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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 30
OS: Win XP Pro
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After The Storm- Harddrive doesn't work
Hi all,
I posted a thread "After The Strom". Sorry I can't spell storm. Anyway, I reported that my motherboard was dead. I received an ABIT VT7 and have installed it. I am getting an error that no hard drive is detected. Well, I connected the hard drive to the power supply of my backup working computer and it doesn't seem to start. I hear no sound from it. I am assuming that it died along with the motherboard after the close lightening strike. Does this seem right? I have ruled out a suspect power supply. I tried both the sata and the ide power connectors (not at the same time). I could not detect the hard drive powering up with either power supply. It is a Western Digital WK2500KS. I am tempted to send it to WD if it is covered under warranty. I bought it from Newegg last November. It has a production date on November 2006. I don't know if WD will accept it since it was an OEM added to a computer that I built. I have a new one on the way. Any suggestions? Thanks Steve (scifibuff) |
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Manager, Hardware Forums
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: west australia
Posts: 53,599
OS: vista 32x 64x ultimate retail
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Re: After The Storm- Harddrive doesn't work
it looks like a surge has taken it out,see if the wd diognostic tool will pick anything up on it
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 30
OS: Win XP Pro
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Re: After The Storm- Harddrive doesn't work
Thanks for the advice. I downloaded both diagnostic files from Western Digital. Neither worked properly when I tried to run them off of the installed floppy. The one that WD suggested I use said it was missing the vdisk.sys file. When I checked the floppy, it had the necessary file but appeared to be smaller than the standard vsdisk.sys file size. There was ample room on the floppy for it.
I also tried to re-install windows xp pro and after it was finished caching the necessary files, it indicated that that there was no hard disk attached. I assume that would indicate that the hard disk is not powering up. I am still waiting for a response from the outfit from whom I purchased a new hard drive. I hope to have it sometime this week. Thanks again for the response. I'm wide open to any suggestions. Steve (scifibuff) |
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