that there was definitely something wrong i connected the 320GB HDD by itself with the working wires and took a look at the hard drive indicator light on my PC and noticed it was solid. It just stayed solid. The BIOS was not detecting it.

My hard drive is blown from excessive activity isnt it? There is nothing i can do to fix it or at least get it working for a bit so i can remove my files from it? Is there ANYTHING i can do short of paying hundreds for data recovery? The drive is still under warranty so I think I can get another one, but that data is so very important to me. I really need some help here.

09-27-2008

If the bios doesnt detect it, either cabling or bios settings are wrong, or
the mobo controler has failed, if all of these are correct/working then the
HD is faulty

"dannymichel" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> I got a new HDD the other day so I did some file moving.
> I cloned my OS from one of my 320GB HDDs to the new one then I deleted
> all the files from the 320GB and moved about 120GBs from another HDD to
> the 320GB HDD that used to have the OS on it. Everything seemed to work
> fine for a bit. I turned my PC off for a few hours and decided to make
> sure that all the SATA connector's were connected properly and untangle
> some wires. I never even moved any of the HDDs. I restarted the comp and
> looked in the BIOS and noticed that the 320GB HDD was not detected. I
> immediately thought that i'd neglected to connect something or maybe
> that a wire was lose, so i turned the PC off and made sure all the wires
> were fine. When that didnt work i took the wires from the working HDD
> and connected them to the 320GB. that didnt do anything so i connected
> it back to the working one and the working one was fine. That eliminated
> the idea that it was bad wires. Then just to be sure that there was
> deffinately something wrong i connected the 320GB HDD by itself with the
> working wires and took a look at the hard drive indicator light on my PC
> and noticed it was solid. It just stayed solid. The BIOS was not
> detecting it.
>
> My hard drive is blown from excesive activity isnt it? There is nothing
> i can do to fix it or at least get it working for a bit so i can remove
> my files from it? Is there ANYTHING i can do short of paying hundreds
> for data recovery? The frive is still under warranty so I think I can
> get another one, but that data is so veru important to me. I really need
> some help here.
>
>
> --
> dannymichel

09-26-2008	#1 (permalink)
dannymichel 63 posts	How to be Sure if a Hard Drive Is Blown I got a new HDD the other day so I did some file moving. I cloned my OS from one of my 320GB HDDs to the new one then I deleted all the files from the 320GB and moved about 120GBs from another HDD to the 320GB HDD that used to have the OS on it. Everything seemed to work fine for a bit. I turned my PC off for a few hours and decided to make sure that all the SATA connector's were connected properly and untangle some wires. I never even moved any of the HDDs. I restarted the comp and looked in the BIOS and noticed that the 320GB HDD was not detected. I immediately thought that i'd neglected to connect something or maybe that a wire was lose, so i turned the PC off and made sure all the wires were fine. When that didnt work i took the wires from the working HDD and connected them to the 320GB. that didnt do anything so i connected it back to the working one and the working one was fine. That eliminated the idea that it was bad wires. Then just to be sure that there was definitely something wrong i connected the 320GB HDD by itself with the working wires and took a look at the hard drive indicator light on my PC and noticed it was solid. It just stayed solid. The BIOS was not detecting it. My hard drive is blown from excessive activity isnt it? There is nothing i can do to fix it or at least get it working for a bit so i can remove my files from it? Is there ANYTHING i can do short of paying hundreds for data recovery? The drive is still under warranty so I think I can get another one, but that data is so very important to me. I really need some help here. Last edited by dannymichel; 09-26-2008 at 08:52 PM..
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09-27-2008	#2 (permalink)
DL n/a posts	Re: How to be Sure if a Hard Drive Is Blown If the bios doesnt detect it, either cabling or bios settings are wrong, or the mobo controler has failed, if all of these are correct/working then the HD is faulty "dannymichel" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message news:1636df9a8658bdf605027da78bf03244@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote: > > I got a new HDD the other day so I did some file moving. > I cloned my OS from one of my 320GB HDDs to the new one then I deleted > all the files from the 320GB and moved about 120GBs from another HDD to > the 320GB HDD that used to have the OS on it. Everything seemed to work > fine for a bit. I turned my PC off for a few hours and decided to make > sure that all the SATA connector's were connected properly and untangle > some wires. I never even moved any of the HDDs. I restarted the comp and > looked in the BIOS and noticed that the 320GB HDD was not detected. I > immediately thought that i'd neglected to connect something or maybe > that a wire was lose, so i turned the PC off and made sure all the wires > were fine. When that didnt work i took the wires from the working HDD > and connected them to the 320GB. that didnt do anything so i connected > it back to the working one and the working one was fine. That eliminated > the idea that it was bad wires. Then just to be sure that there was > deffinately something wrong i connected the 320GB HDD by itself with the > working wires and took a look at the hard drive indicator light on my PC > and noticed it was solid. It just stayed solid. The BIOS was not > detecting it. > > My hard drive is blown from excesive activity isnt it? There is nothing > i can do to fix it or at least get it working for a bit so i can remove > my files from it? Is there ANYTHING i can do short of paying hundreds > for data recovery? The frive is still under warranty so I think I can > get another one, but that data is so veru important to me. I really need > some help here. > > > -- > dannymichel
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