So everything ran fine just a few days ago. But suddenly when I went to start my computer the day after the text saying "insert boot disk blablabla u know...." came upp. I went into bios to check if my disk were recognized but it doesnt show anywhere that it is. what may be the problem here ? I mean 2 hard drives cant just break at the same time right ?:x:
has anything changed between it working and it not ? it is more likely that the HDD controller has failed than 2 HDDs BTW: have you tried autodetect ? Edit: out of interest, what HDD interface are they using ?
Ive got the same problem. Im considering trying an ide to usb adapter. I think ive just found the cheapest shop ever! http://www.8starshop.com/en/usb-20-...-disk-hdd-cable.html?language=en¤cy=GBP
these are two Seagate sata disks. yea, the bios is set to auto and I cant think of anything that might have changed. First thing that came into my mind was somekind of a virus because I have been running a while without any virus protection at all. Edit : well , I just tried unplugging the disks to the mother board and connecting them to other sata ports and now I can se one of the drives in my bios.
Drives not showing up in BIOS isn't a virus. Its usually that the jumpers need changing (some motherboards might only show a drive if you make it master/slave as opposed to CS), faulty power or data cable, some BIOSs might not support a drive with that capacity and also power spikes. So long as the platter and heads are ok its probably power spikes that make hdds unrecognisable. That would make it a new circuits board jobby. Which is what im gonna try. It might be time for me to consider a UPS.
lol that sux , especially since I bought it about 5 months ago. P5Q Pro. are you saying I need a new motherboard ? I'm sure I can use some kind of warranty. Edit : I just plugged the hard drive that wasnt responding on my main computer to another one and tryed it. didnt show up in the bios either. must be a broken hard drive , dont ya think ?
