Recent content by nickpbassill

Thanks! I went with what you suggested, and got a 2nd hard drive while I was at it.

I was able to plug it into a linux machine, and although it was able to "see" it was there, it couldn't read anything. Taking it to get some preliminary input from a local computer store, I was told it was likely the read head + disk degradation. I have no idea if that's true, but after...

Thanks for the suggestions! One thing I didn't add is that I've got two additional internal drives. Is there any concern a 550W PS will be insufficient? Given that my existing PS is a 600W corsair, you can understand my hesitation in buying another corsair PS.

Hi All, I'm fairly sure my power supply is dying, and it seems to have already taken my hard drive with it :( (details here: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3626537/missing-operating-system-windows-harddrive-problem-issue.html#20636355 ) so I'm in the market for a new one of each...

As a follow-up, the drive doesn't seem recognizable - either taking the steps you describe, or by putting it in an enclosure to read by another computer. Thank you for your assistance though!

Thanks! For what it's worth, before I went to bed last night (I live in NY) I tried these steps: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3103656/-an-operating-system-wasn-t-found-error-when-booting-windows - but sadly, "diskpart" yielded no results so it didn't go far. I'm far from an...

Hi All, I have a pretty confusing problem, and I'm not sure if it's a windows 10 issue (maybe?), a hard drive issue (maybe most likely?), a power supply issue (also quite possible?), or another problem. Any advice this community could offer would be extremely appreciated! (Apologies in advance...