Arg my hard drive disappeared

bobhope · 10-03-2002, 12:33 PM

what the?!? so the other day i went to access my d drive and doh! its not there!? i barely ever use my 2nd harddrive but i do store my larger files on it.... and now it has totaly disappeared on start up it doesnt auto detect it like it used to.... i no no sign of harddrive failure (no noises and stuff) and it seems it just happened within the past week.... i checked all the connections and they are fine.. im not a total beginner but im about intermediate... so my question is what else can i do to trouble shoot this problem? thanks in advance

im using windows 98

**merlin** · 10-03-2002, 01:04 PM

does the drive show up in the list of detected HD's on bootup ?
(POST) ?

10-03-2002, 02:15 PM

Hello bobhope and Welcome to Tech Support Forums.............

Have you checked in the bios to see if it is set to auto detect the drives.

Is this drive a slave to the master?

bobhope · 10-04-2002, 12:53 AM

it doesnt auto detect at start up it says not found..... its my slave
i have it just to store all my legal mp3s and such >:)

10-04-2002, 06:37 AM

Well the first two things I would do would be to replace the IDE cable and then plug a different power connector to the hard drive.

10-03-2002, 12:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
bobhope Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 2 OS: Windows 98	Arg my hard drive disappeared what the?!? so the other day i went to access my d drive and doh! its not there!? i barely ever use my 2nd harddrive but i do store my larger files on it.... and now it has totaly disappeared on start up it doesnt auto detect it like it used to.... i no no sign of harddrive failure (no noises and stuff) and it seems it just happened within the past week.... i checked all the connections and they are fine.. im not a total beginner but im about intermediate... so my question is what else can i do to trouble shoot this problem? thanks in advance im using windows 98

10-03-2002, 01:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
merlin I helped the forums. Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,612 OS: 3.11	does the drive show up in the list of detected HD's on bootup ? (POST) ?

10-03-2002, 02:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
SPEEDO Guest Posts: n/a OS:	Hello bobhope and Welcome to Tech Support Forums............. Have you checked in the bios to see if it is set to auto detect the drives. Is this drive a slave to the master?

10-04-2002, 12:53 AM	#4 (permalink)
bobhope Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 2 OS: Windows 98	it doesnt auto detect at start up it says not found..... its my slave i have it just to store all my legal mp3s and such >:)

10-04-2002, 06:37 AM	#5 (permalink)
SPEEDO Guest Posts: n/a OS:	Well the first two things I would do would be to replace the IDE cable and then plug a different power connector to the hard drive.