After The Storm- Harddrive doesn't work

scifibuff · 07-23-2007, 12:01 PM

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)

dai · 07-23-2007, 12:31 PM

it looks like a surge has taken it out,see if the wd diognostic tool will pick anything up on it

scifibuff · 07-23-2007, 05:45 PM

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)

dai · 07-24-2007, 12:14 PM

see how you go with the new one

07-23-2007, 12:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
scifibuff Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 30 OS: Win XP Pro	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)

07-23-2007, 12:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,287 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	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 __________________

07-23-2007, 05:45 PM	#3 (permalink)
scifibuff Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 30 OS: Win XP Pro	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)

07-24-2007, 12:14 PM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,287 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: After The Storm- Harddrive doesn't work see how you go with the new one __________________