Recent content by bandreev

>> The drive was probably going through some internal error recovery. BIOS timed out while waiting for it to finish. The drive completed its recovery in the enclosure, and then BIOS was able to see it. I don't think so - I let the BIOS hang stand for more than hour, waiting for a timeout (no...

Problem Solved (sort of): With the Sabrent USB enclosure, the "broken" 2TB HDD was recognized normally in Windows 10 and functioned without any glitches. More interestingly, (after backing up my data), I put the HDD back into the regular SATA channel as internal drive and the computer booted up...

>> Is it possible the Windows bootloader might have been on the old spinning drive? (i.e., once removed, no boot) Not possible because The Win10 system is on an SSD drive When I disconnect the Barracuda, Win10 loads fine If I am missing a Win10 boot-loader, I would still be able to get into...

While I am waiting for the USB enclosure, can someone clarify the technical explanation/hypothesis what and how may fail in an HDD, such that it fully blocks BIOS from booting up (or even entering the BIOS setup), even when it is plugged as secondary non-boot device?

Thanks Lutfij and Geogelt, I added the BIOS description to the main post above. The PSU is original in the XPS 8700 tower box, I don't suspect it much since it was powering the same drive for 3 days while I transferred the data. I also did a test disconnecting two other SATA devices (HDD and...

I got a new 2TB hard drive, transferred all my files from an old drive, everything was great... for 3 days. I had disconnected the HDD for a day to wipe the old drive and when I reconnected the new drive, it prevents the system from booting up. Boot-up drive is SSD (not changed), but whenever I...