2nd Hard drive problem

[fazlerabbi]

Hello,
I have 2 hard drives,both 500 gb each,one is seagate and the other is WD.I have been using them for six months but since 2 days i have been experiencing strange problem.when my pc starts up and after working about 15 mins,my WD hard drive disappears and when i restart it again shows up but after 15 mins it again disappears.I have win xp service pack 2 installed on my pc.I am so worried about it ,please help me!

 

[Hawkeye22]

Pick your drive and download datal lifegaurd. If it fails the test, then you need a new drive.

http://support.wdc.com/product/kb.asp?level1=6&lang=en

You can also download a 3rd party utility like speedfan or HDTune and check the SMART status of the drive for problems.