Won't show my HDD after a restart

Craigie · 07-15-2007, 10:37 AM

Vista home premium 64
intel q6600
asus striker extreme
bfg 8800gtx (x2)
sata2 hdd

I'm getting crashes randomly while gaming, im assuming its a graphics problem as before it was saying something like windows has recovered from a graphic hardware failure or something, but the worst problem is coming after.

when i restart, my comp wont find the HDD during booting(boot menu is like, DVD1, DVD2. rather than HDD1, DVD1, DVD2), so it will either have a disk boot failure or need the vista DVD to start, and when it starts from the DVD all it does is go to the install vista screen again, none of the repair tools work in it because it cant find the HDD that vista is installed on. its basically a lottery as to when it will find it and boot from it, sometimes its first time sometimes its taking a long time.

also ive tried restoring it to a time when it was working, changed the cable, nothing changed.

dai · 07-15-2007, 12:29 PM

what psu do you have in it quality 750w+?
try a different power plug to the h/drive
check the device manager and see if there is any yellow alongside of anything

07-15-2007, 10:37 AM	#1 (permalink)
Craigie Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 3 OS: Vista Home Premium 64	Won't show my HDD after a restart Vista home premium 64 intel q6600 asus striker extreme bfg 8800gtx (x2) sata2 hdd I'm getting crashes randomly while gaming, im assuming its a graphics problem as before it was saying something like windows has recovered from a graphic hardware failure or something, but the worst problem is coming after. when i restart, my comp wont find the HDD during booting(boot menu is like, DVD1, DVD2. rather than HDD1, DVD1, DVD2), so it will either have a disk boot failure or need the vista DVD to start, and when it starts from the DVD all it does is go to the install vista screen again, none of the repair tools work in it because it cant find the HDD that vista is installed on. its basically a lottery as to when it will find it and boot from it, sometimes its first time sometimes its taking a long time. also ive tried restoring it to a time when it was working, changed the cable, nothing changed. Last edited by Craigie; 07-15-2007 at 10:45 AM.

07-15-2007, 12:29 PM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,287 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Won't show my HDD after a restart what psu do you have in it quality 750w+? try a different power plug to the h/drive check the device manager and see if there is any yellow alongside of anything __________________