Hi guys, recently bought computer (around 4-6 months ago) all parts brand new and assembled by a friend of mine. The computer has two hard drives, an SSD and a mechanical 1TB seagate. I have had issues with my mechanical hard drive disappearing from my computer in the past, but was able to fix it by pushing in the SATA (I think) cable further into the hard drive.
Just today I have logged on and the hard drive had disappeared again after being fine for 2 months or so. Tried putting the cable in further to no avail, and the hard drive doesn't need to be detected by disk management, my computer, or BIOS. I tried switching the SATA cable used in my optical drive with the one that was used in my hard drive just to see if there was something wrong with the wire, but it still doesn't seem to come up. It would seem to me that my hard drive has just kicked the bucket and I may just need to replace it; does anyone have any other diagnosis or suggestions? Would be much appreciated. Let me know if there's any additional information you need.
Thanks, Mike.
Just today I have logged on and the hard drive had disappeared again after being fine for 2 months or so. Tried putting the cable in further to no avail, and the hard drive doesn't need to be detected by disk management, my computer, or BIOS. I tried switching the SATA cable used in my optical drive with the one that was used in my hard drive just to see if there was something wrong with the wire, but it still doesn't seem to come up. It would seem to me that my hard drive has just kicked the bucket and I may just need to replace it; does anyone have any other diagnosis or suggestions? Would be much appreciated. Let me know if there's any additional information you need.
Thanks, Mike.